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Article 147
 

The term of office and sessions of the Electoral College

1. The Electoral College of the Court of Appeals in Tirana exercises its functions during the whole duration of a legislature of the Assembly resulting from elections for which the drawing of lots was conducted and it functions for all kind of elections. 

2. The inaugural meeting of the College takes place immediately after the oath and is summoned by the Deputy Chair of the High Council of Justice no later than 45 days before the elections. The College remains in session until the end of the adjudication of appeals or until the expiry of the time limits for appeal for those elections. 

3. The College is re-summoned by the Deputy Chairman of the High Council of Justice no later than 48 hours after the decree setting the date for partial elections and for referenda. The College remains in session until the end of the adjudication of appeals or until the expiry of the time limits for appeal for those elections. 

4. The College is re-summoned upon request of the Chair of the Court of Appeals of Tirana, every time an appeal against a CEC decision is filed with this court outside the time periods provided by points 2 and 3 of this article.