1. The parties of a case before the Electoral College have the right to request the exclusion of any of the judges of the Electoral College from adjudicating a case.
2. An exclusion takes place if it turns out that the judge has any interests in the case, has been an employer, employee, advisor, representative or attorney of any of the parties, has family relations or a close relation by marriage to any of the parties or it turns out that he cannot fulfil his task impartially, fairly and without favouring any of the parties.
3. The exclusion of the judge from adjudicating a case is performed by the Electoral College. All judges of the Electoral College decide together on the validity of a challenge to any of the judges.
4. The appellant is to submit the request for excluding a judge along with the appeal according to article 153 of this Code, while interested parties are to submit it within two days of the receipt of the notification according to article 154 of this Code.
5. The request for exclusion is to contain the specific reason for which it is not suitable for a certain judge of the Electoral College to adjudicate the appeal.
6. A request for excluding a judge submitted beyond the time limits and procedures of this article shall not be taken into consideration.
