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Section V2
 

  1. The appointee shall ensure that the representative assembly receives a communication accepting the appointment from him or from the agent by letter no later than the tenth or, in the case of an appointment to fill a vacancy occurring after the first meeting of the newly elected assembly, the twenty-­eighth day after the date of the notification of appointment.


 



  1. If such a communication has not been received within this time limit, he shall be deemed not to have accepted the appointment.


 



  1. The presiding officer of the representative assembly shall inform the chairperson of the central electoral committee without delay that the appointee has accepted the appointment or that he is deemed not to have accepted it.


 



  1. If the appointee does not accept the appointment, he or his agent shall inform the chairperson of the central electoral committee accordingly by letter within the time limit referred to in subsection 1. The chairperson shall notify the representative assembly.


 



  1. Until such time as a decision has been taken to admit the appointee, the latter or his agent may inform the representative assembly by letter that he has reconsidered his acceptance of the appointment. He shall then be deemed not to have accepted the appointment. The presiding officer of the representative assembly shall give immediate notice of receipt of this communication to the chairperson of the central electoral committee.