(1) The election day shall be made public at least 90 days prior to the day of vote by publication in OJ, Part I, of the Government decision on the election day.

(2) The electoral campaign shall begin 30 days prior to the day of vote, and shall end 24 hours before the moment of the beginning of vote.

(3) If by-elections are organised, the date for conducting such elections shall be set at least 45 days prior to the day of vote. In this case, the time limits stipulated by the present law, except those of 24 hours, shall be reduced by half. If the result of these operations of reducing the time limits by half is represented by fractions equal to or above 12 hours, the rounding off shall be made by completion; fractions below 12 hours shall not be taken into account.