(1) For the organisation of the electoral process, the Permanent Electoral Authority functions permanently, and issues decisions, resolutions and instructions. During the organisation of the elections, they shall form the Central Electoral Bureau, electoral bureaux of constituency at county level, of the municipality of Bucharest, district electoral offices, for the municipality of Bucharest, and one electoral bureau of constituency for Romanian citizens with the domicile or residence outside the country, as well as electoral bureaux of polling stations.

(2) The electoral bureaux shall be formed only of citizens with a right to vote. The candidates in the elections, husband/wife, relatives and in-laws until second degree inclusive may not be members of the electoral bureaux.

(3) For achieving the obligations incumbent upon them, the members of the electoral bureaux shall exercise a position implying the state authority. The correct and impartial exercise of the position of member of the electoral bureau shall be mandatory. The non-observance of this obligation shall entail judicial, civil, or penal responsibility, as appropriate.