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Article 62
 

Members of the House of Representatives shall be elected by direct universal suffrage for a five-year term. The term of office shall end at the opening of the October session of the fifth year following the election of the House.


The number of representatives, the electoral system, the principles of redistricting, the eligibility requirements, the rules governing incompatibility, the rules restricting the number of offices that may be held concurrently, and rules for lodging electoral complaints shall be specified by an organic law.


The Speakers and members of the bureau of the House of Representatives and the Chairs and bureaus of the Standing Committees shall be elected at the beginning of the term of office, then during the third year of that term, at the April session, for the remaining period of the term.


Election of members of the bureau shall be by group proportional representation.