(1) Within five days after receiving a sentence in a criminal case regarding violations committed during an election, the Central Election Commission shall evaluate whether these violations have affected the allocation of seats in the Saeima and shall adopt one of the following decisions:

1)    not to reallocate the seats in the Saeima among the registered candidates;

2)    to reallocate the seats in the Saeima among the registered candidates.

(2) The decision of the Central Election Commission set forth in Paragraph 1 of this Article may be appealed in court within 10 days after the decision has been made.

(3) When one of the decisions specified in Paragraph 1 of this Article has been chosen and has become final, the Central Election Commission shall report it to the Mandate, Ethics and Submissions Committee of the Saeima.

(As supplemented by the 9 March 2006 Law)