§ 1. The National Electoral Commission and election commissioners are permanent electoral bodies.

§ 2. District, regional and territorial electoral commissions and precinct electoral commissions respectively are electoral bodies established in connection with ordered elections.

§ 3. Voivodship, poviat and communal electoral commissions are the territorial electoral commissions.

§ 4. An operational and territorial competence of the electoral commissions mentioned in § 2 and 3 is stipulated in special provisions of the code.