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Article 203
 

§ 1 The National Electoral Commission shall submit to the Sejm proposals to amend the boundaries of the electoral districts and the number of voting members elected in them, if necessitated by changes in the basic territorial division of the state or a change in the number of inhabitants in the constituency or in the country.


§ 2 Changes in county boundaries entailing changes in electoral boundaries is not permitted during the 12 months preceding the expiry of term of the Sejm, as well as ordering the election period in the event of shortening of the Sejm's term of office until the day of officially deeming the elections valid.


§ 3 The Sejm shall, subject to § 5, undertake the changes in the division of constituencies for the reasons stipulated in § 1, no later than 3 months before the date of expiration of the time limit for calling elections to the Sejm.


§ 4 The determination of the number of people referred to in § 1 shall be based on the data at the end of the third quarter of the year preceding the expiry of term of the Sejm, provided by the mayors in the manner specified in the regulations issued on the basis of the Article. 165 § 3 § 5 If the term of the Sejm is shortened a division of constituencies shall not be made.