§ 1 The Speaker of Sejm shall, based on the information provided by the National Electoral Commission, inform the next candidate on the from the same list of candidates who received the next highest amount of votes in the election, of the pre-emptive right to the mandate of deputy in the case of:

1) death of a deputy;

2) passing of the time limit for filing an appeal against the order of the Speaker of Sejm concerning mandate expiry;

3) failure of an appeal to the Supreme Court against the order of the Speaker of Sejm on expiry of the mandate,

§ 2 If the pre-emptive right to receive the mandate is possessed by more than one candidate Article 233 shall apply accordingly.

§ 3 The statement of acceptance of the mandate should be submitted within 7 days of the notice served. Failure to submit a statement within the period referred to in the previous sentence shall be tantamount to a waiver of the pre-emptive right to fill the mandate.

§ 4 The candidate may waive the pre-emptive right to fill the mandate for the candidate from the same list, which received the largest number of votes. A declaration of waiving the pre-emptive right shall be made to the Speaker of Sejm within 7 days of receipt of the notice referred to in § 1

§ 5 The Speaker of Sejm makes a decision on the filling of the mandate. The provisions of Article. 249 § 2 and 3 shall apply accordingly.

§ 6 If the filling of a mandate is the manner described in § 1-3 is impossible due to lack of candidates, which can be assigned mandate, the Speaker of the Sejm, by way of ordinance, deems the mandate as vacant.