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Article 283
 

§ 1 The President of the Republic manages supplementary elections to the Senate in case of:


1) the death of a senator;


2) the time limit for filing an appeal against the order of the Speaker of the Senate to mandate expires;


3) failure of an appeal against the order of Speaker of the Senate of the expiry of the mandate by the Supreme Court.


§ 2 By-elections are managed and carried out within 3 months of determination of expiry of the mandate of the senator. Elections are not carried out within 6 months before the closing date for ordering the elections to the Sejm.


§ 3 In matters concerning the management of the election referred to in § 1, the provisions of Article. 194, shall apply, except that the order of the President of the Republic for by-elections must be published by the The National Electoral Commission without delay, in the form of and announcement in the constituency, where elections are to be carried out. Printing and posting of the notice is provided by the National Election Office.


§ 4 Voting in the re-election is carried out only within the country, and only those person with permanent domicile in the constituency have the right to vote.


§ 5 In the re-election the election commission shall be composed of 5 to 7 people, and the composition of the supplementary members referred to in art. 182 § 8, is made in the case of notification of less than 4 candidates.