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Article 10
 

Reimbursement of Expenses for Holders of Honorary Offices, Refreshment Allowance

(1) Returning Officers and members of the Electoral Committees and Electoral Boards shall receive a travel allowance on the basis of Articles 5 and 6 (1) of the Federal Law on Travel Expenses when they work outside their own polling districts; if they work outside their place of residence, they shall additionally receive subsistence and accommodation allow-ances on the basis of Travel Expense Rate B as defined in the Federal Law on Travel Expenses.

(2) A refreshment allowance of thirty Deutsche Mark, to be added to the subsistence al-lowance referred to in Paragraph 1 above, may be granted to the members of the Electoral Committees for attending a meeting convened under Article 5 of these Regulations and to the members of the Electoral Boards for election day.