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Article 42
 

(1) The county electoral bureaux, the electoral bureaux of the districts of Bucharest Municipality, and the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad shall supervise the fair conduct of the electoral campaign, solving, by decisions, the complaints referring to the electoral campaign.


(2) If the county electoral bureaux, the electoral bureaux of the districts of Bucharest Municipality, and the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad consider that, on the occasion of solving the complaint, it is imperative to take administrative measures or to impose penalties for minor or criminal offences, they shall notify the competent authorities.


(3) The contestations against the decisions issued by the county electoral bureaux, the electoral bureaux of the districts of Bucharest Municipality, and the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad may be submitted to the Central Electoral Bureau, within 48 hours at most of them being posted.


(4) The solving of the complaints and contestations shall be done within 3 days of their registration.


(5) The contestations formulated, within the legal time limit, against the decisions adopted by the county electoral bureaux, the electoral bureaux of the districts of Bucharest Municipality, and the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad shall suspend their execution.


(6) The decisions adopted by the county electoral bureaux, the electoral bureaux of the districts of Bucharest Municipality, and the electoral bureau for the polling stations abroad shall become executory as from the date the contestation deadlines expire.


(7) The contestations concerning the hindrance of a party or a political formation, or of a candidate to conduct the electoral campaign according to the law shall be solved by the Constitutional Court, with the majority vote of the judges, within 48 hours at most of their registration.