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Section 245
 

(1) The following election commissions shall operate in elections of Members of Parliament:
a) the National Election Commission;
b) parliamentary single-member constituency election commissions;
c) polling station commissions (in settlements with a single polling district, the local election commission).
(2) Nominating organisations with the power to appoint members to the National Election Commission – except national minority self-governments – may appoint up to five observers to work alongside the National Election Office and verify the voting documents and the legality of the ballot counting.
(3) Only voters who have taken an oath or pledge in front of the chairman of the election commission using the text contained in the Act on the Oath and Pledge of Certain Public Officials may serve as observers. Among other provisions, the provisions of Section 5 (3), Section 5 (4) a), b) and d) and Section 5 (5) shall apply to observers.