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ARTICLE 246
 

Defects of nullity


The following shall be vitiated by nullity:


a) Acts, decisions or rulings of illegally constituted boards, those whose meetings have been unlawfully convened or which are operating in locations or at times different from those determined in accordance with this Act.


b) Election registers, minutes, documents, registrations, counts or calculations which are evidently not accurate expressions of the truth.


c) Votes allocated to a person who does not satisfy all the legal conditions required to fill the position and declarations of the election of such individuals and those effected in violation of the stipulations of the Constitution and this Act.


Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph a) above, votes cast at a polling station whose committee includes a member who does not satisfy the conditions required by law shall be valid.


Once a petition for a declaration of invalidity is upheld on the basis of paragraph c) of this Article, when declaring the election results, the TSE shall apportion quotients without taking such individuals into account.