(1) Members and alternate members of election commissions shall take an oath or pledge within five days of being elected or reported, and members and alternate members of polling station commissions shall do so two days before the day of voting at the latest.

(2) Members appointed, under Section 28 (5), to election commissions shall take an oath or pledge on the day before the day of voting at the latest.

(3) Elected members and alternate members of the National Election Commission shall be sworn in by Parliament, members and alternate members of territorial election commissions shall be sworn in by the Lord Mayor of the Capital city or the President of the county general assembly, and members and alternate members of polling station commissions, parliamentary single-member constituency election commissions and local election commissions shall be sworn in by the mayor, all using the text contained in the Act on the Oath and Pledge of Certain Public Officials.

(4) If the oath or pledge is not taken by the deadline set in (1), it shall be taken in the presence of the President of the Parliament instead of the Parliament, the Lord Mayor of the Capital city or the President of the county general assembly instead of the mayor, or in the presence of the chairman of the National Election Commission instead of the Lord Mayor of Capital city or the President of the county general assembly.

(5) If the mayor, the Lord Mayor of the Capital city, the president of the county general assembly or the President of the Parliament are prevented from administering the oath or pledge, the oath or pledge may be administered by the deputy mayor or the Deputy Lord Mayor – both elected from among the members of the body of representatives –, or by the vice president – elected from among the members of the county general assembly –, or by the Vice President of the Parliament.

(6) Members of election commissions may exercise their rights after taking the oath or pledge.