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Article 306
 

Examination of the Petition


(1) Any such petition shall be examined under the provisions and according to the procedure established by the Constitutional Court Act and the Rules on the Organization of the Activities of the Constitutional Court.
(2) The Constitutional Court shall consider the petition and shall rule within a month of its receipt. The petition shall not suspend the decision of the Central Election Commission.
(3) The judgment of the Constitutional Court establishing illegitimacy of the elections of MPs or of the election of an MP shall be delivered to the National Assembly, the Central Election Commission and to the persons concerned.
(4) If the elections of MPs are declared illegitimate, a new election of a National Assembly shall be conducted not later than two months after judgment delivery referred to in Para. 3.
(5) If the election of an MP is pronounced illegitimate, the Central Election Commission shall determine by decision the election results according to the methodology referred to in Annex 1 herein, declaring the allocation of seats and the names of the elected MP. Any such decision of the Central Election Commission shall not be subject to appeal.