Challenges

1 - Within a time limit of two days following the publication referred to in the previous Article, the candidates, their agents and the political parties that are competing for election in the constituency may challenge the judge’s decisions regarding the submission of nominations. Such challenges shall be made to the judge himself.
2 - In cases of a challenge lodged against the admission of any nomination, the judge shall immediately have the agent of the respective list notified that he has a time limit of twenty-four hours in which to respond, should he wish to do so.
3 - In cases of a challenge lodged against the non-admission of any nomination, the judge shall immediately have the agents of the remaining lists, even if they have not been admitted, notified that they have a time limit of twenty-four hours in which to respond, should they wish to do so.
4 - The judge must decide within a time limit of twenty-four hours counting from the end of the time limits provided for in the previous paragraphs.
5 - When there are no challenges, or those that have been made have been decided, the judge shall have a complete list of all the lists that have been admitted affixed to the door of the court building.
6 - A copy of the lists referred to in the previous paragraph shall be sent to the Director-General of the Interior or, in the autonomous regions, the Representative of the Republic.