General counting of the election in foreign residents’ constituencies

1 - A general counting assembly is established with each station for collating and counting the votes of electors residing abroad, and it shall comprise:
a) One member of the National Electoral Commission appointed by the latter by the eighth day after the election, who shall be the chair;
b) One judge, appointed by the Supreme Judicial Council;
c) Two lawyers of recognized merit appointed by the chair;
d) Two mathematics teachers who teach in Lisbon, appointed by the member of the Government responsible for education;
e) Two chairmen of the station for collating and counting the votes of electors residing abroad appointed by the chair;
f) The secretary of the Lisbon Court of Appeal, who acts as secretary and does not vote.
2 - The general counting assemblies must be formed by the tenth day after the day of the election, and should be published by a notice from the electoral administration of the General Secretariat of the Ministry of Internal Administration, while the appointments provided for in b) and d) of the preceding paragraph should be communicated to the National Electoral Commission by the ninth day after the day of the election.
3 - The candidates and agents of the lists can be present, without the right to vote, but with the right to make a complaint, protest or counter-protest, at the work of each general counting assembly.
4 - The general counting assembly will consolidate the results obtained by the stations for collating and counting the votes of electors residing abroad with the results determined in the in-person vote of electors residing abroad.