(1) Election commissions, once their members are elected and have taken the oath or affirmation, shall hold a constitutive sitting. Polling station commissions shall hold a constitutive sitting within eight days before voting day, after their members are assigned. The constitutive sitting shall be convened by the head of the election office at the election commission or, for a polling station commission, the head of the local election office.

(2) The National Election Commission shall hold its constitutive sitting on the working day following the expiry of the mandate of the previous National Election Commission. In a case referred to in section 33 (2), the constitutive sitting of the National Election Commission shall be held on the day of its election.