Complaints of illegitimacy of municipal elections, other than of a criminal nature, shall be send to the Election Appeal Committee within seven days of the declaration of the election results.
If a complaint is submitted within the deadline for lodging complaints under paragraph 1 and the Committee declares the election invalid, the outgoing municipal council shall not be dissolved until a new election has taken place and the Committee has ruled on any complaints lodged in relation that election.
The Election Appeal Committee shall issue a ruling within four weeks from receiving a complaint unless the matter is very large in scope, in which case the ruling shall be delivered within six weeks.
