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Article 13
 

 (1) The precinct polling officer, the permanent representatives to be appointed according to §§ 8, 10 and 11, and all deputies of the polling officer of the electoral authorities to be newly established before each election who are to be appointed for the case of a temporary inability to attend, shall be appointed on the seventh day after the qualifying date at the latest, unless it is for the appointment of officers of electoral authorities, whose constitution has subsequently become unavoidable due to the reasons mentioned in § 14 al. 4.

(2) Before taking up their office the appointed officers shall swear to that person having effected the appointment their strict impartiality and diligent performance of their duties by means of handshake.

(3) Until the constitution of the electoral authorities to be newly established before each election their chairmen (deputies) shall perform any undeferable duties of the electoral authorities and, in particular, accept applications.

(4) After the constitution of these electoral authorities the chairmen (deputies) shall be obliged to notify the electoral authority of all previous dispositions and to discharge all duties that are not reserved for decision of the electoral authorities themselves according to § 7 al. 1.