Determining the election date for local government bodies

(words amended in point 1; point 2 amended by Law No. 118/2020, dated 5 October 2020)

1. The election date for local government bodies shall be determined by decree of the President of Republic. For the purpose of determining the election date for local government bodies, the President shall apply the rules provided for in points 3 and 4 of Article 9 of this Code.

2. For the purpose of determining the election date, the duration of the mandate of local government bodies shall be calculated until the same date of the same month of the fourth year after the date of announcement by CEC decision of the election results for local government bodies at a national level.

3. In the event of mandate interruption on grounds provided in Article 115 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania, elections shall be held no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days from the date of notification of the mandate interruption. In the event of an appeal by the dissolved or discharged body, elections shall be held no earlier than 30 days and no later than 45 days from the expiry of the deadline provided to the dissolved body to appeal the decision of the Council of Ministers to the Constitutional Court, when such a right has not been exercised, or the date of the decision of the Constitutional Court, if the appeal to the latter has been made within the timeframe provided for in point 2 of Article 115 of the Constitution of the Republic of Albania. In any case, the President of Republic shall issue the decree no later than 48 hours from the notification of mandate interruption.