Council of Europe - Venice Commission

REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA – Electoral Code

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Article 39

Deputy Chairs of the Central Electoral Commission

1. The Chair of the Central Electoral Commission shall have two deputies. They shall be appointed by the Central Electoral Commission on the nomination of the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission and shall be dismissed from office by the Central Electoral Commission. The Deputy Chairs shall be appointed from among the members of the Central Electoral Commission nominated by the President of the Republic, the Minister of Justice, and the Lithuanian Lawyers Association.

2. On the recommendation of the chair, the Central Electoral Commission may decide that the Deputy Chairs of the Central Electoral Commission be employed exclusively with the Commission. The Deputy Chairs of the Central Electoral Commission employed exclusively with the Commission shall be subject to the same restrictions as those set out for the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission in Article 36(1).

3. Where the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission is not appointed or is temporarily unable to hold office due to being on official mission, leave, sick leave, being dismissed, or for other reasons, the Deputy Chair of the Central Electoral Commission (if the chair is not appointed) or one of the Deputy Chairs of the Central Electoral Commission appointed by the chair shall temporarily act as the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission.

4. Where neither the Chair nor the Deputy Chairs of the Central Electoral Commission have been appointed, or where none of the deputies is able to temporarily hold office of Chair of the Central Electoral Commission due to an official mission, leave, sick leave, dismissal or other reasons, a member of the Central Electoral Commission appointed by the Commission from among the members nominated by the Minister of Justice and the Lithuanian Lawyers Association shall temporarily act as the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission.

5. The Deputy Chair of the Central Electoral Commission or another member of the Central Electoral Commission temporarily acting as the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission shall be paid the salary established for the position of the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission.

6. One of the Deputy Chairs of the Central Electoral Commission shall perform duties of the Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission. The Secretary shall be appointed by the Central Electoral Commission on the nomination of the chair of the Commission. The Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission shall sign the minutes of the Commission meetings, manage the Commission documents and perform other duties assigned thereto by the Central Electoral Commission or its chair.

7. Where the Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission is temporarily unable to perform the associated duties or is temporarily acting as the Chair of the Central Electoral Commission, a member of the Central Electoral Commission appointed by the Commission shall temporarily deputise for the Secretary.