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Article 126
 

The form of the letter of authorisation   The form of the letter of authorisation of a Member of Parliament reads  as follows:   “In the parliamentary election that was conducted on the ... day...of the month of …in ... electoral district,  ----   living  at…has been elected to be a parliamentary  representative beginning from this day forward until the following  parliamentary election is held.”   This certificate is the letter of  authorisation of the Member of Parliament   Place and time.   If the parliamentary seat has become vacant, the electoral district committee gives a letter of authorisation to the person who, according to section 92, will replace the former  representative.   In this case the letter of authorisation  reads as follows:   “After on the …day…of the month of … in the parliamentary election held in…electoral district---- was elected to be a parliamentary representative beginning from the …..day of the ……month….until the following parliamentary election should be held, but his or her   parliamentary seat  has become vacant, ----living at…will, according to the Election Law, replac him or her as member of parliament”   This certificate is the written authorisation of the Member of Parliament   Place and time.   If a Member of Paliament has been elected  a Member of  the European Parliament,the electoral district committee gives a letter of authorisation to the person who, according to the Constitution, will, during  the time the former is carrying out his or her duties as a member of the European Parliament, act in his or her place as a representative carrying out the  duties of a representative  This letter of authorisation reads as follows:   “ After on the  ….day of themonth of…in the parliamentary election held in…electoral district --- was elected.to be a parliamentary representative beginning  from the… day of the month of….until the following parliamentary elections should be held, and since he or she on  the …day of the month of…in the European Parliamentary elections held in Finland been chosen as a memberof the European Parliament and his or her carrying out his or her duties as a member of parliament  is for this reason discontinued,according to the Constitution and the Election Act---living at…will become his or her deputy representative to carry out the  duties as a representative in his or her  place for the time that the representative is acting as a member of the European Parliament.”   This certificate is the letter of authorisation of  the deputy Member of  Parliament   Place and time