(1) The election offices shall perform their professional activities under the direction of the president of the National Election Office.

(2) The president of the National Election Office may directly instruct the heads of all election offices; the head of a regional election office may directly instruct the heads of the parliamentary single-member constituency election offices and the heads of the local election offices; and the head of a parliamentary single-member constituency election office may directly instruct the heads of the local election offices regarding the performance of their tasks set out in this Act.

(3) A person or body other than the head of the superior election office shall not be allowed to instruct the heads of the election offices regarding the performance of the tasks related to the preparation and conduct of elections. Only the head of the election office may instruct the members of the election office regarding the performance of the tasks related to the preparation and conduct of elections.

(4) The chair of an election commission may instruct the head of the election office at the commission regarding the performance of secretarial tasks of the commission.