(1) The sittings of the election commissions shall be public.

(2) The actions taken by the chair of the election commission in order to maintain order shall be binding on everyone.

(3) Minutes shall be drawn up of each election commission sitting. The minutes shall include a reference to the time and place of the sitting, the names of the members present, the decisions by the election commission and minority opinions.

(4) Separate minutes need not be drawn up of the sittings of polling station commissions, except for the election of the chair and deputy chair, and unless otherwise provided in this Act.

(5) At the request of any member of the polling station commission, the keeper of the minutes shall record in the minutes any violation of law, breach of the principles of election procedure and extraordinary event detected in the course of the preparation or conduct of voting or vote counting.

(6) If minutes are not taken in accordance with paragraph (5), the polling station commission member concerned may make a written statement to be annexed to the polling district minutes.