(1) The costs of the preparation and conduct of a by-election shall be paid from the budget of the national minority self-government if it is held because

a) the representative body or the general assembly was dissolved,

b) the representative body or the general assembly declared its dissolution.

(2) The national minority self-government shall pay the costs of the by-election referred to in paragraph (1) to the election office at the election commission competent to set a date for this by-election in advance, before a date for the election is set.