(1) The competent authorities responsible for the conduct of elections are the election commissions and the Polling Station Committees.

(2) The election commissions and the Polling Station Committees shall be independent and impartial in their work. No member of an election commission or a Polling Station Committee shall participate in the decision of a case in which the member and/or a close family member has a personal or financial interest or other conflict of interest, which may raise doubt as to the ability of the member to act impartially. A “close family member” is defined in Article 15.7, paragraph (2) of this Law.

(3) Before taking up office, each member of an election commission and Polling Station Committee shall sign individually the following oath: “I hereby swear that I will faithfully, conscientiously and impartially discharge the duties assigned to me and implement and uphold the Constitution and the laws of Bosnia and Herzegovina.”