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Article 159
 

a new time for the elections If the municipality elections or election procedures can not, for any reason, be conducted at the times provided in this Act, or if the number of candidates elected when determining election results or the number of candidates declared elected according to section 157 (1) at the time referred to in that subsection is less than the number of councillors of the municipality to be elected, the Ministry of Justice may, at the Municipality Council’s suggestion, set a new time for the elections. If elections are not held prior to the end of the election term, the current councillors and the deputy councillors stay in office until the results of the postponed elections are published. What is provided in this Act on new elections applies, as appropriate, to these elections.