• 1. The mayor shall retain the documents referred to in Articles N 22 and N 28, and the copies referred to in Article N 31, paragraph 3, and Article N 32, paragraph 2, respectively, for three months after the admission of the elected representatives has been decided. These documents shall then be immediately destroyed, unless:

o a. the public prosecutor or the examining magistrate has requested the transfer of these documents in the context of a criminal investigation, in which case they shall be destroyed after this investigation has been concluded;

o b. criminal proceedings have been instituted for an act punishable under this Act, Articles 125 through 129 of the Criminal Code, or Articles 131 through 135 of the BES Criminal Code, in which case the annulment will take place after a final judicial decision.

• 2. An official report of the annulment will be drawn up.