(1) Election committees shall be citizens' independent bodies subject to nothing but the law, whose prime responsibility is to determine the results of the elections, to ensure the fairness of the elections, to enforce impartiality and, when necessary, to restore the legal order of the elections.
(2) Election committees:
a. ballot counting committees;
b. local election committees;
c. parliamentary single mandate constituency election committees;
d. regional election committees;
e. the National Election Committee.
(3) During the term of its operation, an election committee is deemed to be an authority and its members public officials.
(4) The members of the election committee shall be exempted from performing work stipulated by law on the day following voting, and are entitled to receive average wages for this period to be paid by the employer. The employer may apply for reimbursement of the wages the member of the committee is entitled to within five days after the election, from the election office operated beside the election committee, in the event of ballot counting committees, from the local election office.
