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Article 53
 

The Assembly of a local self-government unit shall be constituted within 20 days following the day of election of a councillor.

Term of office for a councillor shall begin with the day of confirmation of the term.

The confirmation of a term for a councillor shall be conducted on the basis of the certificate on election of councillor and report by the electoral commission on conducted elections.

A three-member commission shall be formed at the constitutive session of the assembly of the local self-government unit in order to establish the agreement between the certificate of election for councillor and report by the electoral commission.

On the basis of the report of the commission specified in para.4 of this Article, a person presiding the constitutive session of the assembly of a local self-government unit, shall conclude that the electoral commission has submitted a report on conducted elections and identify the certificates of election of councillors that are in agreement with this report, whereby confirming the term of the newly elected councillors.