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Article 9
 
1. The elections shall be ordered by the President of the Republic of Poland by order, issued no later than 90 days prior to expiry of 4 years from the beginning of the term of office of the Seym, and shall assign the date of elections to a non-working day, within 30 days prior to the expiry of the 4- year term of duration mentioned above. The order of the President shall be published and announced in the Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland (Dziennik Ustaw) no later than the 5th day after the proclamation of the elections.
2. In the proclamation referred to in paragraph 1 above, the President of the Republic shall, after obtaining the view of the National Electoral Commission, specify the days on which the time limits for the realisation of the election procedures indicated in this Act expire.