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Article 81
 

(1) The appeal will be decided by the election committee entitled to adjudge it in three days from receipt thereof.
(2) Appeals that fail to arrive on time, or have been submitted not to the election committee defined in Section § 81 (1), or fail to contain what is set forth in Section § 80 (4) a)-b) shall be dismissed without examining them on the merits. The appeal may not be dismissed if the party entitled submits it within the defined time frame to the election committee entitled to adjudge it.
(3) On the grounds of the appeal, the election committee entitled to adjudge it will examine the resolution found injurious and the procedure preceding it.
(4) The election committee acting as a body of the second instance will
a) sustain the resolution contested by the appeal, or will
b) change it.
(5) The resolution adopted in the appellate procedure will be communicated by the election committee having acted as a body of the second instance to the appellant and those to whom the resolution of the first instance has been made known.
(6) The election committee acting as a body of the second instance will return the documents sent in order to adjudge the appeal together with the resolution to the election committee acting as a body of first instance in five days from the adoption of the resolution, or, in the event of submitting a request for judicial revision, from the adjudging thereof.