Requirement to hold a hearing in the last instance

Law nr. 14/79 of May,16^th. 1979

(With the amendments made by the following legislative acts:

Declarations of August 17^th. 1979 and October 10^th.1979; Decree-Law nr. 400/82 of September 23^rd. 1982; Law nr. 14-A/85of July 10^th. 1985; Decree-Law nr 55/88 of February 26^th.1988; Laws nr. 5/89 of March 17^th. 1989, 18/90 of July 24^th.1990, 31/91 of July 20^th. 1991, 55/91 of August 10^th.1991, 72/93 of November 30^th. 1993, 10/95 of April 7^th.1995, 35/95 of August 18^th. 1995; and Organic Laws nr. 1/99 of June22^nd. 1999, 2/2001 of August 25^th. 2001, 3/2010 ofDecember 15^th. 2010, and 1/2011 of November 30^th. 2011.)

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Article 118: Competentcourt, procedure and time limits

3. The President ofthe Constitutional Court shall immediately cause the agents of the lists thatare competing in the constituency in question to be notified, so they, thecandidates and the political parties may, if they wish to do so, respondwithin a time limit of twenty-four hours.