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Art. 32. (1) The electoralbureau of constituency shall acknowledge a candidature within 24 hours of itsfiling, by decision, which may be contested by the citizens entitled to vote,political parties, political alliances, electoral alliances and organizationsof citizens belonging to national minorities, within 48 hours of the display ofthe acknowledgement decision.
(2)The electoral bureau of constituency shall reject a candidature within 24 hoursof its filing, by decision, which may be contested by the candidate or by theelectoral competitors who put forward the respective candidature, within 48hours of the display of the rejection decision.
(21) Theelectoral bureaux of constituency shall draw up minutes which mention the dateand the time for displaying the decision of acceptance, or if the case may be,of rejection of the candidature.*
(22) Thecandidatures put forward to several uninominal colleges, or for both offices ofdeputy and senator shall be null and void, except for the ones provided for inarticle 9 (11). Nullity shall be found by decision of the Central ElectoralBureau.
(3) The contestations shallinclude the full name, the address and quality of the person making thecontestation, the full name of the person whose candidature was accepted orrejected, explanation of the grounds of the claim, the date, and the signatureof the person making the contestation, and the indication, if need be, of theperson designated to represent this petitioner.
(4) The contestation and the appealshall be made to the competent court, under the sanction of nullity.
(5) The contestationsregarding the acceptance or rejection of the candidatures shall be settled within 48 hours of theregistration, by the tribunal under the jurisdiction of which theconstituency falls. The contestations against the candidatures for theconstituency for the Romanians with the domicile outside Romania shall besettled by the Tribunal of Bucharest. The sentence shall be visibly posted atthe seat of the court having pronounced it.
(6) They may appeal thesentence pronounced for the contestation within 24 hours of the pronouncement, to thehierarchically superior court. The appeal shall be settled within 24 hours of theregistration.
(7) The sentence pronouncedin the appeal shall be final and irrevocable.
LAWNo. 35 of13 March 2008 for the election tothe Chamber of Deputies and the Senate and for the amendment
and completion ofLaw No. 67/2004 for the election of local public administration authorities,
ofLaw No. 215/2001 on the local public administration, and of Law No. 393/2004
onthe Statute of local electees, Published in OJ No. 196 of 13 March 2008
