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Sposób obliczania terminu pierwszego posiedzenia Sejmu
Method of calculating the date of the first sitting of the Sejm

Author(s): Ewelina Gierach
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: term of office; constitution; sitting of the Sejm; Sejm;

Summary/Abstract: The author presents three different, legally permissible positions concerning the date of the first sitting of the Sejm. The first of them is based on a strict interpretation of the four-year term of office of the Sejm. The second allows it to be extended because of certain constitutional provisions. The third points out, that a four-year term of office does not imply a rigid definition of the starting and ending dates of powers of the Sejm of a current term. In the author’s opinion, tordering of the elections to the Sejm and Senate to be held on 13th October 2019 implies the application of the last concept.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 63-68
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Polish
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