(1) In the counties where partial local elections are being held in at least 2 communal, town or municipal electoral constituencies, a county electoral bureau, composed of 2 of the judges in office from the county court, designated by random draw done by the president of the county court, is set up. The random draw is done by positions: president and alternate. The other provisions of Article 38 paragraph (2) are duly applicable.

(2) Within 24 hours from the setting up of the county electoral bureau under paragraph (1), it is completed with a representative of the Permanent Electoral Authority, appointed by resolution thereof, and with a representative of the political parties or organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities having their own parliamentary group in at least one of the Chambers of Parliament.

(3) The county electoral bureaus set up according to paragraphs (1) and (2) shall duly fulfil the powers referred to in this law for the Central Electoral Bureau. All challenges concerning the organisation and composition of the county electoral bureau shall be settled by the county court.

(4) In the counties where partial elections are being held in a single electoral constituency, a county electoral bureau is no longer set up, the settlement of the referrals stipulated in Article 39 paragraph (1) point h) being done by the court of first instance in whose territorial jurisdiction the respective electoral constituency is located. The court of first instance shall rule within 3 days, at the most, from the registration of the referrals and challenges. The ruling is final.

(5) The provisions of paragraphs (1) to (4) are duly applicable in the case of the Municipality of Bucharest as well.

(6) In the situations referred to in paragraph (4), the powers referred to in Article 8 paragraph (3), Article 39 paragraph (2), Article 59 paragraph (1) and in Article 128 are fulfiled by the constituency electoral bureau, and the competence to settle the challenges concerning the organisation and composition of the constituency electoral bureau belongs to the county court.