Legal basis for administrative requirements at the national level

Twobodies, the Technical Secretariat of Electoral Administration (STAE) andNational Electoral Commission (CNE), are responsible for administration of theelectoral processes in Timor-Leste.  Theresponsibilities of each body are delineated in  Law No. 01/2007, Law No.5/2006, and Law No. 6/2011

 TheTechnical Secretariat of Electoral Administration (STAE) is a governmentalbody, responsible for administering elections and referenda.  

TheNational Electoral Commission (CNE) is an independent body responsible forsupervising STAE?s administration of electoral laws, electoral regulations andreferenda regulations: see Law no. 6/2011, Article 4 and Article 12(2).

DecreeLaw No. 01/2007 - Organic Statute of the Technical Secretariat of ElectoralAdministration

(enactedin 2007)

 http://?www.?jornal.?gov.?tl/?lawsTL/?RDTL-?Law/?RDTL-?Decree-?Laws/?Decree-?Law%20?2007-?01.?pdf

Law No. 5/2006 of 28 December ? Electoral Administration Bodies.

(enacted in 2006, amended by law no. 6/2011 on 22 June 2011)

http://aceproject.org/ero-en/regions/pacific/TL/timor-leste-law-no.-5-2006-regulating-the/view

 Law No. 6/2011 of 22 June - First amendment toLaw no. 5/2006 of 28 December

(Electoral Administration Bodies)

(enacted in 20119

 http://?www.?jornal.?gov.?tl/?lawsTL/?RDTL-?Law/?RDTL-?Laws/?Law%20?no.?%20?6_?2011%20?First%20?Amendment%20?to%20?Law%20?5-?2006%20?of%20?December%20?%20?Electoral%20?Administration%20?Bodies%20?.?pdf