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Elections in Timor Leste are regulated by the Constitution, the Law no. 6/2006 on the Election of the National Parliament (amended in 2007 and 2011), the Law No. 7/2006 on the election of the President of the Republic (amended in 2007, 2011, 2012 and 2016), the Law No. 5/2006 regulating the electoral administration bodies (amended in 2011 and 2016) as well as other laws adopted by the National Parliament and regulations edited by the National Elections Commission (CNE).

Resources :

Constitution
PDF : An Introduction to Constitutional Law in Timor-Leste (The Asia Foundation)
PDF : Constitution (English)
PDF : Constitution (Portuguese)

Law and Regulations
PDF : Regulation on Electoral Campaign
PDF : Regulation on the Polling and Result Tabulation Procedures for the Election of the President of the Republic
PDF : Regulation on Presentation of Candidates for Community Leaders
PDF : Regulation on Electoral Campaigns for Community Leaders
PDF : Regulation on the Polling, Counting and Tabulation Procedures for the Election of Community Leaders
PDF : Regulation on the Presentation of Candidacies for the election of the President of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste
PDF : Regulation on Electoral Campaign for parliamentary and presidential elections
PDF : Regulation on the electoral campaign for presidential and parliamentary elections (Portuguese)
PDF : Regulation on the Voting, Counting and Result Tabulation procedures for the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections
PDF : Regulation on Procedures for Reception and Analysis of Complaints and Claims During Electoral Registration
PDF : Submission of Candidates for the Election of Suco Chief and Members of Suco Council
PDF : Law No. 5/2006 Regulating the Electoral Administration Bodies
PDF : Law No. 5/2006 regulating the electoral administration bodies (Portuguese)
PDF : Law no. 6/2006 on the Election of the National Parliament with amendments (Portuguese)
PDF : Law No. 7/2006 on the election of the President of the Republic
PDF : Law no. 6/2006 on the Election of the National Parliament with amendments

PDF : Law N.o 6/2008 regulating the financing of political parties (Portuguese)
PDF : Law no. 7/2011 Second Amendment to Law no. 6/2006 of 28 December (Law on the Election of the National Parliament)
PDF : Law No. 2/2016 on Political Parties (English)
PDF : Law No. 6/2016 on Voter Registration (English)
PDF : Re-Publishing of Law No. 5/2016 as amended by Law 7/2016 on Electoral Administrative Bodies
PDF : Government Decree No. 12/2016 on Approves Technical Procedures for the Implementation of Voter Registration and Updating of the Database of Voter Registration
PDF : Decree Law No. 5/2017 on Extraordinary Allowance for Election Administration Bodies in Timor-Leste
PDF : Law No. 6/2006 on Election of the National Parliament, integrating amendments up to Law 9/2017
PDF : Government Decree 16/2017 Regulation on the Submission of Nominations for the Election of Deputies to the National Parliament
PDF : Government Decree 17/2017 on Regulations for the oversight, observation and media coverage activities for the election of Deputies to the National Parliament
PDF : Government Decree No. 18/2017 on Regulation for the Electoral Campaign
PDF : Government Decree No. 19/2017 on Approves the Technical Procedures for the Implementation of the Parliamentary Election Abroad
PDF : Government Decree No. 21/2017 on Regulating the Organization and Operations of Polling Centers and the Voting, Vote Counting, and Tabulation of Results Procedures
PDF : Decree of the President of the Republic No. 27/2017 on Election Date
PDF : Operational Calendar for the Election of the National Parliament 2017

PDF : Extract from Timor-Leste Penal Code on Crimes against Democratic Practice