(1) Except for the elections for the members of the Presidency of BiH, a political party shall be exempt from the signature requirement established in Article 4.4 of this law if a member of this political party holds a mandate in the same body that the political party applies to certify to stand for office.

(2) A political party shall be exempt from the signature requirement established in Article 4.4 of this Law also in the event that application for verification of candidacy is filed for the body at the same or lower level of authority in comparison with the body in which the political party member already holds a mandate. Signatures of support collected for a certain level of authority can be used at the early elections in the same election cycle.