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Section X10
 

  1. The presiding officer of a representative assembly shall, at the member’s request, grant temporary termination of membership in connection with pregnancy and childbirth to a member who has been admitted to the assembly. The termination of membership shall commence on the date mentioned in the request, which must be at most six and at least four weeks before the expected date of birth, as shown in a certificate issued by a physician or midwife and submitted by the member. The request referred to in the first sentence shall not be granted if it is made within a period of sixteen weeks before the end of a term of office as referred to in Chapter C.


 



  1. The presiding officer of a representative assembly shall, at the member’s request, grant temporary termination of membership to a member of the assembly, if the member is unable because of illness to perform the duties of membership and it appears probable from a medical certificate that he will be unable to resume the duties of membership within eight weeks. The termination of membership shall commence on the day after the decision on the request is made known. The request referred to in the first sentence shall not be granted if it is made within a period of sixteen weeks before the end of a term of office as referred to in Chapter C.


 



  1. The membership of a member who has been granted temporary termination of membership as referred to in subsection 1 or 2 shall resume automatically sixteen weeks to the day after the temporary termination of membership commenced.


 



  1. A member of a representative assembly may be granted temporary termination of membership as referred to in subsection 1 or 2 no more than three times in each term of office of the assembly.