(1) If the President of Latvia, the Auditor General, a member of the Council of the State Audit Office, an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary, a judge of the Constitutional Court, a prosecutor, a police officer or a professional soldier has been nominated as a candidate for the Saeima elections, he/she must resign from office (service) after the list of candidates for the Saeima elections (hereinafter – list of candidates) has been registered and must submit documents certifying his/her resignation to the Central Election Commission within one month.

(2) If a member of the European Parliament is elected to the Saeima, he/she shall lose the mandate of a member of the European Parliament upon giving the solemn oath of a Member of the Saeima. The Central Election Commission shall notify the European Parliament within three weekdays that the person is no longer a member of the European Parliament.

(3) A member of a city or municipality council may be nominated as a candidate for the Saeima elections, but he/she shall lose the mandate in the relevant council upon being elected to the Saeima.

(4) A judge who is not a judge on the Constitutional Court may be nominated for the Saeima elections, but he/she shall lose his/her office upon being elected to the Saeima.

(As amended by the 30 May 2002 Law, the 9 March 2006 Law, the 31 May 2007 Law, the 26 February 2009 Law, the 31 March 2010 Law and the 3 March 2011 Law)