Members of the representative bodies shall be elected in direct elections (hereinafter: elections), by secret ballot.
It shall not be possible to recall the members of representative bodies, and their rights and obligations shall commence on the day the representative body is constituted.
It shall not be possible to call the members of representative bodies to criminal and offence account for the words spoken, or for voting in the work of representative bodies.
The mandate of members of representative bodies elected at regular elections shall last until the announcement of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Croatia on calling the elections or until the announcement of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Croatia on the dissolution of a representative body, in compliance with the law which regulates local and regional self-government.
The mandate of members of representative bodies elected at early elections shall last until the expiration of the running mandate of the representative bodies elected at regular elections.
