(1) Having been nominated for the Presidency; judges and prosecutors, members of higher judicial bodies, faculty members at institutions of higher education, Members of the Council of Higher Education, and the Radio and Television Supreme Council, employees at public institutions and organizations with the status of a civil servant and other public employees that do not have the status of a worker, mayors, military officers and non-commissioned officers, presidents and members of the district and provincial boards of directors of political parties, municipal council members, members of provincial assemblies, and individuals working in the board of directors and supervisory boards of professional organizations with the capacity of a public organization, unions , state banks and supreme associations and supreme organizations of all these, and enterprises and partnerships all these organizations have joined shall be considered to have resigned from office on the date the candidate list has been finalized. This condition shall immediately be notified by the Supreme Election Council to the ministry or institution of the nominated individual.

(2) In case civil servants or other public employees nominated for Presidency other than members of higher judicial bodies, judges, prosecutors, those considered to be a part of these professions, military officers and non-commissioned officers lose their nomination or the election, they are entitled to return to their previous office or another office at a degree they are entitled to, provided they file an application within one month following the date when the Supreme Election Council announces that the President has been elected.