The mandate of representatives elected to the Croatian Parliament (hereinafter: Parliament) shall run for four years and may be prolonged only in the case of war, or in cases stipulated in Articles 17 and 100 of the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia.

With Article 3 of the AAAERCSP (Official Gazette 53/03), which entered into force on 2 April 2003, the words: "or in the cases referred to in Articles 17 and 100 of the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia" were added at the end of the text aligning the name of the Croatian Parliament.

The mandate of representatives is not binding and they are not revocable.