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Article 27
 

If a candidate on a slate for the election of representatives to the Parliament or a candidate or substitute in electoral constituencies in which representatives of national minorities stand for election dies in the period following the day of the publication of the slate of candidates, the political party or parties or national minority associations that nominated said candidate may, in his/her place, nominate a new candidate or substitute without the special conditions for the validity of a nomination stipulated in this Act, up to 10 days before election day.


With Article 26 of the AAAECSP (Official Gazette 53/03), which entered into force on 2 April 2003, in paragraphs 1 and 2, the words: "House of Representatives of Parliament, or candidate or substitute on county slates for the election of representatives to the House of Counties of Parliament" were replaced by the word: "Parliament", and the word: "autochthonous" was deleted in paragraph 1. Also, with Article 8 of the AAAERCP (Official Gazette 145/10), which entered into force on 1 January 2011, the words: "or national minority association" were deleted in paragraph 1; however, the cited Article 8 of the AAAERCP (Official Gazette 145/10) was repealed by a Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia of 29 July 2011 (Official Gazette 93/11).


With Article 19 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, paragraph 1 was partly amended.


If a candidate on a slate for the election of representatives to the Parliament dies after the period referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the provisions of Article 42 of this Act shall apply accordingly.


With Article 19 of the Act on Amendments to the Act on the Elections of Representatives to the Croatian Parliament (Official Gazette 19/15), which entered into force on 25 February 2015, paragraph 2 was partly amended.