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Article 5
 

A member of the representative body of a unit cannot be a member of the representative body of another unit, or a member of the government of the same unit at the same time.

A member of the representative body of a unit cannot be a judge, a judge of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, the President of the Republic of Croatia, Vice-President of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, Public Prosecutor, Deputy Public Prosecutor, Ombudsman, Deputy Ombudsman, minister, State Secretary, Deputy State Secretary, assistant minister, Secretary General, the director of a state administrative organization, deputy director of a state administrative organization, the chief of the Office Staff of the Government of the Republic of Croatia, a person on active duty in the armed forces as well as an official and employee in Croatian Armed Forces, the director and an employee in administrative bodies and services of the same unit, as well as a member of the board of directors of a company in which the majority stake is owned by the unit as well as the director of an institution founded by the unit.

A person holding an incompatible office has the right to run for office of a member of the representative body of the unit, excluding a person on active duty in the armed forces, as well as an official and employee in Croatian Armed Forces, and if elected as a member of the representative body, on the occasion of constituting the representative body he/she has to make a statement whether he/she shall take the office of a member or he/she shall continue to exercise the incompatible office. In that case his/her term of office shall be suspended, and his/her deputy shall replace him/her, pursuant to the provisions of this Act.