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Article 9
 

The Statute of a unit shall govern the number of members of its representative body from among the Croatian citizens who are members of national minorities pursuant to the provisions of the Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities.

The representative body of the unit in which members of national minorities have the right to adequate number of representatives in that body is obliged to harmonize the statute of the unit with the provision referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article in a way prescribed by the Constitutional Act on the Rights of National Minorities before every election in a timely manner.

In case when the representative body does not act in accordance with the obligation referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the obligation should be fulfilled by a new elected representative body within 60 days from its constituting.