(1) A councillor’s mandate shall terminate prior to the expiration of the term to which he/she has been elected in the following cases:

1) if he/she resigns,

2) if a decision on the dissolution of the assembly of the local self-government unit is passed;

3) if he/she has been convicted by a final court decision to an unconditional prison sentence of at least six months;

4) if he/she has been debarred from legal capacity by a final court decision;

5) by accepting a post or assuming a function stipulated by the Law as incompatible with the function of a councillor;

6) in case of termination of domicile on the territory of the local self-government unit;

7) if he/she loses the citizenship,

8) if the councillor dies.

(2) A councillor may resign verbally in the session of the assembly of the local self-government unit, and in between two sessions, he/she may tender his resignation in an officially verified written statement.

(3) Upon the verbal resignation of a councillor, the assembly shall immediately ascertain, in the same session, that the mandate of the councillor has terminate.

(4) The assembly shall, in its first following session, decide upon the resignation handed in by the councillor in between two sessions.

(5) A councillor shall be entitled to withdraw his resignation until the assembly ascertains the termination of his/her mandate.

(6) If the mandate of the councillor terminates in the cases referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, points 2) to 8), the assembly of the local self-government unit shall, in the first session after the receipt of the information about such case, ascertain that the mandate of the councillor has terminated.