1.Everyone who has attained the age of 25, has exclusively been a citizen of the Republic of Armenia for the preceding 4 years, has been permanently residing in the Republic of Armenia for the preceding 4 years, has the right of suffrage and has command of the Armenian language may be elected as Deputy of the National Assembly. 

2.A citizen shall not be considered as permanently residing in the Republic of Armenia for the preceding 4 years where he or she has been absent from the Republic of Armenia for at least 731 days out of 1 461 days preceding the day of submitting a request to the public administration bodyauthorised by the Government of the Republic of Armenia maintaining State Population Register for the purpose of obtaining a statement of information, in the manner prescribed, on having permanent residence for the registration of a candidate, except for cases when the absence has been conditioned by circumstances related to being abroad for service purposes of a person who is a public servant of the Republic Armenia, or to his or her study at higher educational institutions abroad.  

3.The command of the Armenian language shall be certified by a graduation document (education certificate, academic certificate, diploma) issued by educational institutions on having received education in the Armenian language in educational institutions or having completed studies of the Armenian language provided by educational programmes and having passed final attestation. In case of absence of a graduation document certifying the command of the Armenian language, the command of the Armenian language shall be tested as prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia which must provide for reasonable, objective criteria for testing the command of the Armenian language, as well as process supervision procedures. The results of the testing may be appealed against before a court within a 3-day period.