(1) Any eligible person shall accept his or her election, cf. however subsection (2). 

(2) Upon request from the elected candidate, the local council or regional council, respectively, shall grant him release from the election if on account of poor health, performance of other public functions, business or similar, the elected candidate’s request for being released from the election is reasonably founded.

(3) A request for release from election shall be submitted in writing to the local council or the regional council, respectively, by the Friday ten days after election day at the latest. The local council or the regional council, respectively, shall consider the request at a meeting to be held as soon as possible after expiry of the time-limit.

(4) Rejection of a request for release from election may be brought before the Minister for the Interior and Health by the elected candidate within 14 days of the rejection.

(5) If an elected candidate is released from accepting his or her election, the substitute shall replace the appropriate candidate according to the rules in section 91.