Limitations to eligibility to stand as a candidate at elections

1. Eligibility to stand as a candidate at elections shall be lost, where at least one of the following grounds exists:

1) failure to complete serving a court-imposed sentence and/or a penal sanction;
2) incapacity to act in areas related to the implementation of electoral law, evidenced by court;
3) ineligibility to stand as a candidate at elections in the Member State of the European Union of which the person is a national.

2. Eligibility for election as Member of the Seimas and President of the Republic shall be lost where the following circumstances exist:

1) the person is in active mandatory military service or alternative national defence service;
2) the person serves as an official of a statutory institution or body;
3) the person is non-eligible, under legislation or statutes, to participate in any activities of political organisations;
4) the person serves as a judge, as long as the service continues.

3. A person removed by impeachment from any office, including the office of a Member of the Seimas, may be elected as Member of the Seimas or President of the Republic not earlier than ten years after the decision on removal from office or revocation of the mandate of a Member of the Seimas.

4. A person who has held the office of President of the Republic for two consecutive terms is no longer eligible for election as President of the Republic for a third consecutive term.

5. A person who has held the office of mayor for three consecutive terms is no longer eligible for election as mayor for a fourth consecutive term.