Termination of the mandate of the Chair, Deputy Chair and member of the Central Electoral Commission

1. The mandate of the Chair, Deputy Chair and/or a member of the Central Electoral Commission shall be terminated on the following grounds:

1) expiry of the term of office of the Commission in its old composition and setting up and swearing in of the Central Electoral Commission in its new composition;

2) death;

3) resignation;

4) loss of citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania;

5) dismissal from office by a resolution of the Seimas under Article 36(4);

6) the court has declared him incapacitated in the area related to the implementation of electoral law;

7) a judgment of conviction against him becomes effective;

8) non-confidence vote by the majority vote of all Members of the Seimas;

9) adoption of a Seimas resolution to terminate the powers of the Central Electoral Commission following the conclusion of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania that a decision of the Central Electoral Commission adopted after the voting has ended or other acts carried out by the Central Electoral Commission after the voting has ended infringe the provisions of this Code;

10) adoption of a Seimas decision on dismissal of a member of the Central Electoral Commission on the basis of a reasoned appeal from the political party or coalition of political parties that had nominated the member to the Central Electoral Commission;

11) deregistration from the Register of Legal Entities of the political party that had nominated the member to the Central Electoral Commission.

2. In addition to the grounds set out in Article 37(1), the powers of the chair or Deputy Chair of the Central Electoral Commission who works exclusively in the Central Electoral Commission shall also be terminated if the chair or the deputy chair fails, within 14 days of the appointment, to renounce the work, office or status incompatible with the position of a Chair or Deputy Chair of the Central Electoral Commission.

3. The Seimas may terminate the powers of the Chair and members of the Central Electoral Commission exclusively on the grounds set out in this Code.