(1) The President, members of the Saeima, members of the Cabinet, prosecutors, judges, the Auditor General, members of the Council of the State Audit Office, and soldiers may be nominated as councillor candidates to the council, however, in case of election, they shall lose their mandate of a member of the Saeima and the position held, whereas soldiers shall be retired from the military service.

(2) [26 April 2007]

(3) If an elected councillor of the council is a member of the European Parliament, he or she shall lose his or her status of the member of the European Parliament from the day of the first session of the newly elected council. The election commission of the relevant local government shall notify the Central Election Commission of the election of a member of the European Parliament in the composition of a council within one working day. The Central Election Commission shall notify the European Parliament of losing the status of a member of the European Parliament within three working days after receiving the notification of the election commission of the relevant local government of the election of the member of the European Parliament in the composition of the council.

(4) The restrictions referred to in Paragraph one of this Section shall also apply to citizens of the European Union who are not Latvian citizens.

[11 November 2004; 26 April 2007; 2 October 2008; 13 December 2012; 17 June 2020]