(1) The lists of candidates that have been submitted in accordance with the requirements of this Law shall be registered in the election commission of the relevant local government.

(2) Registered lists of candidates cannot be withdrawn and amendments to them may be made in one of the following ways only by the commission that has registered the relevant list:

1) by deleting the nominated candidate if:

a) the candidate does not conform to the requirements of Section 8, Paragraphs one and two of this Law;

b) the restrictions specified in Section 9 of this Law apply to the candidate;

c) the same person is nominated in lists of candidates of different names or in the list of candidates also for elections of another local government council (Section 15);

d) [17 June 2020];

e) the candidate has deceased;

f) the candidate is a member of the European Parliament and has not submitted documents to the election commission which approve the fact of resignation of the mandate of the member of the European Parliament (laying down the mandate);

2) by making corrections of a technical nature.

(3) A candidate shall be deleted on the basis of the statement issued by the relevant institution or a court judgment. The fact that the candidate:

1) does not conform to the requirements of Section 8, Paragraph one of this Law – shall be certified by the statement of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs;

1¹) has not reached 18 years of age on the election day – shall be certified by the statement of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs;

1²) is not registered in the electoral register – shall be certified by the statement of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs;

2) has not been registered without interruption at the place of residence in the administrative territory of the relevant local government for at least the last 10 months before the day of submission of the list of candidates – shall be certified by the statement of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs;

2¹) has been included in the list of candidates for another council elections – shall be certified by the statement of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs;

2²) has been recognised as not having the capacity to act in accordance with the procedures provided for by law – shall be certified by the statement of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs;

3) is serving a sentence in a place of deprivation of liberty – shall be confirmed by the statement of the Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior;

4) has been sentenced for a serious or especially serious crime and the criminal record has not been extinguished or set aside – shall be certified by the statement of the Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior;

5) at the time of committing the crime provided for in the Criminal Law was in a state of mental incapacity, a state of diminished mental capacity or also after committing the criminal offence has become ill with a mental illness which has removed his or her ability to understand his or her actions or to control them – shall be certified by the statement of the Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior;

6) is or has been in a staff position in the State security services, intelligence or counter-intelligence services of the USSR, the Latvian SSR, or of foreign states – shall be certified by the judgment of the relevant court;

7) after 13 January 1991 has worked in the CPSU(LCP), the International Front of the Working People of the Latvian SSR, the United Work Collective Council, the Organisation of War and Labour Veterans, the All-Latvia Salvation of Society Committee or its regional committees – shall be certified by the judgment of the relevant court;

8) [9 May 2002];

9) has deceased – shall be certified by the statement of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs.

(4) The institutions referred to in Paragraph three of this Section shall provide the information at the disposal thereof in writing to the election commission free of charge within five days after receipt of a request.

(5) If information that a nominated candidate does not have the right to stand as a candidate in the council elections is received by the election commission later than on the 20^th day before the elections and it is impossible to produce new ballot papers of the relevant list of candidates, voters shall be issued with ballot papers of the relevant list of candidates with the given name and surname of this candidate. In counting the votes and calculation of election results the votes cast for the relevant person shall not be counted.

[6 November 1996; 6 December 1996; 6 April 2000; 16 November 2000; 9 May 2002; 11 November 2004; 2 October 2008; 17 June 2020]