(1) Judges of ordinary and Constitutional courts, prosecutors and their deputies, public attorneys and their deputies, Ombudsmen and their deputies, public notaries, police officials, civil servants, auditors general and deputy auditors general in the institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the Governor and Vice-Governors of the CentralBank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, members of the Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, members of the Intelligence and Security Agency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and diplomatic and consular representatives of Bosnia and Herzegovina abroad who enjoy a diplomatic status in accordance with the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, may stand as a candidate for public elected office only if they resign from their position or abide by the laws regulating their status. Should the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina determine that the person referred to in this paragraph has not resigned from the position or has failed to act in accordance with the law regulating his/her status during the period between the certification of candidacy and the printing of ballots, this person shall be removedfrom the certified list of candidates. Should the same also be determined after the printing of ballots, this person shall not receive the mandate even if he/she has won the mandate. In the procedure of establishing the factual situation referred to in this paragraph, the institutions must submit data from the records of candidates at the request of the Central Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina, whereas the candidates must present the proof confirming that they have their status settled.

(2) If a delegate in the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH holds, at the same time, a mandate of a member of the House of Representatives of Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, Parliament of the Federation of BiH, National Assembly of Republika Srpska or cantonal assembly he/she shall be bound to informin writing, within 3 days,the Central Election Commission of BiH which of the mandates he/shes elected thus terminating other mandates that he/she holds.

(3) If a delegate in the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH acquires the right to a mandate in the House of Representatives of Parliamentary Assembly of BiH, House of Representatives of theParliament of the Federation of BiH, National Assemblyof Republika Srpska or cantonal assembly pursuant to Article 9.10 of this Law and if he/she does not inform, within 3 days, the Central Election Commission of BiH on waiving of that right, the mandate shall not be allocated to him/her and it shall be distributed to the next qualified candidate on the list of the constituency according to Article 9.8, paragraph (2) of this Law. If after aquestion of the Central Election Commission of BiH the delegate decides to use that right his/her mandate of a delegate in the House of Peoples of the Parliamentary Assembly shall cease.

(4) One person can hold maximum one (1) directly elected public office, or maximum one (1) directly elected office and one (1) indirectly elected office, unless otherwise specified bythe Law.It is also incompatible to hold at the same time one directlyor indirectly elected office and one position in an executive bodyof authority. It is also incompatible to hold more than one position in an executive body of authority.

(5) A person may not hold public elected office in BiH and at the same time hold any public elected or politically appointed office in another country.A person holding any elected or politicallyappointed officein anothercountryshall be obliged to relinquish, within 48 hours after the verification of his or her mandate in BiH, one of the two offices he or she holds. A person who holds any public elected office in BiH and is elected to or appointed to a politically appointed office in another country, shall be obliged to relinquish his or her mandate in BiH, within 48 hours after the election or appointment in another country.