• 1. The chairperson of a representative body shall, at the request of a member of that body, grant temporary discharge due to pregnancy and childbirth on the day specified in the request, which shall be between a maximum of six and a minimum of four weeks before the expected date of delivery as evidenced by a statement from a physician or midwife submitted by the member.

• 2. The chair of a representative body shall grant a member of that body temporary discharge at their request if the member is unable to perform their membership due to illness and a doctor's statement indicates that they will not be able to resume their membership within eight weeks. The temporary discharge shall take effect on the day after the decision on the request is announced.

• 3. The membership of a member granted temporary discharge as referred to in the first or second paragraph shall automatically revive on the day sixteen weeks have elapsed since the date the temporary discharge took effect.

• 4. A member of a representative body shall be granted temporary discharge as referred to in the first or second paragraph a maximum of three times per term of office.