A councillor's mandate shall cease prior to end of term for which he/she has been elected:
1) If he/she is no longer a member of the political party or coalition whose candidate he/she was;
2) By resignation;
3) If a decision is passed to dissolve the local self-government assembly
4) If a decision is passed to call early elections;
5) If validly convicted to unconditional imprisonment for minimum of six months;
6) If declared incompetent by valid court decision;
7) By undertaking job, or function which are, in accordance with the law,
incompatible with the function of councillor;
8) If no longer having permanent residence on the territory of the local self-government
unit;
9) By loss of citizenship;
10) In case of death of a councillor;
11) If deleted out of the registry of a competent body of the political party, or other political organisation on whose list he/she was elected.
The councillor's mandate shall end in case specified in para. 1 of this Article.
The assembly of the local self-government unit shall confirm the end of the mandate at its first session following the delivery of the notice of the reasons for end of the mandate of the councillor.