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Article 59
 

Incompatibility of the Status of a Deputy with the Official Position as well as with Correspondent Powers
 
It shall not be admitted to exercise at the same time duties of a deputy of the Chamber of Representatives with the holding of the position of the President of the Republic of Belarus or of a judge.
 
A deputy of the Chamber of Representatives may not be at the same time a member of the Council of the Republic or a deputy of a local Council of Deputies.
 
Chairmen of Oblast, Minsk City, regional or town (except for towns subordinated to regions) executive committees as well as judges may not be deputies of local Councils of Deputies.
 
A deputy of a local Council of Deputies may not be at the same time a deputy of the Chamber of Representatives.
 
Persons mentioned in parts one, two, three and four of this article may be registered as candidates for deputies if, in an application to the respective electoral commission stating their agreement to stand as candidate in this electoral district, they respectively specify that:
they give up the position occupied by them or terminate powers of the deputy of the Council of the Republic or deputy of the local Council of Deputies if elected deputy of the Chamber of Representatives;
they give up the position occupied by them or terminate powers of the deputy of the Chamber of Representatives if elected deputy of the local Council of Deputies.