§ Section 10(untitled)

(1) The President, members of the
Saeima, members of the Cabinet, prosecutors, judges, the
Auditor General, members of the Council of the State Audit
Office, and soldiers may be nominated as councillor candidates to
the council, however, in case of election, they shall lose their
mandate of a member of the Saeima and the position held,
whereas soldiers shall be retired from the military service.
(2) [26 April 2007]
(3) If an elected councillor of the council is a member of the
European Parliament, he or she shall lose his or her status of
the member of the European Parliament from the day of the first
session of the newly elected council. The election commission of
the relevant local government shall notify the Central Election
Commission of the election of a member of the European Parliament
in the composition of a council within one working day. The
Central Election Commission shall notify the European Parliament
of losing the status of a member of the European Parliament
within three working days after receiving the notification of the
election commission of the relevant local government of the
election of the member of the European Parliament in the
composition of the council.
(4) The restrictions referred to in Paragraph one of this
Section shall also apply to citizens of the European Union who
are not Latvian citizens.
[11 November 2004; 26 April 2007; 2 October 2008; 13
December 2012; 17 June 2020]