§ Article 80(untitled)

Right to be elected

1. Everyone who has attained the age of 25, has been a citizen of the Republic of
 Armenia only, for the preceding 4 years, has been permanently residing in the
 Republic of Armenia for the preceding 4 years, has the right of suffrage and has
 command of the Armenian language may be elected as Deputy of the National
 Assembly.

2. A citizen shall not be considered as permanently residing in the Republic of
 Armenia for the preceding 4 years where he or she has been absent from the
 Republic of Armenia for at least 731 days out of 1 461 days preceding the day of
 submitting an application to the public administration body authorised by the
 Government of the Republic of Armenia maintaining State Population Register
 for the purpose of obtaining a statement of information, in the manner
 prescribed, on having permanent residence for the registration of a candidate,
 except for cases when the absence has been conditioned by circumstances
 related to being abroad for service purposes of a person who is a public servant
 of the Republic Armenia, or to his or her study at higher educational institutions
 abroad.

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3. The command of the Armenian language shall be certified by a graduation
 document (education certificate, academic certificate, diploma) issued by
 educational institutions on having received education in the Armenian language
 in educational institutions or having completed studies of the Armenian language
 provided by educational programmes and having passed final attestation. In case
 of absence of a graduation document certifying the command of the Armenian
 language, the command of the Armenian language shall be tested as prescribed
 by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Armenia which must
 provide for reasonable, objective criteria for testing the command of the
 Armenian language, as well as process supervision procedures. The results of
 the testing may be appealed against before a court within a 3-day period.

 (Article 80 amended by HO-318-N of 4 May 2018)

 CHAPTER 14

 NOMINATION AND REGISTRATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEPUTY