Members of the representative bodies shall be elected by direct elections (hereinafter: elections) and by secret ballot.
It shall not be possible to recall the members of the representative bodies, and their rights and obligations start on the day their representative body is constituted.
A representative to a representative body cannot incur criminal and misdemeanour liability neither for words spoken nor for voting in the work of the representative body.
The term of office of members of the representative bodies elected in regular elections shall last until the announcement of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Croatia on calling the elections or until the announcement of the decision of the Government of the Republic of Croatia on dissolving a representative body pursuant to the act governing local and regional self-government.
The term of office of members of the representative bodies elected in early elections shall last until the expiration of the current term of office of the representative bodies elected in regular elections.
