(1) The representatives of political parties, political and electoral alliances or of organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities taking part in the elections, members in the electoral bureaus, cannot receive and cannot accomplish other tasks besides those stipulated by this law.

(2) For well-founded reasons, examined on a case-by-case basis, the representatives of political parties or of organisations of citizens belonging to national minorities taking part in the elections, members in the electoral bureaus, can be replaced, upon request by those having proposed them, with the approval of the hierarchically superior electoral bureau, until the eve of the ballot, and, in case of death, sickness or accidents, even on the day of the elections.