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Article 426
 

§ 3 and 4 shall read as follows:


“§ 3. In the case of nomination of a citizen of the European Union who is not a Polish citizen or of a citizen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the candidate’s written consent to candidacy shall also be accompanied by:


1)    the candidate’s statement indicating the last address of residence in his native European Union Member State or in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, respectively;


2)    a candidate’s statement that he has not been deprived of the right to be elected in his native European Union Member State or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, respectively;


3)    a candidate’s statement that he does not hold an office that is subject to a ban on combining functions.


§ 4. In case of doubts about the content of the statement referred to in


§ 3 point 2, the candidate may be required by the competent electoral authority to submit before or after the election a certificate issued by the competent administrative authority of his native European Union Member State or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland confirming that he has not been deprived of the right to be elected in that Member State or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, respectively, or that the authority is not aware of any such deprivation.”;