(1) Membership of the Federal Parliament can be lost as a result of: (a) Death of the member;; (b) The member consistently failing to perform his or her duties;; (c) The acceptance of a resignation submitted by the member to the House he or she is a member of;; (d) The member failing to attend two consecutive ordinary sessions of his or her House without a reasonable excuse;; (e) The member accepting to hold a government position other than a ministerial post;; (f) The members citizenship rights having been suspended in accordance with the law.
(2) If a member of the Federal Parliament loses their membership, the runner-up in the last election shall take up the position.
(3) The electoral law shall regulate the procedure for determining the runner-up, who should be sworn in within 30 days of the day of the loss of membership of the Federal Parliament of the member he or she is replacing.