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1. The term of office of a judge ceases - if he/she so requests; - if he/she permanently loses the capability of carrying out a judge 's office, which is determined by the Judicial Council of the Republic of Macedonia; - if he/she fulfils the conditions for retirement; - if he/she is sentenced for a criminal offence to a prison term of a minimum of six months; - if he/she is elected or appointed to another public office, except when his/her judicial function rests under conditions determined by law; A judge is discharged - when he/she commits a serious disciplinary offense which makes him/her unsuitable to perform a judge 's office prescribed by law; and - he/she performs her judicial duty unprofessionally and unethically under conditions stipulated by law. 2. Clause 1 of this amendment replaces paragraph 3 of Article 99 of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia.