3. The Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice and the Deputy Ombudsmen shall be answerable before the National Parliament for offences committed in the exercise of their functions and for clear and serious violation of their obligations arising from the present law. 4. The National Parliament shall decide on the lifting of the immunities of the Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice or of the Deputy Ombudsmen in case of an offence committed in the exercise of their functions. 5. The National Parliament shall remit to the Prosecutor-General any criminal offence committed by the Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice or by the Deputy Ombudsmen outside the exercise of their functions. 6. All correspondence addressed or material and information furnished to, obtained or collected by the Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice or his or her staff shall be immune from any kind of censorship or other interference. 7. The premises of the Office shall be inviolable. The archives, files, documents, communications, property, funds and assets of the Office or in possession of the Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice, wherever located and by whomever held, shall be inviolable and immune from search, seizure, requisition, confiscation or any other form of interference. Part II Tenure of Office Article 19 Term of office 1. The Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice shall be elected for a period of four (4) years and may seek re-election only once, for an equal period of time. 2. The Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice shall inform in writing the Speaker of the National Parliament, no less than three (3) months before the expiration of his or her term of office, of his or her decision to apply for a second mandate. 3. A vote, under the terms of Article 12.3, shall be called for within thirty (30) days of the expiration of the term of office of the Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice. 4. Once appointed, the Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice shall remain in office until expiration of his or her mandate except in the cases provided for in subarticle 5 below. 5. The mandate of the Ombudsman for Human Rights and Justice is deemed to have expired in the following cases: (a) expiration of the term of his or her mandate; (b) death; (c) resignation; (d) mental or physical incapacity to carry out his or her duties, attested by a medical panel; (e) final conviction for a criminal offence that carries a prison sentence exceeding one (1) year; (f) final conviction for a criminal offence punished by actual imprisonment; (g) removal from office under the terms of Article 21. 10