Chapter 12 - Election conditions

12.1.	Eligibility for office pertains only to those persons who belong to a member-federation.
12.2.	No person can be elected to a FIDE-office against the will of his national federation. This stipulation may be waived by the General Assembly only in exceptional cases.
12.3.	The first day of the General Assembly at which elections shall be held shall be without adjournment until the elections are concluded (GA '97).
12.4.	Elections shall be held after the consideration of the report of the President and that of the Treasurer on the first day of the General Assembly (GA '97).