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Article 5
 
Section 5
Compilation and keeping of the permanent electoral register
 
(1) (1) A permanent electoral register (hereinafter referred to as „register“) is compiled and kept by a municipality and in Bratislava and Kosice by a city district (hereinafter referred to as „municipality“).3a)
(2) (2) During the electoral term a municipality shall be currently establishing any facts that can be grounds for changes in the electoral register. Such change can be made on the basis of
a)   a)   its own registers,
b)  b)  notifications of state bodies,
c)   c)   results of appeals.
(3) (3) The bodies which take decisions on citizens’ personal status or keep records on citizens’ personal status3b)  shall without undue delay notify municipalities on any citizenship granted or lost, on a citizen’s death or a citizen pronounced dead, on any change of name or surname or on the deprivation of legal capacity. The same applies to the bodies which take decisions on the restriction of individual freedom on the grounds of the protection of public health and to the bodies where the term of imprisonment is exercised /section 2, paragraph 2a) and b)/. The registration office 3c) is obligated to report to the relevant city district the list of citizens who have completed 18 years of age and the changes of citizens’ permanent residence in Bratislava.
(4) (4) A municipality is obligated to enable a citizen to look into the register to check that he/she has been entered on the register and the personal data entered are veracious.