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Article 48
 

The organ that compiles and approves the lists

1. Voter lists are extracted from the electronic database of the National Civil Status Register by the civil status office of the local government unit, pursuant to the order of the mayor of the respective local government unit. The list that is posted is signed by the mayor and the responsible official of the civil status office.

2. The civil status office, under the authority of the mayor of the local government unit, is responsible for the compilation and accuracy of the data on lists that are based on the information in the database of the National Civil Status Register. The mayor of the local government unit signs the voter list in compliance with the provisions of this Code and the secondary legislation issued for its implementation by the Minister in charge of local government.

3. Changes to the voter list are based on changes in the database of the National Civil Status Register and are performed by the civil status offices in accordance with the provision of the law on the civil status and are made upon the approval of the mayor of the local government unit.

4. The database of the National Civil Status Register must contain updated electoral components for all citizens with the right to vote.

The electronic system of the National Civil Status Register must perform an automatic update of the electoral components any time the electoral components change in the database of the National Civil Status Register, and also must enable their extraction from the database at any time.

5. The Minister responsible for local government is to issue secondary legislation for the administration and update of electoral components in the National Civil Status Register.