(1) Upon elections of National Representatives, of President and Vice President of the Republic and of Members of the European Parliament for the Republic of Bulgaria, the chiefs of the places of service of custodial sentences and of the detention facilities shall compile and sign electoral rolls of the detainees who do not serve a custodial sentence.

(2) Upon elections of municipal councillors and of mayors, the chiefs of the places of service of custodial sentences and of the detention facilities shall compile and sign electoral rolls of the detainees who do not serve a custodial sentence if the relevant place or facility is located in the nucleated settlement where the said persons have resided at least during the last six months, according to Article 396 (1) or (2) herein.

(3) The chiefs of the places of service of custodial sentences and of the detention facilities shall notify the authorities referred to in Article 23 (1) herein not later than 48 hours in advance of polling day of the persons entered on the roll so that the said persons could be removed from the electoral rolls according to the permanent address (residence address) thereof before delivery of the electoral rolls to the section election commissions.

(4) Any voter referred to in Paragraph (3), who on the polling day is outside of the place of service of custodial sentences or of the detention facility, shall be added to the electoral roll by the section election commission according to the permanent address (residence address) upon presentation of a relevant document, an identity document and a declaration completed in a standard form to the effect that he or she has not voted and will not vote elsewhere.

(5) (New, SG No. 39/2016, effective 26.05.2016) Any voter, who has been detained at a place of service of custodial sentences or at a detention facility after the expiry of the time limit referred to in Paragraph (3), shall be added to the electoral roll by the section election commission upon presentation of an identity document and of a declaration completed in a standard form to the effect that the said voter has not voted and will not vote elsewhere.