Right to vote and eligibility

No person is considered to possess full civil rights who has been convicted by a court of law for committing an act that is considered heinous by public opinion unless that person has been granted a restoration of his or her civil rights.

A judgment of conviction for a punishable offence does not entail the loss of civil rights unless the defendant in a criminal case had reached the age of 18 when the offence was committed and the resulting sentence is at least four years prison without probation or a sentence of preventive detention for defendants who are committed to psychiatric care.