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Article 280
 

§ 1 The National Electoral Commission, after publication in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Polish election results to the Senate, shall immediately forward to the Minister of Justice, the data on the Senators including name (s), surname, maiden name, parents' names, date and place of birth, address, nationality and Social Security identification number (PESEL).


§ 2 Minister of Justice on the basis of data collected in the National Criminal Records Database forward the Speaker of the Senate within 14 days of receipt of the data referred to in § 1:


1) information about senators convicted by a final court judgment of imprisonment for intentional crime prosecuted by indictment or for an intentional tax crime and of senators deprived of public rights by a final court ruling or;


2) information about the fact that none of the senators were convicted to imprisonment for an intentional crime prosecuted by indictment or intentional tax crime or deprivation of public rights by final court decision.


§ 3 If after the information referred to in § 2, the Minister of Justice obtained from the National Criminal Record information about the senators convicted by a final sentence to imprisonment for an indictable offense or for an intentional tax offense, or of a senator stripped of public rights by final court decision, he/she shall immediately forward it to the Speaker of the Senate.