(1) A permanent register of electors (in this Act referred to as a "permanent register") shall be compiled and maintained by each municipality and in the case of the Slovak Republic's capital city Bratislava and the city Košice, each borough thereof (in this Act referred to as a "municipality"). In the permanent register, a municipality shall register the  names of electors who have permanent residence in the Slovak Republic.

(2) A municipality shall keep under review any facts that require a change in the permanent register. A municipality shall make such changes on the basis of:

a) its own records, or

b) notification from a state body or another municipality, or

c) results of objection proceedings.

(3) State bodies and municipalities which decide on the personal status of citizens, or keep records about citizens as a function of the civil service, shall forthwith notify respective municipalities of cases when citizenship of the Slovak Republic is obtained or lost, an elector dies or an elector's death is pronounced, an elector's first name or surname is changed, a person becomes eighteen years old, legal capacity is revoked, or permanent residence is changed.

(4) A municipality shall ensure that any citizen has access during office hours to look at the permanent register for the purpose of confirming his or her entry in it and whether the information entered about him or her is complete and accurate.