(1) If prohibited from exercising the right to elect, voters shall be removed from the Electoral Register while carrying out their sentence, ex officio, by the person authorised to do so in the administrative-territorial unit of their domicile, within 24 hours from the date of dispatch, by the court of law, of a copy of the operative part of the ruling, sent according to Article 562 of Law no. 135/2010 on the Criminal Procedure Code, as subsequently amended and supplemented and to Article 29 (1) (d) of Law no. 253/2013 on the execution of sentences, of educational measures and of other non-custodial measures ordered by the judicial bodies during the criminal proceedings.

(2) If declared legally incapable, the voters shall be removed from the Electoral Register, ex officio, by the person authorised to do so in the administrative-territorial unit of their domicile, based on the notification, through the Electoral Register, by the person authorised to do so in the administrative-territorial unit where the birth of the person declared legally incapable has been recorded, within 24 hours from the date of dispatch, by the court of law, of the certified copy of the ruling, dispatched according to Article 941 (1) (a) of Law no. 134/2010 on the Civil Procedure Code, republished.

(3) Removal, from the Electoral Register, of the voters prohibited from exercising their right to elect or declared legally incapable can be done by the person authorised to do so in the administrative-territorial unit of their domicile and based on the notification of such cases by the Permanent Electoral Authority through the Electoral Register.

(4) Upon the expiry of the duration of the sentence concerning the prohibition to exercise the right to elect, voters shall be automatically re-enlisted in the Electoral Register.

(5) Removal of a voter domiciled abroad from the Electoral Register, if prohibited from exercising the right to elect or if declared legally incapable, shall be done by the person authorised to do so in the administrative-territorial unit of his/her last domicile. The provisions of paragraphs (1) to (4) shall apply accordingly.