(1) The voter certificate is a document presenting safety elements, ascertaining that the person holding it is the one having exercised his/her right to postal voting.

(2) The voter certificate shall include the last and first names of the voter, his/her personal identification number, domicile or residence abroad, where appropriate, series and number of his/her identity document, as well as a sworn statement from the voter concerning the free, direct and secret exercise of the right to vote, dated and bearing a holograph signature. The type and date of the ballot shall also be mentioned in the statement.

(3) The voter certificate shall bear the voter’s holograph signature and it can be used only once, for the ballot for which it has been issued.

(4) Voters must forthwith notify the Permanent Electoral Authority about the loss, theft, damage or destruction of the documents referred to in points (a) to (c) and (e) of Article 10 (1), for reasons for which they cannot be held accountable, as well as the situations in which these documents have not reached them 20 days before the voting day, at the latest.

(5) Voters in the situation described in paragraph (4) shall be able to exercise their right to vote in polling stations, in accordance with the law.