Casting a vote in advance by electors who are abroad

1 - Electors who are in any of the situations provided for in Article 79-B(2) may vote between the twelfth and the tenth days before that of the election, at the diplomatic or consular missions or the foreign delegations of the Portuguese ministries and public institutions indicated beforehand by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in accordance with Article 79-C(7) to (14).
2 - The functions provided for in Article 79-C (8) to (13) shall be carried out by a diplomatic officer appointed for this purpose, who shall send the electoral correspondence by the most expeditious means to the respective parish council.
3 - In the case of voters referred to in Article 79-B(2)(a), if the Ministry of Foreign Affairs recognizes that it is impossible for them to travel to the places referred to in paragraph 1, it will appoint a diplomatic official to collect the electoral correspondence in the period specified therein.
4 - The electoral operations provided for in the preceding paragraphs can be inspected by the lists who may appoint delegates until the sixteenth day before that of the election.