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Article 27
 

Appealing to the Provincial Administrative Court A decision of a local register office rejecting or dismissing a claim for rectification, and a decision of the Population Register Centre or a local register office referred to in section 26 (2) may be appealed against to the Provincial Administrative Court. The appeal shall be lodged at the latest on the seventh day after the party has received service of the decision or the decision has been published in the Official Gazette. A letter of appeal addressed to the Provincial Administrative Court may within the appeal period be delivered to the local register office to be forwarded to the Provincial Administrative Court. In other respects, the appeal is subject to the provisions of the Administrative Judicial Procedure Act (586/1996). The Provincial Administrative Court shall without delay inform the appellant and the local register office.of its decision. If the decision involves entering the person into the voting register or changing information about him or her, the Provincial Administrative Court shall without delay inform the Population Register Centre which is responsible for the required changes in the voting register about the decision. If the Provincial Administrative Court issues such a decision later than before 7 p.m. on the fourth day on the polling day, it shall without delay deliver the decision to the central election committee of the municipality in question, which shall add it to the electoral roll referred to in section 71. If the appeal has been rejected or dismissed, the Provincial Administrative Court shall inform the Population Register Centre, which is responsible for recording it in the voting register. A decision of the Provincial Administrative Court referred to in this section is not open to appeal.