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Article 18
 

After Article 18, Articles 18a-18e shall be added and read as follows:


“Article 18a. § 1. Part A of the Central Register of Voters collects the data of Polish citizens referred to in Article 18 § 1 points 1-3, in the scope including:


1)           name(s);


2)           surname;


3)           PESEL personal identification number;


4)           date of birth;


5)           registered address for permanent residence;


6)           address of permanent residence registered in connection with the filing of an application under Article 19;


7)           address of residence registered in connection with the filing of an application under Article 28, Article 28a, Article 30, Article 34, Article 35 or in connection with the inclusion of a given voter in the list drawn up under Article 29;


8)           information on deprivation of the right to elect for the reasons specified in Article 10 § 2, the period of deprivation of the right to elect, the designation of the court or the State Court, the file reference, the date of issuance and the date on which the decision under which the deprivation of the right to elect occurred became legally binding;


9)           information about the constituency appropriate for elections to the Sejm and the Senate, elections to the European Parliament in the Republic of Poland and elections to bodies that constitute local government units;


10)           information about the electoral precinct appropriate for the address, referred to in points 5 or 6;


11)           information about the electoral precinct where the voter is to be included in the electoral register drawn up for the given election, if it is a precinct other than the one indicated in point 10;


12)           information about registration of intention to vote in elections to the European Parliament held by another European Union Member State.


§ 2. The data referred to in § 1 points 1-5 are transferred to the Central Register of Voters from the PESEL register after the person turns 17 years old.


§ 3. Part B of the Central Register of Voters collects data of European Union citizens who are not Polish citizens and data of citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland who are entitled to exercise their voting rights in the Republic of Poland, in the scope including:


1)           name(s);


2)           surname;


3)           PESEL personal identification number;


4)           date of birth;


5)           nationality;


6)           passport or other identity document number;


7)           address of permanent residence registered in connection with the filing of an application under Article 19a;


8)           address of residence registered in connection with the filing of an application under Article 28, Article 28a, Article 34, Article 35 or in connection with the inclusion of a given voter in the list drawn up pursuant to Article 29;


9)           information on deprivation of the right to elect for the reasons specified in Article 10 § 2, the period of deprivation of the right to elect, the designation of the court, the file reference, the date of issuance and the date on which the decision under which the deprivation of the right to elect occurred became legally binding;


10)       information about the constituency appropriate for elections to the European Parliament in the Republic of Poland and elections to municipal councils;


11)       information on the electoral precinct appropriate for the address of permanent residence indicated in the application referred to in § 19a;


12)       information about the electoral precinct where the voter is to be included in the electoral register drawn up for the given election, if it is a precinct other than the one indicated in point 11;


13)       information about registration of intention to vote in elections to the European Parliament held by another European Union Member State.


§ 4. The Central Register of Voters in the part concerning residents processes data of Polish citizens under 17 years of age, as well as European Union citizens who are not Polish citizens and citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland not included in Part B of the register in the scope including the registered address for permanent residence.


§ 5. The registered address referred to in § 4 is transferred to the Central Register of Voters from the PESEL register.


Article 18b. § 1. The data referred to in Article 18a § 1 point 6 and § 3 point 1-7 shall be entered into the Central Register of Voters by the mayor directly in the teleinformatic system.


§ 2. The data referred to in Article 18a § 1 point 7 and § 3 point 8 shall be entered into the Central Register of Voters by the body compiling the electoral register or the mayor of the Śródmieście district of the capital city of Warsaw in the case referred to in Article 34, directly in the teleinformatic system.


§ 3. The data referred to in Article 18a § 1 point 12 and § 3 point 13 shall be entered into the Central Register of Voters by the minister responsible for computerisation directly in the teleinformatic system.


Article 18c. § 1. The data referred to in Article 18a § 1 shall be deleted immediately in the event of:


1)           death;


2)           loss of Polish citizenship.


§ 2. Deletion of data in the cases referred to in § 1 shall be carried out on the basis of information provided by the PESEL register on the registration of the event in accordance with Article 10 paragraph 3 of the Act of 24 September 2010 on the Population Register.


§ 3. In the event of a change in the data referred to in Article 18a § 1 points 1-5, in the PESEL register they are automatically updated in the Central Register of Voters.


Article 18d. § 1. The data referred to in Article 18a § 3 shall be deleted immediately in the event of:


1)           death;


2)           loss of citizenship of a European Union Member State other than the Republic of Poland or citizenship of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;


3)           submission of an application for deletion from the Central Register of Voters.


§ 2. Deletion of data in the cases referred to in § 1 points 1 or 2 shall be carried out on the basis of information provided by the PESEL register on the registration of the event in accordance with Article 10 paragraph 3 of the Act of 24 September 2010 on the Population Register.


§ 3. In the event of a change in the data referred to in Article 18a § 3 points 1-6, in the PESEL register they are automatically updated in the Central Register of Voters.


Article 18e. Article 11 of the Act of 24 September 2010 on the Population Register shall apply to verify the accuracy of personal data contained in the Central Register of Voters and to ascertain the inconsistency of such data with the facts.”;