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Article 21
 

§ 1. Information on the deprivation of the right to elect for the reasons specified in Article 10 § 2 shall be entered in the Central Register of Voters on the basis of notices from the court or the State Tribunal submitted to the municipalities.


§ 2. The entry of the information referred to in § 1 shall be made by the mayor competent for the seat of the court delivering the decision resulting in the deprivation of the right to elect, or by the mayor of the Śródmieście district of the capital city of Warsaw with respect to the decision of the State Tribunal.


§ 3. In the case of temporary deprivation of the right to elect, voters are not included in the electoral registers until the expiry of the reason for deprivation of the right to elect.


§ 4. Entry of information into the Central Register of Voters on the expiry of the reason for deprivation of the right to elect shall be made by the mayor competent for the seat of the court providing this information, or by the mayor of the Śródmieście district of the capital city of Warsaw with respect to the decision of the State Tribunal.


§ 5. The entry of the information referred to in § 4 shall result in the deletion from the Central Register of Voters of information on the deprivation of the right to elect.


§ 6. The Minister of Justice, after consulting the National Electoral Commission, shall determine, by ordinance, the procedures and dates for the submission of notices of deprivation of the right to elect and the period of deprivation of a person’s right to elect and the expiry of the reason for deprivation of the right to elect, as well as their templates, to ensure the ongoing updating of data in the Central Register of Voters on persons deprived of the right to elect and those with the right to elect.