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Article 9
 

In the Act of 24 September 2010 on the Population Register (Journal of Laws of 2022,


item 1191) shall be amended as follows:


1)           in Article 10:


a)          in paragraph 1 after point 9, point 9a shall be added and read as follows:


“9a) the municipal authority competent to execute the application of a citizen of a European Union Member State or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for inclusion in a permanent electoral precinct in the Central Register of Voters after a positive decision on the matter is issued in accordance with the procedure specified in the provisions of the Act of 5 January 2011 - Election Code (Journal of Laws of 2022, item 1277, 2418 and ...) - in the scope including data referred to in Article 8 points 1, 3-13, 24 and 24a;”,


b)         paragraph 3 shall read as follows:


“3. Data from the PESEL personal identification number shall be transferred to the registers of residents and the central registers referred to in paragraph 2, and to the Central Register of Voters referred to in the provisions of the Act of 5 January 2011 - Election Code.”;


2)           in Article 12, paragraph 1 shall read as follows:


“1. The data referred to in Article 8 points 6, 16, 20-21 and 24a are collected on the basis of the statement of the person to whom they pertain, made before the municipal authority competent to register for permanent residence, the municipal authority competent to execute the application of a citizen of a European Union Member State or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for inclusion in a permanent electoral precinct in the Central Register of Voters after a positive decision on the matter is issued in accordance with the procedure specified in the provisions of the Act of 5 January 2011 - Election Code or the municipal authority competent to file an application for the assignment of a PESEL personal identification number, and in the case of the data referred to in Article 8 point 24a, only if they do not result from other documents.”;


3)           in Article 17 in paragraph 1 after point 2, point 2a shall be added and read as follows:


“2a) the municipal authority competent to execute the application of a citizen of a European Union Member State or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for inclusion in the permanent electoral precinct in the Central Register of Voters, after a positive decision on the matter is issued in accordance with the procedure specified in the provisions of the Act of 5 January 2011 - Election Code;”.