(1) After filling in the ballot paper received as part of the postal voting package, the voter shall place the filled in ballot paper in the inner envelope, and seal the inner envelope.

(2) The identification statement shall be completed with the following data of the voter:

a) name,

b) place of birth,

c) personal identifier or the number of his official identity verification card, or, in the absence thereof, the number of his naturalisation certificate.

d) date of birth where the identification statement does not contain the personal identifier.

(3) The voter shall sign the identification statement in his own hand.

(4) The voter shall seal the sealed inner envelope and the filled in identification statement in

a) the outer envelope, or

b) in any other envelope (points a) and b) hereinafter jointly “return envelope”).

(5) Voters may vote by way of postal voting at foreign missions designated in accordance with section 277 (2) c). During voting, the foreign mission election office operating at the foreign mission shall provide for the conditions ensuring the secrecy of voting, in particular by applying accordingly section 173 (3), section 178 (2), section 180, section 181 (1) and section 269 (5), with the proviso that the polling station commission shall be construed to mean foreign mission election office.