(1) The National Election Office shall keep a register of citizens without suffrage. An adult citizen as well as a minor citizen who has attained the age of seventeen years shall be recorded in this register if

a) he is deprived of suffrage because his ability required to take care of his own affairs is reduced,

b) he is in an institution under compulsory psychiatric treatment ordered in a criminal proceeding,

c) he is excluded from participating in public affairs,

d) he is serving a term of imprisonment.

(1a) The register of citizens without suffrage shall contain the data set out in Annex 2/A of persons referred to in paragraph (1).

(2) For registration in the register of citizens without suffrage and for deregistration from that register,

a) as for paragraph (1) a), the organ keeping the register of persons under custodianship shall automatically transfer the data recorded in the register of persons under custodianship as provided for by the law,

b) as for paragraph (1) b) to d), the organ maintaining criminal records shall automatically transfer the data recorded in the criminal records system as provided for by the law

to the National Election Office.

(3) With a view to entering the changes in data in the register and to deregistering the deceased citizens, the National Election Office shall provide for the maintenance of the register of citizens without suffrage by regularly taking over, in the context of automated information transfer, data from the register of personal data and addresses with regard to the identification data and address data of citizens falling within the scope of the register of personal data and addresses.

(4) If a citizen regains his eligibility to vote, his data shall be deleted from the register of citizens without suffrage. The data of citizens deregistered from the register of citizens without suffrage shall be preserved for six months after deregistration.