(1) Permission to vote in special polling districts (section 13) is granted to any person  eligible to vote who is present in the establishment and has a valid polling card for the  constituency.

(2) It is permissible to appoint different individuals as assessors of the Electoral Board  for different parts of a special polling district.

(3) The municipal authority designates a suitable polling station in consultation with the  management of the establishment. Separate polling stations may be designated for  different parts of a special polling district. The municipal authority sets up the polling  station.

(4) The municipal authority stipulates the polling hours for the special polling district in  consultation with the management of the establishment during general polling hours and  in line with the actual demand.

(5) The management of the establishment advises the persons eligible to vote of the  polling station and polling hours on the day before the election and informs them about  the possibility to vote as laid down in subsection (6).

(6) The Electoral Officer or his or her deputy and two assessors may also enter the rooms  and approach the beds of patients, carrying a locked ballot box and the requisite ballot  papers. There they take receipt of the polling cards and proceed in accordance with  sections 59 and 56 subsections (4) to (8). In so doing, they must also give bedridden  voters the opportunity to mark and fold their ballot papers in secret. The Electoral Officer or his or her deputy advises voters who wish to receive assistance from another person  when casting their votes that they may also choose a member of the Electoral Board to  assist them. Upon completion of voting, the locked ballot box and the polling cards must  be taken to the polling station of the special polling district without delay. The ballot box  must be kept there under the supervision of the Electoral Board and remain locked until  the completion of general voting. Its contents are then mixed with the contents of the  general ballot box and counted together with the other votes cast in the special polling  district. The process must be noted in the election record.

(7) The public character of the poll and the process of determining and establishing the  election result should be ensured, if possible, through the presence of other persons who  are eligible to vote.

(8) In the case of patients with infectious diseases, the management of the  establishment must, in particular, comply with section 30 subsection (1) of the Infection  Protection Act.

(9) The election result for the special polling district must not be determined before the  end of general polling hours.

(10) Otherwise, the general provisions apply.