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Article 17
 
(1) In order to ascertain the right to vote, the bodies defined under clauses a)-c) shall continuously make alterations in the data pursuant to paragraph (2) of major citizens disfranchised known to the central office of the particulars and address register as follows:
a. public guardianship authorities proceeding in cases of guardianship regarding the placement in charge of a guardian limiting or excluding ability to act and the termination of such guardianship;
b. the National Penal Authorities, through the agency registering delinquents, about persons subject to a judgment at law barring them from public affairs;
c. the National Penal Authorities about citizens serving sentence of confinement, and undergoing compulsory therapy at an institution ruled with legal force in criminal procedure;
(2) The information pursuant to paragraph (1) shall contain the citizen's:
a. first name(s) and family name (in the event of women, also the maiden name);
b. personal identification number;
c. the reason for, commencement and expected termination of the exclusion from exercising suffrage.
(3) The central office of the particulars and address register shall maintain the register of major citizens disfranchised by applying data made available pursuant to paragraph (1); shall ensure such maintenance with respect to details of particulars and address by regularly taking over data from the particulars and address register.
(4) If a citizen has regained his or her suffrage, or is no longer subject to the particulars and address register, his or her data shall be de deleted from the register. The data of citizens deleted from the register of major citizens disfranchised shall be retained for six months.