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Paragraph 14
 

Article 4.1 of the Electoral Code states that "...persons kept by a court verdict in a place of deprivation of liberty do not participate in elections, referendums. Persons in relation to whom, according to an order established by the criminal procedural legislation, the measure of preventing punishment - custody was taken do not take part in voting." This article of the Code is in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Belarus, but it is not in accordance with the international standards and European practice.e