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Article 48
The special electoral register shall be kept ex officio.
The special electoral register shall be unique, unchangeable and regularly updated and it shall be specially updated within 15 days upon the
adoption of the decision on calling the elections.
Article 49
Information from the special electoral register shall be under special protection.
Any form of using information, except for the purpose of the National Council elections and its use in order to exercise other minority rights if
prescribed by the law or regulation of the Autonomous Province, shall be forbidden and punishable by law.
Article 50
The special electoral register contains: registration number, name, personal identification number, sex, national affiliation, year of birth, place of
residence (street and house number, village, hamlet, built-up area) and space for comments.
Article 51
The special electoral register in the electronic form shall be kept by the Ministry.
Special electoral registers in local self-government units shall be kept electronically by the municipal or town authorities, which shall be
entrusted with this job.
The special electoral register shall be concluded by the Ministry decision not later than 15 days prior to elections.
Article 52
National minority members shall be entered in the special electoral register upon the fulfilment of the general conditions prescribed by the law.
Every citizen, member of a national minority who has the right to vote, may submit a written request on a special form to be entered in a special
electoral register.
A voter shall submit a request to be entered in a special electoral register to the local self-government unit authority according to his/her place
of residence; the request shall be hand-written and signed on a special form issued by the Ministry.
Persons who have been deprived of working ability by a lawful decision cannot be entered in the special electoral register. If these persons’
names have been entered in the electoral register, they shall be deleted, and re-entered in the electoral register once they reclaim working
ability by a lawful decision.
Any correction or change in the special electoral register may be administered only at the voter’s personal request.
Article 53
The request to be deleted from the special electoral register shall be submitted by the voter to the local self-government unit authority
according to his/her place of residence; the request shall be hand-written and signed on a special form issued by the Ministry.
The voter may be deleted from the special electoral register in case he/she has lost the right to vote due to failure to meet one of the general
conditions set forth by the law for the acquisition of electoral right, at the request of the body authorised for the keeping of the special electoral
register and with evidence provided from official registries.
The bodies which keep public records on citizens are obliged to provide the bodies authorised for the keeping of the electoral registers with the
information that may affect the accuracy and up-to-datedness of the electoral registers.
Article 54
The special electoral register and information entered in it shall be kept in both Serbian and the language and script of the national minority
whose register is kept.
Article 55
The Ministry shall define the way of keeping the electoral register and other issues necessary for a full, accurate and up-to-date keeping of
electoral registers.
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