§ Article 48(untitled)

Right of Suffrage and Right to Participate in a Referendum

1. Citizens of the Republic of Armenia having attained the age of eighteen on the day

of an election to the National Assembly or on the day of a referendum, shall have the

right to elect and the right to participate in the referendum.

2. Everyone who has attained the age of twenty-five, has held citizenship of only the

Republic of Armenia for the preceding four years, has been permanently residing in

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the Republic for the preceding four years, has the right of suffrage and has command

of the Armenian language, may be elected as a Deputy of the National Assembly.

3. Citizens of the Republic of Armenia having attained the age of eighteen on the day

of election or referendum shall have the right to elect and be elected during the

elections of local self-government bodies, and the right to participate in a local

referendum. The law may prescribe the right of persons not holding citizenship of the

Republic of Armenia to take part in the elections of local self-government bodies and

in local referenda.

4. Persons declared, upon civil judgment of the court having entered into legal

force, as having no active legal capacity, as well as persons sentenced and those

serving the sentence, upon criminal judgment having entered into legal force, for a

grave criminal offence committed intentionally shall not be entitled to elect or be

elected or participate in a referendum. Persons sentenced and those serving the

sentence, upon criminal judgment having entered into legal force, for other criminal

offences shall not be entitled to elect as well.