§ Article 16(untitled)

egistration of Voters, Referendum Participants
(as amended by the Federal Law of July 21, 2005, No.93-FZ)

 1. All voters, referendum participants shall be registered (accounted).

 2. Registration (account) of voters, referendum participants residing in the territory of
corresponding municipal formation is carried out by the head of local administration of
municipal district, urban district, city territory of the federal city, and in cases stipulated by the
law of the subject of the Russian Federation – federal city – the head of territorial body of
executive power of the federal city. The grounds for registration (account) of voters, referendum
participants in the territory of municipal formation is the fact of voters, referendum participants
residence (with regards to forced migrant – fact of temporary stay) in the corresponding
territory. This fact is established on the basis of data provided by bodies in charge of
registration of citizens of the Russian Federation at the place of stay and place of residence
within the Russian Federation.

 3. Registration (account) of voters, referendum participants – military men, members of
their families and other voters, referendum participants residing in the territory of military unit is
carried out by a unit commanding officer. The grounds for registration (account) of this category
of voters, referendum participants is the fact of their residence within the boundaries of the
military unit set on the basis of data provided by corresponding military unit.

 4. Registration (account) of voters, referendum participants residing outside the territory
of the Russian Federation or in long-term foreign trips is carried out by the head of
corresponding diplomatic or consular mission of the Russian Federation. The grounds for
registration (account) of this category of voters, referendum participants is the fact of their
permanent residence in the territory of the foreign state or being in long-term foreign trip in the
territory of corresponding foreign states, established by diplomatic or consular missions of the
Russian Federation.

 5. Bodies in charge of registration of citizens of the Russian Federation at their place of
stay and place of residence within the Russian Federation, issue and replacement of
documents that identify a citizen of the Russian Federation in the territory of the Russian
Federation, shall not less than once a month submit data on issue and replacement of passport
of citizen of the Russian Federation, registration and removal from registration records at place
of residence (with regards to forced migrants – place of stay) of citizens of the Russian
Federation, issue of passport of citizen of the Russian Federation with violation of the
established procedure with indication of the following personal data of a citizen: surname,
name, patronymic, date of birth, place of birth, sex, citizenship, residential address (with
regards to forced migrants – place of stay), type of document identifying a citizen, series and
number of such document, name or code of the body that issued the document, date of issue of
the document to the head of local administration of municipal district, urban district, city territory
of the federal city, and in cases stipulated by the law of the subject of the Russian Federation –
federal city – to the head of territorial body of executive power of the federal city at place of its
location.

 6. Civil registration bodies not less than once a month submit data on deaths of citizens
of the Russian Federation to the head of local administration of municipal district, urban district,
city territory of the federal city, and in cases stipulated by the law of the subject of the Russian
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Federation – federal city – to the head of territorial body of executive power of the federal city at
place of its location.

 7. Not less than once in three months military registration bodies provide data on
citizens of the Russian Federation called to military service (including under contract) and
dismissed from military service, and criminal-executive bodies (institutions) report on citizens in
detention facilities under court decision to the head of local administration of municipal district,
urban district, city territory of the federal city, and in cases stipulated by the law of the subject of
the Russian Federation – federal city – to the head of territorial body of executive power of the
federal city at place of its location.

 8. Court, upon taking decision on admission of legal incapability of a person and
decision on admission of capability of a person whose legal incapability the court previously
admitted, reports on this decision to the head of local administration of municipal district, urban
district, city territory of the federal city, and in cases stipulated by the law of the subject of the
Russian Federation – federal city – to the head of territorial body of executive power of the
federal city at place of its location.

 9. Data set by Clauses 5-8 of this Article not less that once a month shall be submitted
by the head of location administration of municipal formation, urban district, city territory of the
federal city, and in cases stipulated by the law of the subject of the Russian Federation –
federal city – to the head of territorial body of executive power of the federal city to the election
commission of the subject of the Russian Federation for preparation and carrying out of
registration of voters, referendum participants.

 10. Registration of voters, referendum participants and establishment of the number of
voters, referendum participants registered in the territory of municipal formation, the subject of
the Russian Federation, the Russian Federation and outside the territory of the Russian
Federation is carried out as of January 1 and July 1 of each year with the use of GAS “Vybory”.

 11. Registration (account) of voters, referendum participants, establishment of the
number of registered voters, referendum participants, preparation and carrying out of
registration of voters, referendum participants is conducted in the procedure established by the
regulation on state system of registration (account) of voters, referendum participants approved
by the Central Election Commission of the Russian Federation.

 12. Voter, referendum participant has the right to unrestricted access to documented
information (personal data) on himself, including information in machine-readable format, to
clarify this information with the purpose of ensuring its completeness and correctness, and also
has the right to know who and for what purposes uses this information, by who and to who it is
provided.