Whenever the code refers to:

1)       elections – this should be understood as elections to the Sejm and the Senate, elections of the President of the Republic, the European Parliament elections, elections to constitutive organs of units of local governments,  elections for mayors, town mayors and city mayors;

2)       referenda – this should be understood as national referenda and local referenda;

3)       bodies representing local government – this should be understood, respectively, as the bodies of the municipalities, county councils and local councils provinces;

4)       The council of the municipality – this shall also mean the council in the city with county status,

5)       Council – this shall mean the council of the province government;

6)       Mayor – this shall mean the town mayor and city mayor, as well as the president of the city,

7)       health care institution –it shall be understood as a medical establishment in which a medical entity performs medical activity through hospital or in-patient services and round-the-clock health services other than hospital services, within the meaning of the Act of 15 April 2011 on medical activity (Journal of Laws of 2016 items / 1638, 1948 and 2260 and from 2017 items 2110 and 2217)

8)       A nursing home - it shall be understood also as an institution providing full time care to disabled, chronically ill or elderly people, referred to in the Act of 12 March 2004 on social help (Journal of Laws 2018, No. 1508, as amended);

9)       Permanent residence - it shall mean domicile in a particular place at a specific address with the intention of permanent residence;

10)    PESEL record number – shall be understood, for European Union citizens but not Polish citizens, as a passport number or other document’s number confirming the identity of persons,

11)    disabled voter - It shall be understood as a voter with reduced physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments, which makes it difficult to him to take part in the elections;

12)    "x" sign - it means at least two lines that intersect within the box;

13)    precinct election commission - it shall mean the precinct election commission referred to in art. 181a § 1.  point 1, or the precinct election commission for conducting the voting or the precinct election commission for determining the results of voting, referred to in art. 181a § 1 point 2.