Domicile of the convicted accused

Those convicted to undergo imprisonment, exile, or deportation have their domicile at the place where they are undergoing the penalty imposed; save with reference to the obligations contracted prior to the commission of the offence, in relation to which they retain the previous domicile, if any.

§ 1 - The convicted not yet transferred to the place where they have to undergo imprisonment, shall have as their domicile where they are detained.

§ 2 - The wife and children of the person convicted to undergo imprisonment who do not accompany the husband to the place where the penalty is to be undergone, do not have the domicile of the husband and of the father, but their own, in accordance with the norms prescribed in the preceding articles.