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3. Certification of the question
 

(1) Within five days following the inconclusive expiry of the deadline for legal remedy against the decision to certify the question, or – in the case of a legal remedy – within five days following the publication, in the Official Gazette of Hungary, of the decision of the Curia to uphold the certification, or to reject, without an in-depth examination, the judicial review request submitted against the decision to certify the question, or to certify that question, the National Election Office shall, without delay but within five days at the latest, hand over to the organiser the signature sheets containing the certified question, in the quantity he has specified. The National Election Office shall provide each of the sheets with a unique identifier.


(2) The organiser can, at any time during the period for collecting the signatures, request additional signature sheets.


(3) The National Election Office shall indicate the question on the sheets.


(4) Within five days following the inconclusive expiry of the deadline for legal remedy against the decision to certify the question submitted by the President of the Republic or by the Government, or – in the case of a legal remedy – within five days following the publication, in the Official Gazette of Hungary, of the decision of the Curia to uphold the certification, or to reject, without an in-depth examination, the judicial review request submitted against the decision to certify the question, or to certify the question, the president of the National Election Commission shall notify the Speaker of the National Assembly about the certification of that question.