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8. Legal remedies
 

(1) The Curia shall adjudge the judicial review request within ninety days. The Curia shall uphold or alter the resolution of the National Election Commission. The decision of the Curia shall not be subject to further legal remedy.


(2) The Curia shall adjudge the judicial review request submitted against the resolution of the National Election Commission to reject the initiative within thirty days. The Curia shall either uphold the resolution of the National Election Commission to reject the initiative or instruct the National Election Commission to conduct a new procedure. The decision of the Curia shall not be subject to further legal remedy. Where the Curia instruct the National Election Commission to conduct a new procedure, the National Election Commission shall take a decision as to certify or refuse to certify the question within thirty days beginning with the date on which the Curia’s decision was taken.


(3) The resolution of the Curia shall be published within eight days in the Official Gazette of Hungary and, on the day on which it is taken, on the website of the Curia.


(4) Where the Curia uphold the decision of the National Election Commission to refuse to certify the question – including the decision to reject the initiative –, it shall – as a derogation from subsection (3) – publish a notice in the Official Gazette of Hungary within eight days, which shall contain


a) the number of the resolution of the Curia,


b) the number of the resolution of the National Election Commission and the fact that it has been upheld, and it shall inform that


c) the resolution of the Curia can be viewed on the website of the Curia.