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Section 8
 

(1) The party setting up a party list shall pay back to the Treasury the part of the support according to Section 3 that has been used for a candidate who dropped out of the general election of the Members of the Parliament based on the Act on Electoral Procedure, except if they die prior to the election.


(2) The party setting up its party list must pay back to the Treasury the support under Section 3, if its party list  a) drops out by virtue of the Act on Electoral Procedure, or b) fails to obtain at least 1% of the valid votes cast for the party lists.


(2a) Within one year after the general election of Members of Parliament, the State Audit Office of Hungary shall, ex officio, audit the parties which have obtained at least 1% of the valid votes cast for the party lists.


(3) The Treasury shall determine the payment obligation according to Subsection (1) by appropriately applying the provisions of Section 3, based on the number of candidates who have not dropped out of the general election of the Members of the Parliament based on the Act on Electoral Procedure.


(4) The party setting up a party list shall pay back to the Treasury the support to be refunded according to Subsections (1) and (2) in an amount increased by double the base rate of the central bank valid at the time of disbursement.


(5) The National Election Office shall notify the Treasury of the information specified in Subsections (1) and (2) on the day after the final results of the election have become effective.


(6) The Treasury shall adopt a resolution on the payment obligation described in Subsections (1) and (2), against which no appeal shall lie. The payment shall be due on the fifteenth day after the court has approved the resolution adopted by the Treasury or after the deadline for launching the procedure has expired without a procedure being launched.


(7) If a party setting up its party list fails to meet its obligation of payment within the deadline specified in Subsection (6), the Treasury shall propose the collection of the debt by the National Tax and Customs Administration.


(8) If the amount of money to be repaid by a party setting up its party list cannot be recovered, the senior officials of that party specified in Section 3/A. shall fall under an obligation to repay that amount by virtue of a decision. Where a senior official fails to meet his obligation of repayment within the deadline specified, the National Tax and Customs Administration shall be entitled to proceed in respect of that senior official in order to recover the debt.