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Section 151
 

Legal remedy regarding the participation of the media in the campaign


(1) Complaints submitted regarding the participation of media content providers, the press and cinemas – violations of the provisions of this Act – shall be adjudged by the National Election Commission. Complaints regarding regional and local press products and press products distributed via on-demand media services or distributed in an area smaller than the whole country shall be adjudged: in case of elections of members of Parliament and of members of the European Parliament by the parliamentary single-member constituency election commission at the seat or address of the media content provider; in the case of elections of municipality representatives and mayors and elections of national minority self-government representatives, by the territorial election commission at the seat or address of the media content provider.
(2) The complainant shall identify, or, if possible, attach the show or media content that proves the violation of the law. The indicated show – if it was not attached by the complainant – shall be acquired ex officio by the competent election commission as defined in (1).