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Section 224
 

(1) Appeals and requests for judicial review shall be submitted to the election commission that issued the challenged resolution.
(2) Appeals and requests for judicial review shall be submitted so that they are received by the election commission defined in (1) on or before the third day after the adoption of the contested resolution.
(3) Appeals and requests for judicial review shall contain
a) the grounds pursuant to Section 223 (3);
b) the name and address (seat) of the submitter, and – if it differs from the address (seat) – their postal contact address;
c) the personal identification number of the submitter, or, in the case of a voter who lives abroad and has no Hungarian address or personal identification number, the type and number of the document proving Hungarian citizenship, or, in the case of a nominating organisation or other organisation, the court registration number.
(4) Appeals and requests for judicial review may contain the submitter's fax number or e-mail address or the name and fax number or e-mail address of the submitter's agent for service of process.
(5) In the judicial review procedures, representation by counsel shall be compulsory. Law graduates who have passed the bar examination may proceed in their own cases without representation by counsel, after submitting a non-certified copy of their bar examination certificate.