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Section 236
 

(1) Appeals regarding the electoral register shall be submitted to the head of the local election office.
(2) The head of the local election office shall adjudge the appeal on the fifteenth day after its receipt at the latest, or, in the case of a decision made after the calling of the election, on the day after its receipt at the latest.
(3) If the head of the local election office grants an appeal, he or she shall modify the register.
(4) If the head of the local election office does not sustain an appeal, he or she shall refer it to the district court on the last day available for adjudication at the latest.
(5) The court shall adjudicate appeals on the fifteenth day after receipt at the latest, or, in the case of decisions made after the calling of the election, within three days of receipt but no later than the day before the day of voting. Representation by counsel shall not be compulsory in judicial proceedings. The court shall act as a single judge.
(6) If the court finds the appeal well-founded, it shall order the register to be modified; otherwise, it shall reject the appeal.
(7) Appeals regarding the decisions of the National Election Office on requests regarding the central electoral register shall be submitted to the President of the National Election Office. Section 235 (1) and (2)-(6) shall apply to submitting and adjudging such appeals. If the President of the National Election Office does not grant the appeal, it shall be adjudged by the Budapest Metropolitan Court.