(1) The following persons shall not be members of election offices:

a) representatives;

b) deputy mayors;

c) members of an election commission;

d) candidates;

e) members of nominating organisations that put forward a candidate in the constituency in question; and

f) relatives of candidates standing in the constituency in question.

(2) The prohibition as defined by (1) f) shall not apply to that member of a local election office who only performs functions related to record-keeping in the polling station commission of a polling district that does not belong to the constituency where his/ her relative is a candidate.

(3) If any reason for exclusion arises against the head of the election office, he or she shall immediately report this reason to the President of the National Election Office, who shall dismiss him or her and appoint a new head to the office.

(4) The members of the election office shall immediately inform the head of the election office about any reason of exclusion arising against them, and the head of the election office shall dismiss them.

(5) If the head of a local election office or the head of a parliamentary single-member constituency election office does not fulfil his/ her obligation arising from law and by doing so endangers the legal conduct of elections, the head of the territorial election office shall establish – with the consent of the President of the National Election Office – the existence of a conflict of interest and shall appoint an election office of another settlement or parliamentary single-member constituency to fulfil those tasks or part of them.

(6) If, in the area of competence of a given local election office, in any of the polling districts designated under Section 78 closing of voting is not done on the thirtieth day at the latest after the end of voting, the President of the National Election Office shall inform the Government Office with a view to initiating a disciplinary procedure according to Act on  local self-governments in Hungary.