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Article 134
 

Proceedings for suspending exercise of the right to broadcasting time


1 - The suspension of the exercise of the right to broadcasting time shall be the object of a request to the Constitutional Court by the Public Prosecutors’ Office, acting on its own initiative or at the request of the National Electoral Commission or of any other party or group of citizens that is intervening in the referendum.
2 - The competent organ of the candidacy whose right to broadcasting time has been the object of a suspension request shall immediately be notified by telegraphic means that it should contest the request within a time limit of twenty-four hours, should it wish to do so.
3 - The Constitutional Court shall requisition the records of the broadcasts that prove necessary from the radio or television stations concerned, and those records shall immediately be made available to it.
4 - The Constitutional Court shall decide within a time limit of one day and, in cases in which it orders the suspension of the right to broadcasting time, shall straight away notify the respective radio and television stations of the decision for the purpose of immediate compliance.