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Section 224
 

(1) Appeals and judicial review applications shall be submitted to the election commission that adopted the challenged resolution.


(2) Appeals and judicial review applications shall be submitted so that they are received by the election commission referred to in paragraph (1) not later than on the third day after the adoption of the challenged resolution.


(3) Appeals and judicial review applications shall include the following:


a) grounds for the application under section 223 (3),


b) name and address (seat) of the submitting person, and his postal contact address if different from the address (seat),


c)  personal identifier of the person submitting the application, or, for a voter with no address in Hungary who lives abroad and has no personal identifier, the type and number of his official identity verification card, or, for a nominating organisation or other organisation, its court registration number.


(4) Appeals and judicial review applications may include the fax number or email address of the submitting person, or the name, fax number or email address of his agent for service of process.


(5) In a judicial review proceeding, representation by an attorney-at-law shall be mandatory. A person who has passed the professional examination in law, attaching a simple copy of his professional examination certificate, may proceed in his own cases without being represented by an attorney-at-law.