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Article 110
 

§ 1. Posters and election slogans may only be placed on the walls of buildings, public transport stops, announcement columns, fences, lampposts, power equipment, telecommunications and other places only after obtaining the consent of the owner or property manager of the facility or equipment.


§ 2. Upon the setting up of own equipment for the purpose of the election campaign, regulations of public order should be applied accordingly. The provision of Art. 109 shall also apply as appropriate.


§ 3. Election posters and slogans should be placed in such a way that they can be removed without causing damage.


§ 4. (has expired)


§ 5. Municipal police or fire is required to remove, at the expense of electoral committees, posters and elections slogans which are attached in such a manner that may endanger human life or health or safety of property or traffic safety.


§ 6. Posters and slogans and announcement equipment set in up in order to carry out campaigning must be removed 30 days after the election.


§ 6a. The obligation referred to in § 6 does not apply to the situation in which election posters and slogans and advertising devices set up to conduct election campaigning are on real estate, objects or equipment not owned by the State Treasury, legal person under public law, local government units, their associations, legal person under municipality law and companies in which the majority of shares or stocks are held by the State Treasury, local government units or their associations, and foundations created by public authorities, and leaving posters and slogans and announcement devices after the deadline referred to in § 6 shall be with the consent of the owner.


§ 7. The mayor shall remove election posters and slogans, and equipment not removed within the period established by § 6. The responsible body bears the costs of the removal.