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Section 231
 

(1) An appeal or a judicial review application shall be rejected without examination as to its merits if
a) it was submitted by a person other than a person entitled to do so under section 221 (1) or section 222 (1),
b) it is submitted late,
c) it was submitted to an election commission other than the one under section 224 (1),
d) it does not contain the elements required by section 224 (3).


(2) Judicial review applications submitted in violation of the provision under section 224 (5) shall also be rejected without examination as to their merits.


(3) An appeal or a judicial review application shall not be rejected if the person entitled to submit it submits, within the relevant time limit, the appeal to the election commission entitled to assess it or the judicial review application to the court entitled to adjudicate it. In such a situation, the election office at the election commission entitled to assess the appeal or the court shall, without delay, provide for obtaining the documents.


(4) The election commission entitled to assess the appeal and the court shall, acting on the basis of the appeal or the judicial review application, respectively, examine the objected conclusive decision and the underlying proceeding.


(5) The election commission or the court shall either
a) uphold or
b) amend
the challenged conclusive decision.