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Section 236
 

(1) An appeal regarding the electoral register shall be submitted to the election office that adopted the challenged decision.

(2) The head of the election office shall decide on the appeal not later than on the fifteenth day after its receipt or, for an appeal against a decision adopted after the election date has been set, not later than on the next working day after its receipt, but by 15.00 on the second day before voting day at the latest.


(3) If the head of the election office grants the appeal, he shall modify the decision.


(4) If the head of the election office does not grant the appeal, he shall refer the appeal to the Budapest-Capital Regional Court not later than on the last day of the time limit for its assessment.


(5) The court shall decide on the appeal not later than on the fifteenth day after its receipt or, for a decision adopted after the election date has been set, on the third day after its receipt, but on the day before voting day at the latest. In a court proceeding, representation by an attorney-at-law shall not be mandatory. The court shall sit as a single judge.


(6) If the court finds the appeal well-founded, it shall modify the decision; otherwise, it shall dismiss the appeal.