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Section 8
 

(1) No other question on the same subject shall be submitted


a) after the National Election Commission establishes in a final and binding conclusive decision under section 22 (3) that the number of valid signatures is at least two hundred thousand


aa) until the conclusive decision refusing to order the referendum becomes final and binding,


ab) until the referendum is held, or


ac) until the expiry of the period under section 31 (2),


b) after the National Assembly orders the referendum with final and binding effect pursuant to the second sentence of Article 8 (1) of the Fundamental Law,


ba) until the referendum is held, or


bb) until the expiry of the period under section 31 (2).


(2) After the submission by the organiser of the proposed referendum question, the President of the Republic and the Government shall not submit another question on the same subject


a) within sixteen days following a decision rejecting the question under section 10 (1) by the president of the National Election Office if it has not been submitted again,


b) until the expiry under section 29 (1) of the time limit for submitting a review application against the decision concerning the approval of the question if no review application was submitted against the decision refusing to approve that question,


c) up until 0.00 o’clock on the day after the publication under section 30 (3) in the official gazette Magyar Közlöny of the decision by the Curia


ca) upholding the decision by the National Election Commission refusing approval, or rejecting, without any examination as to its merits, the review application submitted against that decision, or


cb) amending the decision by the National Election Commission approving the question,


if a review application against the decision concerning the approval of the question has been submitted,


d) until the referendum initiative is withdrawn,


e) until the time limit for the submission of signature gathering forms expires without result,


f) until the conclusive decision refusing to order the referendum becomes final and binding,


g) until the referendum is held, or


h) until the expiry of the period under section 31 (2).


(3) Two questions shall be considered to be on the same subject if they would impose obligations on the National Assembly that are, even if only in part, identical or mutually exclusive.