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Section 11
 

(1) The National Election Commission shall decide whether to approve or refuse to approve the question within sixty days after submission. The National Election Commission shall approve the question if it meets the conditions set for the question in the Fundamental Law and in this Act.


(2) In its conclusive decision approving the question, the National Election Commission shall determine whether the circumstance specified in section 8 (3) exists.


(3) If the circumstance specified in section 8 (3) occurs after the approval of the question, the National Election Office shall, without delay, notify the organiser thereof in writing by sending him the final and binding conclusive decision to that effect.


(4) The National Election Office shall inform, without delay, the voters on the official website of the elections about questions on the same subject. This information shall contain


a) the date of the approval with final and binding effect of the question on the same subject,


b) the date on which the signature gathering forms containing a question on the same subject were submitted pursuant to section 19 (1),


c) the final and binding findings under section 22 (3) of the verification of signatures on signature gathering forms that are submitted pursuant to section 19 (1) and contain questions on the same subject,


d) the date of the decision by the National Assembly ordering with final and binding effect the referendum pursuant to the second sentence of Article 8 (1) of the Fundamental Law concerning referendum initiatives on the same subject,


e) the date of the decision by the National Assembly not ordering the referendum under the second sentence of Article 8 (1) of the Fundamental Law concerning referendum initiatives on the same subject, and


f) the referendum initiatives which are suspended under section 19/B (2) a), and those which are stayed under section 19/C (1).


(5) If a final and binding conclusive decision under section 22 (3) by the National Election Commission establishes that the number of valid signatures is at least two hundred thousand, or if the National Assembly ordered with final and binding effect the referendum pursuant to the second sentence of Article 8 (1) of the Fundamental Law, another question on the same subject shall not be approved.