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Section 30
 

(1) The Curia shall adjudicate the review application within ninety days. The Curia shall either uphold or amend the conclusive decision by the National Election Commission. No further legal remedy shall lie against the decision by the Curia.


(2) The Curia shall adjudicate a review application submitted against a conclusive decision by the National Election Commission rejecting the initiative within thirty days. The Curia shall either uphold the conclusive decision by the National Election Commission rejecting the initiative or instruct the National Election Commission to conduct a new proceeding. No further legal remedy shall lie against the decision by the Curia. If the Curia instructs the National Election Commission to conduct a new proceeding, the National Election Commission shall take a decision as to approve or refuse to approve the question within thirty days from the date on which the Curia took its decision.


(3) The decision by the Curia shall be published in the official gazette Magyar Közlöny within eight days and on the website of the Curia on the day on which it is taken.


(4) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), if the Curia upholds a conclusive decision by the National Election Commission refusing to approve the question, including a conclusive decision rejecting the initiative, it shall publish a notice in the official gazette Magyar Közlöny within eight days which contains


a) the number of the decision by the Curia,


b) the number of the conclusive decision by the National Election Commission and the fact that it has been upheld, and


c) information about the fact that the decision by the Curia can be accessed on the website of the Curia.


(5) A constitutional complaint against a decision by the Curia referred to in paragraph (1) shall not be submitted later than within eight days following the publication of the decision by the Curia in the official gazette Magyar Közlöny. The Constitutional Court shall decide on the constitutional complaint within thirty days.