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Section 67
 

(1) The President of the Republic shall set the referendum date within 15 days after the expiry without result of the time limit for legal remedy against the parliamentary resolution ordering the referendum or, if legal remedy is sought, after the adjudication of the respective application.


(2) The referendum date may be set also if


a) a referendum date was previously set by the President of the Republic on another question,


b) there are at least fifty days left until the referendum date, and


c) holding the referendum on the new question on the same date does not jeopardise the legality of conducting the voting.


(3)


(4) A resolution ordering, and a decision setting the date for, the referendum shall be published in the official gazette Magyar Közlöny.