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Section 79
 

(1) The time limit for submitting and assessing applications for legal remedy shall be five days in a national referendum proceeding and three days in a joint proceeding. Except for joint proceedings, if the last day of the time limit falls on a day other than a working day, the time limit shall expire on the next working day.


(2) The parliamentary single-member constituency election commission shall decide on every objection relating to a violation of law that applies only to the territory of the single-member constituency.


(3) The National Election Commission shall decide on objections not covered by paragraph (2).


(4) The National Election Commission shall assess objections relating to the participation in election campaigns of media content providers, the press and movie theatres. The parliamentary single-member constituency election commission of the seat or domicile of the media service provider shall assess objections relating to a district, local or on-demand media service or a press product that is distributed in an area smaller than the whole country. This provision shall apply also to joint proceedings.


(5) In the application of section 233 of the Election Procedure Act, the time limit for the submission of a constitutional complaint and for the Constitutional Court to take a decision shall be five working days; for joint proceedings, the time limit for the submission of a constitutional complaint shall be three days and the time limit for the Constitutional Court to take a decision shall be three working days.


(6) Legal remedy against a decision establishing the partial results referred to in section 77 (2) b) and c) shall be available only in the context of a court review application challenging the decision by the National Election Commission establishing the result of a referendum.