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Article 54
 

Article 54

(1) In the case of the creation of a new village the settlement representatives shall retain their mandate as members of the assembly of their respective place of residence if a functioning - that is one that has at least five members - assembly is formed thereof. In this instance the number of representatives may be different from that of specified in this Act for the duration of the mandate.

(2) By-elections shall be held upon the creation of a new village if a functioning assembly according to paragraph (1) cannot be formed.

(3) If the new village is quitted from a settlement with a population of more than 10 000, or from a capital district, and in the settlement or district the assembly can function then the mandate of the settlement or capital district mayor shall be retained.

(4) If the new village is created from a settlement with a population smaller than 10 000, or if a unification of villages is ceased, then the mayor shall be elected on the new village; and in the remaining part of the settlement, if the number of its population shall become less than two-thirds of the previous settlement.

Article 54/A

During the application of this Act

a) the number necessary for the functioning of the assembly: more than fifty percent of assembly members may be elected according to this Act;

b) to c) annulled;

d) independent candidate: a candidate proposed not by a nominating organisation, but rather a certain number of voters;

e) to j) annulled;

k) nominating organisation: a party registered according to Act XXXIII of 1989. on the Operation and Economy of Parties, as well as a social or minority organisation registered according to Act II. of 1989. on the Right to Assemble;

l) representative: a member of the settlement municipal government, a member of the County Assembly, a member of the Capital Assembly, a member of the local minority self-government;

m) minority candidate: an independent candidate who accepts the representation of a national or ethnic minority, or a candidate of a minority organisation;

n) minority organisation: a social organisation that represents a national or ethnic minority according to its court registration;

o) annulled;

p) national and ethnic minority: minorities listed under paragraph (1) of Article 61. of the Minorities Act;

r) to t) annulled;

u) mayor: the mayor of a settlement, the Lord Mayor of Budapest;

v) settlement: a village, a town, a town with county jurisdiction or a capital district;

w) annulled.

x) constituency: with respect to the election of the members of the County Assembly: the group of settlements with a population of 10 000 or less, also the group of settlements with a population of more than 10 000 - towns with county jurisdiction exclusive; with respect to the election of the Lord Mayor and the members of the Capital Assembly: the capital city; with respect to the election of the mayor, the municipal government representatives of a settlement with a population of less than 10 000, and also to that of the election of the representatives of the local minority self-government: the settlement; with respect to the individual constituency election of representatives of municipal governments of settlements with a population greater than 10 000 the constituencies created for this purpose.

y) to z) annulled.