§ 20 The register of major citizens disfranchised is not public; it may be inspected by no other than the relevant person, the court, the election committee and the members of the election office.
§ 20/A (1) Inclusion in the register at foreign representations may be requested by voters included in the register of their address personally or through a delegate having an authorisation enshrined in a private deed with conclusive force from the head of the local election office of their domicile before the 16th day prior to polling day in Hungary. Requests for inclusion in the register at foreign representations may be submitted also by registered mail in such fashion that it shall have been received by the local election office the latest before the 16th day prior to voting in Hungary.
(2) Applications with regard to entering the applicant in the register at foreign representations shall contain the applicant's:
a) first name and family name,
b) personal identification number,
c) place and date of birth,
d) mother's name,
e) address in Hungary, and
f) the description of the foreign representation where the applicant intends to exercise their right to vote, and
g) the applicant's notify address abroad if they do not request that the decision of the head of the local election office should be sent to their address in Hungary.
(3) Within the time frame defined in paragraph (1), voters entered in the register at foreign representations may modify the data set forth in Section (2) f), or request their deletion from the register at foreign representations and their re-entry in the register of their address.
§ 20/B (1) On the strength of the application, the head of the local election office will immediately enter the voter in the register at the foreign representation, simultaneously, delete them from the register of their address. The head of the local election office shall immediately inform the applicant that they have been entered in the register at the foreign representation or that their inclusion in the register at the foreign representation has been rejected.
(2) The application shall be rejected if it does not contain the data pursuant to paragraph Section § 20/A (2).
§ 20/C The register at foreign representations shall contain voters' particulars pursuant to Section § 20/A (2) a)-e) and the description of the foreign representation.
§ 20/D (1) The head of the local election office shall send the data of the register at foreign representations to the National Election Office before the 8th day prior to polling day in Hungary, and the National Election Office will prepare the register at foreign representations split per foreign representations.
(2) The National Election Office will forward the data of the register at foreign representations to foreign representations in such fashion that only the election office at the foreign representation could have access to its data. The election office at the foreign representation will print and authenticate the register at foreign representations. The register at foreign representations shall not be modified. After closing the register at the foreign representation the National Election Office shall immediately provide the nominating organisations with information, split per foreign representations, on the number of voters included in the register at the foreign representation.
Legal remedy regarding the compilation of the register, or the register at foreign representations
§ 20/E (1) Reserves because of having been omitted or deleted from or entered in the register may be lodged during the period the register is displayed publicly.
(2) Anyone who has been entered in the register at foreign representations or whose inclusion in the register at foreign representations has been rejected, may lodge a reserve in three days from receipt of the notice thereon.
(3) Reserves lodged because of omission or deletion from the register or inclusion in the register or reserves lodged because of inclusion in or rejection of the inclusion in the register at the foreign representation shall be lodged with the head of the local election office, and will be decided by him/her the latest on the day following the date the reserve is received.
(4) If the head of the local election office sustains the reserve, he will modify the register or the register at foreign representations.
(5) If the head of the local election office does not sustain the reserve, he will send the reserve to the local court, in Budapest to the Pest Central District Court, the latest on the day following the date it is received. In the judicial proceedings it is not obligatory to provide representation by counsel. The court shall act as a sole judge. The court will decide the reserve in three days from the receipt thereof.
(6) If the court finds the reserve well-founded, it will order the modification of the register or the register at foreign representations, failing which it will dismiss the reserve.
(7) The decision of the head of the local election office and the order of the court shall be communicated to the person concerned and the person who has lodged the reserve; the order of the court shall be communicated also to the head of the local election office.
