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Article 122
 

(1) The date for the referendum shall be set by the President of the Republic in 15 days after the legal remedy period against the parliamentary resolution ordering the referendum has passed without any result, or, in the event of legal remedy, after it has been adjudged.
(2) The referendum shall be called the latest 43 days before the polling day, for a day within 90 days from the publication of the parliamentary resolution ordering it, or, in the event of legal remedy, after it has been adjudged.
(3) The referendum may be also called for a date within the 43 days period pursuant to paragraph (2), if the President of the Republic has already called a referendum regarding another matter, and there are at least 20 days left before its date, and the simultaneous conducting of the referendum regarding the new issue does not endanger the legality of voting.
(4) Referendum shall not be held on the day of the general election of Members of Parliament, Members of the European Parliament, and the representatives and mayors of local governments, and within 41 days preceding and following it. If a referendum may not be called pursuant to paragraph (2) due to the above, the referendum shall be called for a day within 131 days after the election.
(5) The decree on ordering and calling the referendum shall be published in the Official Gazette of Hungary.