Act no. XX. of 1949
The Constitution of the Hungarian Republic
(abstract issue)

§. 28/B. (1) The subject of a nation-wide referendum and popular initiative may be an issue falling under the authority of Parliament.
(2) The passing of the act on nation-wide referenda and popular initiative requires a two-thirds vote of the deputies present.

§. 28/C. (1) Nation-wide referenda may be held for the purpose of making a decision or for the presentation of opinions, the ordering of a referendum shall be obligatory or on the basis of deliberation.
(2) A nation-wide referendum shall be obligatorily held at the initiative of at least 200.000 voters.
(3) If the nation-wide referendum is ordered, the decision brought at a valid referendum shall be binding for the Parliament.
(4) A nation-wide referendum may be ordered on the basis of arbitration at the initiation of the President of the Republic, the Government, a third of the members of parliament, or 100.000 voters by Parliament.
(5) A nation-wide referendum may not be ordered:
a) on the contents of the acts on the budget, on the execution of the budget, on central tax types and stamp duties, on customs, and on central conditions of local taxes,
b) on obligations arising out of international agreements in force, nor on the contents of the acts containing these obligations,
c) on the statutes of the Constitution regarding referendum and popular initiative,
d) on personnel and organisational modification (transformation, dissolution) issues falling under the authority of Parliament,
e) on the dissolution of Parliament,
f) on the Government programme
g) on the declaration of a state of war, on the declaration of a state of emergency,
h) on the utilisation of armed forces abroad or in the country,
i) on the dissolution of the delegates’ assembly of the local government,
j) on the execution of amnesty.
(6) A nation-wide referendum shall be valid if more than half of the voters casting valid votes, but at least more than a quarter of all voters give an identical answer to the question proposed.

§ 28/D. A popular initiative may be submitted by at least 50,000 voters. A popular initiative may be directed at putting onto Parliament’s agenda, a question falling within its competence. Parliament is obliged to discuss the question contained in the initiative. 

§ 28/E. Signatures may be collected for four months in the case of a petition of the voters directed at a referendum, and for two months in the case of a popular initiative. 

§. 30/A. (1) The President of the Republic
d) will appoint the date of the general elections of parliamentary representatives, the members and mayors of local governments as well as the date of European parliamentary elections and national referenda

70. § (1) All adult Hungarian citizens residing in the territory of the Republic of Hungary have the right to be elected and, provided that they are present in the country on the day of the election or referendum, the right to vote in Parliamentary elections, local government elections or minority self-government elections, and furthermore to participate in national or local referenda or popular initiatives.
(2) Persons residing in the territory of the Republic of Hungary as immigrants who do not have Hungarian citizenship also have the right to vote in the election of the local government representatives and of the Mayor, as well as the right to participate in local referenda and popular initiatives, in accordance with the regulations of a separate law, provided that they are present in the country on the day of the election or referendum.
(3) The right to vote shall not be granted to persons whose capacity is limited or restricted by being subject to guardianship, or who are subject to the final judgment of a court forbidding them to participate in public affairs, or who are imprisoned on the basis of a final legal judgment or are under compulsory institutional care on the basis of a final judgment rendered in criminal proceedings.
(4) All Hungarian citizens have the right to participate in public affairs, and furthermore to hold public office in accordance with their suitability, education and professional knowledge.

79. § A binding referendum shall be held on the accession of the Republic of Hungary to the European Union pursuant to the Accession Treaty. The date of this referendum shall be 12 April 2003. The question to be put in the referendum shall be: "Do you agree that the Republic of Hungary should become a Member of the European Union?"