Art. 10. (1) Any elector may collect nomination coupons, disseminate electoral propaganda, popularize candidates and organize electoral meetings (hereafter electoral campaign). Non-citizens except for persons in possession of a permit of settlement in Hungary shall not participate in the electoral campaign.

            (2) Nomination coupons may be collected anywhere, but for the provisions of para. (3), without undue interference with citizens.

1. during working hours, in the course of performance of duties arising out of employment relations;
2. from persons pn the staff of the armed forces, the police, and other regulatory organisations, at places of service or while on duty
3. on mass transportation vehicles;
4. in wards of health-care institutes.

            (4) The nomination coupon shall bear, apart from the proposer's hand-written signature, the proposing elector's place of residence, identity number, the name of the proposed candidate and the name of the party posting him, or the fact of independent candidacy.

            (5) It shall be forbidden to offer, solicit or give a reward for nomination coupons.

            (6) the electoral board shall, upon request, check the authenticity of signatures. Once the number of verified signatures amounts to 750, the checking of signatures shall be discontinued.

            (7) Electoral meetings shall be public. It shall be forbidden to prevent the holding of electoral meetings or to disturb their conduct. The organizer of the meeting shall be responsible for keeping order in accordance with the rules laid down in the Act on the Right of Assembly.

Art. 11. (1) Until the day preceding election at the latest, Hungarian Telegraph Agency, Hungarian Radio and Hungarian Television shall carry on an equal footing the electoral calls of parties putting forward candidates at least once free of charge. This same duty shall devolve upon the local studios in their respective area of broadcast with regard to the electoral programmes of candidates. Other advertisements that go toward making a party or any of its candidates more popular can only be broadcasted with a clear message declaring such publicity as "Paid Electoral Advertising".

(2) During 30 days preceding election the Hungarian Radio and the Hungarian Television shall cover the parties presenting national lists - in their news of electoral events - on an equal footing and - in their electoral reports - in proportion to the candidates nominated.

(3) On the last day of the electoral campaign the Hungarian Radio and the Hungarian Television shall - under equal programme conditions for parties, for equal lengths of time and without comments - broadcast the electoral summary reports prepared by parties presenting national lists.

(4) If a broadcasting company gives information about election events within 30 days prior to election, than regulations relating to Hungarian Radio and Hungarian Television are valid to the given broadcasting company.

Art. l2. (1) Public opinion poll results regarding the election shall not be made public since the eighth day preceding election.

(2) No electoral campaign shall be conducted from zero hour (12:00 AM) of the day preceding election. Only the handing out of information, regarding election procedures or the impartial calls for the electorate to participate, by election work groups, may not be considered as a break of the above defined campaign silence.

Art. 13. (1) From the calling of elections to the end of electoral campaigns, parties and candidates may without a permit design electoral bills, advertisements, inscriptions, handbills or projections (hereafter posters). A poster shall be considered to be printed matter subject to no permission. In other aspects, posters shall be governed by legislation on the press.

(2) Posters may be displayed, but for paragraphs (3) to (5), without any restriction.

(3) Posters shall not be displayed on walls of buildings and on fences except with the permission of the owner or trustee.

(4) Local government may, by decree, prohibit the display of posters on certain public buildings or in specified parts of public areas for reasons of protecting historic monuments, the environment, or on grounds of townscape and tourism. The display of posters on or within buildings housing state or local government authorities is forbidden.

(5) The installation of independent advertising devices serving electoral campaign purposes shall be subject to the provisions of law on the utilization of public places.

(6) Posters shall be displayed in such a way as to be removable without causing damage.

(7) Posters prejudicing life, physical integrity, the safety of property or the order of traffic shall be removed by the police. The costs of such action shall burden the persons placing, or the persons responsible for placing these posters.

Art. 14. (1) Voting shall be personal only, and, subject to the exceptions stated in this Act, it shall take place only in the polling station designated for the elector's place of residence.

(2) A handicapped voter at his/her request be visited to enable him/her to cast his/her vote by at least two members of his/her respective electoral committee.

Art. 15. (1) Votes may be cast from 6 AM on polling day. Where justified by local circumstances, the electoral board may direct that voting shall begin at 5 AM. The casting of votes shall be possible until 7 PM on official holidays and until 8 PM on workdays.

(2) During the period of voting the polling room shall not be closed and voting shall not be suspended. In the case of the number of the electoral committee's members being reduced to less than three on the day of election, those present at the polling station are obliged to suspend voting immediately, seal the ballot boxes and files, and to inform the individual constituency electoral board, through the leader of the local election work group, about the suspension of voting, in order to ensure the valid resumption of voting.

Art. 16. (1) No polling station shall be set up in a building utilised by any party.

(2) With a view to ensuring the secrecy of the ballot, at least two polling booths shall be set up in a polling room. The secrecy of the ballot shall be guaranteed even in case of voting covered by Art. 14. (2).

(3) There shall be two or more ballot boxes in every polling room. In the presence of the first voter, the ballot boxes shall be secured in such a way as to prevent the removal of ballot papers without opening the lock, breaking the seal or dismantling the box.

(4) A pen shall be provided in the polling booth for purposes of voting.

Art. 17. (1) No one except the members of the electoral committee shall stay in the polling room from the putting out of election material to the beginning of voting.

(2) The state of ballot boxes shall be checked by the electoral committee in the presence of the first voter, who shall not be a member thereof, before voting begins, with the findings to be stated in the polling records.

(3) After locking the ballot box the electoral committee shall place a check-sheet in the box, the check-sheet to bear the signatures of the members of the electoral committee present as well as of the first voter and to show the point of time it was so placed.

Art. 18. (1) The chairman of the electoral committee shall be responsible for keeping order in the polling station and its vicinity on polling day. His directives to this effect shall be binding on all.

(2) The policeman on duty shall not enter the polling room except with permission from the chairman of the electoral committee.

(3) Electors shall not stay in the polling room for a longer time than is necessary for casting a vote.

Art. 19. (2) Nothing but official ballot papers shall be used for voting.

Art. 20. (1) Valid votes can only be cast by writing two intersecting lines in ink in the circle printed above the party name, and next to the name of individual candidates on the ballot paper.

(2) If it otherwise meets the conditions specified by para (1), a vote shall not b invalidated by the voter changing the order of candidates on the list on the ballot paper, striking the name of a candidate from the list or adding a name to the list.

(3) A vote shall be invalid if

a) it was cast on other than the official ballot paper, or

b) it does not permit the identification of the candidate/party for whom/which it was cast,

c) the ballot paper has not been stamped with the seal of the concerned mayor's office, or the stamp of the polling ward,

d) it was cast using a pencil.

Art. 21. (1) In the polling room votes may be cast by electors who are, or were later, entered on the electoral register.

(2) The electoral committee shall check the identity of voters and their inclusion in the electoral register.

(3) The electoral committee shall refuse to admit to the polling room any person who is unable to prove his identity to the committee's satisfaction or who, for lack of a certificate (Art. 40), cannot be entered on the electoral register. The election committee shall draw up a list of such persons. An elector who was denied admission may also cast his vote later on if he is able to prove his identity or to present a certificate as mentioned to the electoral committee before the expiry of polling time.

(4) If there is no impediment to voting, a member of the electoral committee shall hand to the voter the ballot papers bearing the seal of the mayor's office or the polling ward. If need be, it shall explain the manner in which the vote is to be cast, such explanation is not to include any canvassing for or against any candidate or list. In the case of a candidate or list being withdrawn from the election after the ballot papers have been printed, the electoral committee is obliged to notify the electors of this fact, by posting notification in the polling room, and if necessary, verbally as well.

Art. 22. (1) The elector shall cast his vote in the polling booth, put the ballot papers into an envelope and drop it into the ballot box in full view of the electoral committee.

(2) No one except the voter shall be present in the polling booth while the vote is cast, but a voter who is handicapped by illiteracy, bodily infirmity or some other disability may be assisted by another elector or, failing one, concurrently by two members of the electoral committee.

(3) The fact of voting shall be indicated by the electoral committee in the electoral register.

(4) If the elector indicates that he/she has made a mistake during the course of filling out the ballot paper, before placing it in the ballot box, the electoral committee shall withdraw it and hand out a new one, while registering this fact in its record. The electoral committee may replace the incorrect ballot paper only once.

Art. 23. (1) At 18 hours or, if polling time was prolonged, at 20 hours, the chairman of the electoral committee shall have the polling room closed, with electors still staying there or in the hall to be allowed to cast their votes. This done, the electoral committee shall end the voting process.

(2) No votes shall be accepted after the voting has ended.

Art. 24. (1) After the voting has ended the electoral committee shall first bundle the unused, then the incorrect ballot papers, and then seal up the bundles.

(2) Before being dismantled, the ballot box shall be checked for intactness, then be dismantled and be checked for the presence of check-sheet.

(3) The numbers of the ballot papers in the box for individual constituencies and for lists shall then be compared separately with the number of voters in the polling ward.

(4) As a next step, invalid votes shall be grouped separately and counted, with the ground for invalidity to be indicated on the back of the ballot paper. The invalid votes shall be bundled separately, and the bundle shall be sealed up in such a way as to prevent any ballot paper being taken out of, or put into, the bundle without damaging the seal. The ordinal number of the polling ward and the number of ballot papers in the bundle shall be marked on the bundle.

(5) The valid votes shall be grouped separately by candidate and list and be counted, the bundling to be done afterwards in accordance with para. (4).

Art. 25. (1) The electoral committee shall prepare records, separately for every type of ballot paper, about the counting of the votes. At least one original has to be drawn up, which shall be signed by the present members of the committee. The necessary copies of the original records may be made by making photocopies. The copies have to be authenticated by the chairman or the secretary of the electoral committee.

(2) The records shall be drwn up in at least three more copies than the number of candidates running for election in the constituency, and the number of parties presenting territorial lists therein.

(3) The chairman of the electoral committee shall, without delay, forward the original records and one copy of them to the electoral board of the individual and territorial constituency. The third copy of the records shall be sent to the competent archive after 30 days of the date of election. The remaining copies shall be presented to the representatives of the candidates of individual constituencies and of the parties having presented lists. Election documents, prints and ballot papers shall, together with the ballot boxes, be sent to the local mayor's office for safekeeping. In case of objections to the election documents and ballot papers, those concerned shall be transmitted to the competent electoral board.

(4) On the basis of the records of the electoral committee, the electoral boards of individual and territorial constituencies shall aggregate the votes and establish the election results in the respective constituencies. A record of this procedure shall be drawn up by the electoral boards in two more copies than the number of lists or candidates presented for election. The record shall be signed by the members of the electoral board. The original, along with the original records of the electoral committee, has to be forwarded without delay to the National Electoral Board, a second copy to the archives, not later than thirty days after election, the remaining ones promptly to the representatives of the parties or to the candidates.

(5) On the basis of the records of the electoral boards in individual and territorial constituencies, the National Electoral Board shall aggregate the surplus votes cast for party candidates in individual constituencies and for lists, shall establish the limit percentage defined in Article 8 para. (5), and shall decide which candidates have obtained mandates on the national list. It shall draw up a record thereof in one more copy than the number of parties having presented national lists. The record shall be signed by the members of the Board. The first of these records shall be forwarded, not later than thirty days after election, to the archives, the remaining copies shall be handed over promptly to the representatives of parties.

(6) Within three workdays following the date of election, candidates or their representatives may inspect the voting documents on the official premises of the electoral board or the local government in the presence of two members of the electoral board. The right to inspect election documents does not include the electorate register used by the electoral committee on the day of election, nor the list of electors refused the chance to vote, or who have voted in the possession of a certificate, from all of which it is possible to establish the names of electors having participated in the election.

(7) The ballot papers shall be filed in the presence of the members of the competent electoral body and be kept in safety for 90 days. In case objections concerning election results the ballot papers involved shall be kept in safety until a final ruling thereon has been handed down.

(8) The National Electoral Board shall be responsible to ensure that the computerized election data are kept in safety for 90 days.

(9) The Minister of Interior may, by decree, regulate the number of additional copies, over the numbers set in para. (3)-(6) of this Act, of election records and registers and order their forwarding.

Art. 26. Electoral bodies are independent organizations of citizens, subject only to the law and primarily established to guarantee the purity of elections, to secure impartiality, to supervise legality and, where necessary, to restore the lawful conduct of elections.

Art. 27. The electoral bodies shall include returning committees, electoral boards in individual and territorial constituencies, and the National Electoral Board.

Art. 28. (1) Only electors having residence in a given constituency may serve on electoral bodies.

(2) The chairman and secretary of electoral bodies may not be a member of any party presenting a candidate in the constituency, nor a representative of an independent candidate.

(3) A candidate, a relative of the candidate defined according to the Act on the General Regulations of Administration Procedures, the President of the Republic, the Speaker of Parliament, the Prime Minister, ministers, secretaries of state, deputy secretaries of state, trustees of the Republic, Lord Mayor, mayors, head notaries, notaries, Speakers of County Assemblies, and members of the work-group functioning alongside the electoral body shall not serve on the electoral body. Persons being in a relationship with each other may not be members of those electoral bodies which may become involved in decision making, or decision overruling procedures between each other during the course of the legal redress process.

(4) During its period of functioning the electoral body shall qualify as a public authority and its members as official persons.

Art. 29. (1) An electoral body shall function as a collegiate one. In order to be valid, its decision shall require the presence of the majority of its members and the votes of the majority of the members present. In the event of an equality of votes the chairman of the electoral body shall have a casting vote. Minority views, together with the arguments, shall also be put on records.

(2) The electoral body shall be represented by its chairman. If there is no chairman or the chairman is unable to perform his duties, the secretary shall act as chairman.

Art. 30. (1) The secretary and two members of the electoral committee plus at least one additional member for each polling ward shall be elected by the local government assembly; on motion of the notary, taking into account the proposals of the parties as well. The party putting forward candidates in the constituency and the independent candidates shall designate an additional member each. Members may also be designated jointly by parties and independent candidates. If after the nomination the number of designated members is short of two, the additional member shall be elected by the local government, or its designated committee having its authorization.

(2) The secretary and two members of local and territorial electoral boards shall be elected by the metropolitan and county assemblies; on motion by the head-notary, taking into account the proposals of the parties as well. The party putting forward candidates in the individual and territorial constituencies and the independent candidates shall designate an additional member each, after the nomination. If after the nomination the number of designated members falls short of two, then the metropolitan or county assemblies shall amend the electoral board to five persons by electing additional members. The assembly may authorize one of its committees to perform this task.

(3) The secretary and four members of the National Electoral Board shall be elected by Parliament on motion by the Minister of the Interior, taking into account the proposals of parties as well. The parties putting forward candidates on the national lists shall designate an additional member each. If after the nomination the number of designated members of the National Electoral Board falls short of four, the Constitutional, Legislation-preparation and Judicial Committee of Parliament shall elect additional members, to raise the number of the members of the National Electoral Committee to nine.

(4) The elective members of electoral boards shall be elected within 10 days of the calling of elections and those of returning committees at least 30 days before election. The designated members of electoral bodies shall be notified concurrently with the presentation of nominations (Art. 6).

(5) The electoral body shall elect a chairman from among its own members. On the thirtieth day preceding election the electoral body shall either confirm the chairman or elect a new one.

(6) Before taking up their duties the chairmen and members of electoral bodies shall swear an oath or pledge a vow before the competent mayor, Lord Mayor, Speaker of County Assembly, or the Speaker of Parliament, as the case may be.

(7) The names of the chairmen and members of electoral bodies as well as the addresses of the official premises of the electoral bodies shall be publicly displayed in the customary manner in each locality, and the names of the members of the individual and territorial electoral boards shall be published in the official gazettes of the metropolitan and county assemblies, while the data of the National Electoral Board shall be published in Magyar Közlöny (Hungarian Gazette).

(8) The mandates of the elective members of electoral bodies as well as of the members delegated to the National Electoral Board by the parties having obtained representation in Parliament shall last until the day when the next general elections are called.

(9) The mandates of the chairman, secretary and members of an electoral body shall cease upon

a) discontinuance of the legal conditions therefore (paragraphs (1) to (3) of Art. 28);

b) resignation;

c) revocation of the mandate or removal from office;

d) death.

(10) The mandate of a designated member of an electoral body shall terminate also at the time of the publication of final election results, except for para (8). No fees shall be paid.

(11) The National Electoral Board may publish an opinion in order to ensure the uniform execution of this Act.

Art. 31. The electoral boards in individual and territorial constituencies and the National Electoral Board shall be legal entities.

Art. 32. (1) The electoral committee shall consist of at least three members.

(2) The returning committee shall

1. control the preparation of polling rooms, conduct the poll and ensure the legality of voting;
2. decide contentious issues arising during the voting;
3. establish the voting results in the polling ward.

Art. 35. (1) There shall be assigned work groups to electoral bodies to take care of the organizational, administrative and technical preparations as well as of the conduct of elections.

(2) Members of the workgroup to the electoral committee shall be appointed by the village, town or metropolitan district notaries (notary henceforth), members of the workgroup functioning to the electoral boards of individual and territorial constituencies will be appointed by the head-notary of the metropolitan and county assemblies, the chairman and members of the work group functioning beside the National Electoral Board shall be appointed by the Minister of the Interior. The chairman of the work group functioning beside electoral boards in individual constituencies shall be the district notary of the seat of the respective constituency, the chairman of the work group functioning to the electoral boards in territorial constituencies shall be the head notary of the metropolitan or county assembly.

(3) On their appointment the members of work groups shall swear an oath/pledge a vow before the appointer.

Art. 36. (1) Polling wards shall be set up within 10 days of the calling of elections.

(2) The number and territorial pattern of polling wards shall be determined by the notary in a way that shall ensure that a polling ward is created for 600 to a maximum of 1 200 voters, but there shall be at least one polling ward in each settlement. More polling wards than one in a settlement shall be distinguished by ordinal numbers. A polling ward may also be created in an institute to ensure that persons committed to permanent care or receiving medical treatment as well as rank-and-file soldiers and persons detained without a final judgement may, at their request, cast their votes in possession of a certificate (Art. 40).

Art. 37. (1) The registry of voters (registry henceforth) shall, according to villages, towns and constituencies, and polling wards therein, be compiled by the village, town and metropolitan notaries, by the 15th December each year at the latest. The registry shall be notified of any changes before the first and second rounds of election.

(2) Citizens of Hungary who are resident, or temporarily resident (have place of residence henceforth) in a village, town or a district of the capital (settlement henceforth), or in an individual constituency, and will reach their majority or will be majorized by marriage on the day of election at the latest, shall be entered in the register.

(3) The notary shall prepare, within 27 days the written notification of electors' inclusion in the register, as well as compile a list of adults who do not have the franchise after the setting of the date of election. The electoral register shall be such as to allow the identification of the settlement, the individual and territorial constituency, the polling ward of the elector. The electoral register shall imply, with the limitations specified in para. (9), the elector's name, address and identification number. The register shall be authenticated by the notary.

(4) Sixty days before election the local electoral board shall issue a public notification of the date of election and the electoral register.

(5) The register, after its compilation, shall be displayed on the official premises of the mayor' s of f ice of the local government, for the purpose of the ensuring of franchise being controllable, for ten days and the date of display shall be made public in the manner customary in the locality.

(6) Concurrent with the public display, preceding the first round of election, electors shall be notified in writing of their inclusion in the register, the notification shall indicate the settlement, the constituency, the polling ward, the address of the polling station, and the day of election. The mailing of the notification is a responsibility of the notary. Notification of the second round shall not be mailed.

(7) The notary shall compile the electoral register on the basis of the citizens' personal data and address register. The compilation of the electoral register and the technical preparation of notifications may be transferred by the notary to another local government's notary, to the territorial or central body maintaining the register of the citizens' personal data and address, or to the employees of the mayor's office. The notifications may be sent to the electors through the employees of the mayor's office, or through the mail. Delivery of notifications shall not be entrusted to party leaders, or members of any parties.

(8) The register of the persons without the franchise is confidential, no one, save the person in question, a court-of-law, and members of the electoral body and work group, may look into them.

(9) The electoral register that has been put on display and the notifications may not display the electors' identification number.

(10) The National Bureaux of Registry of Personal Data and Address shall, thirty days prior to election, may, upon the request of parties, on an equal footing, and for a charge, hand over the electoral registry. In the case of individual candidates, with the same conditions as above, the notary may hand over the electoral register. All interested parties who have the potential to view the electoral register during the election process shall only utilise its contents for their election campaigns.

Art. 37/A. (1) For compiling of the electoral register, within six days after the setting of the date of election, the bodies indicated in subparas a) to c) shall hand over the data according to para.

(2) about persons who do not have the franchise, to the local government of the constituencies taking part in the election and its notary, through the bodies maintaining citizens' registers, according to the following:

Art. 38. (1) During public display of the electoral register, objections may be raised before the notary in case of the elector's exclusion or inclusion in the electoral register.

(2) Rejection of the objection may be referred to the district court, in Budapest the Central District Court, within three days of it's receipt.

( 3 ) The court shall decide the issue with the participation of people's assesors within three days of receiving it, through extra-judicial proceedings. Before handing down its decision, the court shall at request, grant audience to every interested party. If unfounded, the objection shall be rejected, or, if founded, the correction of the register shall be ordered by the court. No further appeal shall lie against the court's decision.

(4) The court shall notify its decision, on the day it is handed down, to the notary, and to the person who has raised the objection. If the court orders the name of a person to be stricken off the register, the decision shall be notified to that person as well.

Art. 39. (1) Electors omitted from the register shall be entered on it ex post by the notary, a notification shall be sent to the elector concerned.

(2) The notary shall strike off the register the name of an elector who has died in the meantime, has lost his/her franchise, has been included in the register of another constituency or is to vote in possession of a certificate in another constituency.

(3) The register thus modified shall be displayed publicly in the official premises of the electoral body until 4 PM on the day preceding the date of election.

Art. 40. (1) If after the compilation of the register an elector changes his/her domicile, he may apply to the notary of the competent local government in his new place of residence, or, on election day, to the electoral committee for his inclusion in the electoral register. The application shall be accompanied by a certificate of the applicant’s inclusion in the electoral register of his former place of residence from the notary of the competent local government.

(2) An elector who, on election day, is absent from his permanent place of residence may, in possession of a franchise certificate from the notary of the local government in his/her domicile, apply to the notary of the local government in his temporary place of residence, or, on election day, to the electoral committee for his inclusion in the electoral register of that area.

(3) In possession of a certificate under para. (2) an elector may vote for a candidate in an individual, as well as a territorial constituency.

(4) When issuing a certificate under para. (1) and (2) the notary of the competent local government shall strike the elector's name from the register. On the basis of the elector's declaration the certificate shall show the place of residence or sojourn, where the elector intends to vote, and that place shall also be indicated in the register. On the basis of the certificate and of his/her identity card, the elector shall be entered on a separate register by the notary of the local government, or by the electoral committee in his/her new place of residence or sojourn. The certificate shall be kept among the electoral documents.

(5) A certificate may be applied for by, and issued to the applicant or his/her representative, until 4 PM on the day preceding the date of election. The certificate may be requested through Registered Mail, providing that this shall arrive on the fifth day preceding election at the latest. The new place of residence or place of sojourn where the elector proposes to cast votes has to be declared in this letter. A certificate applied for in the mail has to be posted to the applicant C.O.D. in a manner so the applicant shall receive it on the day preceding the date of election at the latest.

(6) The National Electoral Board shall control the data of the electors taken into separate registration on the basis of their certificate, in order to preclude the chance of multiple balloting.

(7) The applicant for certificate shall be obliged to reveal his personal identification number.

Art. 41. (1) The functioning and activity of electoral bodies shall be public. The facts and figures available to electoral bodies shall not be classified material. Publicity of the election process shall not violate the confidentiality of ballot, nor personal and personal data rights. The computerised figures for election results shall be made available, on an equal footing, to independent candidates and to the parties having put forward candidates for election.

(2) The electoral board shall release information about the calling of election, the names of candidates, the public display of the electoral register, the pattern of constituencies and polling wards, the members of electoral bodies, the day and manner of voting, the election results or the eventual cancellation thereof for the press in the constituency concerned and for the local broadcasting studio.

(3) The electoral bodies shall be responsible to ensure that electors receive general information on the provisions of electoral law and the manner of voting as well as answers to their relevant questions.

(4) Representatives of the press may, without a special permit, attend the work of electoral bodies, but shall not disturb them in carrying out their activities, especially the counting of votes.

(5) No partial figures of election results shall be released before the closing of ballots on the day of election. The publication of the number and ratio of electors does not constitute partial figures.

(6) The amount and utilisation of state provided and other financial resources and contributions shall, also in national aggregate figures, be published in the national press by each candidate and party.

Art. 51. (1) The parties may spend funds for elections in accordance with the Act on the Functioning and Finances of Political Parties, subject to the additional provisions of para. (2) hereof.

(2) Each party putting forward candidates for election shall be entitled to support from the state budget in proportion to the number of candidates presented. Independent candidates shall be entitled to an amount of budgetary support equal to that received by party candidates. The national aggregate of funds destined for budgetary support shall be determined by the Parliament.

(3) The number of candidates in individual constituencies, the number of candidates presented by each party on territorial lists but not greater than that of the mandates obtainable, and the actual number of candidates on national lists but not more than 58 candidates of each party shall be taken as a basis for determining the amount of support per candidate. Persons nominated at several places under Art. 5 (7) shall be taken into account with the number of nominations.

(4) The budgetary support for election purposes shall be paid in one amount to parties, and personally to independent candidates, by the Ministry of Finance or the bank designated by it under the authorization of the National Electoral Board.

(5) Budgetary support under para. (2) shall be used to cover material expenses only. Accounts of the utilization of support shall be made by parties and independent candidates to the pay-office within 30 days after election.

(6) Budget-dependent state and local government organs may make premises and equipment available on an equal footing for purposes of electoral campaign. It is prohibited to conduct electoral campaigning or campaign meetings in buildings housing state or local government bodies, except in settlements with less than 500 inhabitants where there are not any other community buildings available.

Art. 52. The Schedules to this Act shall determine

1. the principles governing the establishment of constituencies;
2. the number of individual constituencies in the counties and the capital city as well as the number of mandates obtainable in each territorial constituency;
3. the number of candidates in individual constituencies required for the presentation of a territorial list;
4. the procedures for the aggregation of votes and the establishment of election results;
5. the specimens of ballot papers;
6. the specimens of nomination coupons, certificates and check-sheets;
7. the contents of records of election results in polling wards as well as in individual and territorial constituencies;
8. the contents of records showing the national aggregate surplus votes;
9. the contents of records showing the national preliminary results of elections;
10. j ) the text of the oath to be sworn (or vow to be pledged) by electoral bodies and members of electoral work groups.
11. the organizing and operating principles of computer and information services cooperating in the conduct of elections.

Art. 53. (3) The deadlines determined in this Act for legal remedying, furthermore the announcement of individual candidates, territorial and national lists, and also the ratio of the division of surplus votes shall be forfeit of law.