Annex 3 – Full text of the Ombudsman Act
Hungarian Defense Forces, professional member of the law-enforcement organs or of organs performing law-enforcement tasks, or the
officer or employee of a political party.
Section 6 – (1) The President of the Republic shall make a proposal for the
person of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights between the
ninetieth day and the forty-fifth day preceding the expiry of the mandate of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights.
(2) If the mandate of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights has
terminated for a reason specified in points b) to g) of Subsection (1)
of Section 16, the President of the Republic shall make a proposal for
the person of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights within thirty
days of the termination of the mandate.
(3) If the proposed person is not elected by Parliament, the President of the
Republic shall make a new proposal within thirty days at the latest.
(4) The person proposed for Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall
be given a hearing by the committee of Parliament competent according to the tasks of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights.
(5) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights may be re-elected once.
Section 7 – (1) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall make a proposal for the person of a Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights
between the ninetieth day and the forty-fifth day preceding the expiry
of the mandate of the Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights.
(2) If the mandate of a Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights
has terminated for a reason specified in points b) to g) of subsection (1)
of Section 16, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall make a
proposal for the person of the Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights within thirty days of the termination of the mandate.
(2a)266 If the mandates of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights
and his/her Deputy terminate at the same time, the newly elected
Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall make a proposal for the
person of the Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights within
thirty days after his/her election.
(3) If the person proposed for Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental
Rights is not elected by Parliament, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall make a new proposal within thirty days at the latest.
(4) The Commissioner for Fundamental Rights shall–before making his/
her proposal for the person of the Deputy Commissioner for Fundamental Rights responsible for the protection of the rights of the
nationalities living in Hungary–request an opinion from the national
nationality self-governments.
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Enacted by Section 6 of Act CCXXIII of 2013 Effective as of December 19, 2013
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