Annex 3 – Full text of the Ombudsman Act
(3) No legal rule regulating entry into the premises of the authority subject to inquiry may obstruct on-site inspection in substance.
(4) Any employee of the authority subject to inquiry may refuse to
answer the questions during the hearing if
a) the person who is affected by the petition forming the basis of
the inquiry conducted by the Commissioner for Fundamental
Rights is his/her relative within the meaning of the Code of
Civil Procedure, or
b) by giving an answer he/she would accuse himself or herself or
his/her relative within the meaning of the Code of Civil Procedure of the perpetration of a criminal offense, concerning the
questions relating thereto.
Section 23 – (1) In the course of his/her inquiry affecting the Hungarian
Defense Forces, the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights may
not inspect
a) documents related to inventions, products or defense investments of outstanding importance for the national defense of
Hungary, or documents on the development of national defense
capabilities, that contain essential information thereon,
b) documents containing a battle order extract of the Hungarian
Defense Forces up to the level of divisions, or documents containing aggregate data on the formation, maintenance and deployment of stocks of strategic material,
c) documents containing the plans on the use of the Hungarian
Defense Forces under a special legal order,
d) documents on the protected command system of the higher state
and military leaders,
e) documents concerning the military preparedness, alert and sales
system of the Hungarian Defense Forces, compiled documents on
mobilization readiness and the level of combat readiness of the
Hungarian Defense Forces, aggregate military preparedness plans
of the military districts and of military organizations of the same or
of a higher level or related documents on the whole organization,
f) aggregate plans of the organization of communications of the Ministry directed by the Minister responsible for national defense and
of the Hungarian Defense Forces, key and other documentation of
the special information protection devices introduced or used,
g) the detailed budget, calculations or development materials of the
Hungarian Defense Forces,
h) international cooperation agreements and plans, or data of military hardware that are classified by common accord as ‘top secret’
data by the parties to the international cooperation, or
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