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mental Rights responsible for the protection of the rights of nationalities living in Hungary at the proposal of the Commissioner for
Fundamental Rights.
(2) The employer ’s rights regarding the Deputies of the Commissioner
for Fundamental Rights–with the exception of those pertaining to the
coming into existence and the termination of the mandate–shall be
exercised by the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights.
Section 5 – (1) Any Hungarian citizen may be elected Commissioner for
Fundamental Rights or his/her Deputy if he/she has a law degree, has
the right to stand as a candidate in elections of Members of Parliament
and meets the requirements laid down in this Section.
(2) Parliament shall elect the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights from
among those lawyers who have outstanding theoretical knowledge
or at least ten years of professional experience, have reached the age
of thirty-five years and have considerable experience in conducting
or supervising proceedings concerning fundamental rights or in the
scientific theory of such proceedings.
(3) Parliament shall elect the Deputy of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights responsible for the protection of the interests of future
generations from among those lawyers who have reached the age of
thirty-five years, have outstanding theoretical knowledge or at least
ten years of professional experience, and have considerable experience in conducting or supervising proceedings affecting the rights of
future generations or in the scientific theory of such proceedings.
(4) Parliament shall elect the Deputy of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights responsible for the protection of the rights of nationalities
living in Hungary from among those lawyers who have reached the
age of thirty-five years, have outstanding theoretical knowledge or
at least ten years of professional experience, and have considerable
experience in conducting or supervising proceedings affecting the
rights of nationalities living in Hungary or in the scientific theory of
such proceedings.
(5)265 No one may become Commissioner for Fundamental Rights or his/
her Deputy who–in the four years preceding the proposal for his/her
election–has been a Member of Parliament, Member of the European
Parliament, President of the Republic, Member of the Government,
state secretary, permanent state secretary, deputy state secretary,
member of a local government body, mayor, deputy mayor, member
of a nationality self-government, notary, professional member of the
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Shall enter into force with the text amended by Section 410, Subsection (1) of Act CCI of 2011
Amended by Section 158, Subsection (28) of Act XXXVI of 2012
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