(1) An official identity card shall be issued and handed to observers by the competent county election commission in whose area the elections are being observed, and for foreign observers the identity card shall be issued and presented by the State Election Commission. Observers are obliged to wear their official identity card in a visible place for the entire time they are observing the election process and the work of the election body.

(2) If the competent election commission has not issued the observer with an identity card, the observer shall identify himself/herself by the decision of the competent election commission given to a political party or organisation and the persons referred to in Article 119 paragraph 2 of this Act, giving consent for the observer to observe the elections, and, for a foreign observer, the consent of the State Election Commission.