(1) The provisions of Act C of 1997 on election procedure shall apply to the following:

a)  parliamentary by-elections before the first general election of the Members of the National Assembly held after the entry into force of this Act,

b) local government by-elections before the first general election of local government representatives and mayors held after the entry into force of this Act,

c) national and local referendums, national and local popular initiatives and citizens’ initiatives until the entry into force of the Act on national and local referendums, national and local popular initiatives and citizens’ initiatives,

d) regional and national self-government by-elections of national minorities as well as filling the vacancy if a seat in a regional or national self-government of a national minority becomes vacant, before the first general election of national minority self-governments following the entry into force of this Act,

e) filling the vacancy if a seat in the European Parliament becomes vacant, before the first general election of the Members of the European Parliament following the entry into force of this Act.

(1a) Section 48 (1) and (3), Chapter X and section 148/B (2) to (4) of Act C of 1997 shall apply to a European citizens’ initiative with the proviso that in the application of section 148/B (3), it shall be established whether the person signing the statement of support is a national of a Member State of the European Union and whether he attained, at the time of signing the statement of support, the age at which citizens are entitled to vote in elections to the European Parliament in the Member State of his nationality.

(1b) Section 16 (1) of Act C of 1997 shall apply with the derogation that if a change in the address of the voter is recorded in the register of personal data and addresses by the district office, the head of the local election office shall enter the voter in the electoral register within five days following the change in address.

(2) The powers established in Act C of 1997 for the State Election Commission shall be exercised by the National Election Commission, and those established for the State Election Office shall be exercised by the National Election Office.

(3) Data in the register under section 99/E of Act C of 1997 on election procedure shall be erased within fifteen days following the entry into force of this Act.

(4) A person shall also be entered into the register of citizens without suffrage if he was, on 1 January 2012, under custodianship precluding or limiting his capacity to act on the basis of a final and binding judgment, and if the court did not yet decide on the question of his deprivation of suffrage. Section 13/A (4) shall apply to bringing actions for establishing suffrage.