§ 118 (1) On the day when the defined time frame of legal remedy pursuant to Section § 130 (1) has passed without any result, or, in the event of legal remedy, on the day the Constitutional Court's confirmatory decision on the attestation resolution is published in the Official Gazette of Hungary, the head of the National Election Office shall apply an attestation clause to the specimen of the signature-collecting sheet. The collection of signatures may be commenced with a copy of the signature-collecting sheet with the attestation clause applied to it.
(2) The provisions of Section § 46 (2) and (4), § 48, § 50 (1) c) and (2), and § 54, § 59 and § 60 shall be applied to the collection of signatures in compliance with the deviations set forth in this Chapter.
(3) Each signature-collecting sheet shall begin with the question proposed for the referendum. One signature-collecting sheet may include one question. The signatures and the question shall be on the same page.
(4) On the signature-collecting sheets, the initiator's legible first name(s) and family name, address, and personal identification number shall be indicated beside the autographical signature in order to check the authenticity of the signature.
(5) The citizen collecting signatures shall sign the signature-collecting sheet.
§ 118/A (1) If the collection of signatures has not been completed before the 41st day prior to the date of the general parliamentary elections and the elections of the representatives and mayors of local governments, the signature-collecting sheets containing the signatures collected until then shall be delivered to the National Election Committee the latest before the 40th day prior to election day. The collection of signatures shall be discontinued during the period determined in Section § 3 (2) of Act III of 1998 on National Referendum and Popular Initiative.
(2) On the 41st day after the election day, the head of the National Election Office shall apply a new attestation clause to the specimen of the signature-collecting sheet. The collection of signatures shall not be pursued unless with a copy of the signature-collecting sheet with the new attestation clause applied to it before the end of the term determined in § 28/E of the Constitution. The length of discontinuance shall not be included in the term.
