Translations summaries
29 December 1997
Decision 66/1997. on the right to preliminary review
Subject of the case:
Article 1 of the draft of the Bill on Amending the Act on the Constitutional Court, according to which the Section of this Act under which Parliament, its Standing Committee or fifty MPs are entitled to initiate preliminary review is invalid
19 November 1997
Decision 61/1997. on professor’s scolarship
Subject of the case:
The provision of Decree no. 17/1996 (X. 13) of the Minister of Culture and Public Education, according to which only a scholar who is under 55 at the time of announcement of the competition in the Hungarian Official Gazette can apply for a professor's scholarship
5 November 1997
Decision 58/1997. on social organisations committing a crime
Subject of the case:
Constitutional review of Article 212 of Law IV of 1978 on the Criminal Code according to which a person who participates in the management of a social organisation which aims to commit a crime, or which commits a crime, shall be punishable with imprisonment of up to five years
14 October 1997
Decision 52/1997. on obligatory referendums
Subject of the case:
Two competing initiatives for a national referendum on the same question (one initiated by voters, which the government tried to take over by "its" referendum)
1 July 1997
Decision 39/1997. on the right of Professional Chambers
Subject of the case:
Distinguishing between Economic Chambers and Professional Chambers
1 July 1997
Decision 38/1997. on compulsory membership in chambers
Subject of the case:
Constitutional review of Act XVI of 1994 on Economic Chambers
27 May 1997
Decision 277/B/1997. on increasing pensions
Subject of the case:
Article 38/A.3 of Law II of 1975 on Social Security, according to which pensions and accident pensions must be increased twice a year in proportion to the increase in the average net salary
29 April 1997
Decision 30/1997. on keeping positions after becoming MPs
Subject of the case:
The provisions of the conflict-of-interest amendment to the Law on "Regulating the Legal Status of the Members of Parliament"
29 April 1997
Decision 29/1997. on the Bill on Incompatibility of Parliamentary Representatives
Subject of the case:
The draft of the Bill on Incompatibility of Parliamentary Representatives
25 April 1997
Decision 22/1997. on financial assistance provided by the state to schools not owned by the state
Subject of the case:
Ex post facto review of a provision of the Public Education Act according to which the amount of financial assistance provided by the state and local authorities to schools not owned by the state or local authorities depends on the level of duties fulfilled by this kind of school which would otherwise be carried out by the state or the local authorities
19 March 1997
Decision 20/1997. on the prosecutor’s the right to suspend publication of printed matters
Subject of the case:
The prior restraints under Article 15.3 of the Law on the Press and the constitutional requirement of a free press (Article 61.2 of the Constitution)
22 January 1997
Decision 4/1997. on the review of international treaties
Subject of the case:
Provisions of the Act on the Constitutional Court according to which the jurisdiction of the Court includes only the preliminary examination of the constitutionality of international treaties and does not make it possible for citizens to exercise their rights deriving from the Constitution concerning the provisions of international treaties within the framework of an ex post facto review