Restrictions in relation to the individuals who can sign the proposal

?The law onpetitions serves as a general legal norm that sets conditions and requirementsfor a petition and its initiators, as well as obligations for publicauthorities. Other norms such as the law on referendum, standing orderof the parliament or legislative rules of the cabinet, may specify additionalconditions for specific types of initiatives.? (p. 157)

?According to the law on petitions, both individual and legalpersons may sign the petition by filling their name, surname, address andsignature. Only signatures with complete data are considered to be valid.? (p.157)

Erik L??tic, ?If It Works,Fine, If Not, So What? Initiatives in Slovakia,? in Maija Set?l? and Theo Schiller, eds.: Citizens? Initiatives in Europe: Proceduresand Consequences of Agenda-Setting by Citizens. Basingstoke: PalgraveMacmillan, 2012.

The Referendum Law or the Rules of Procedure of the National Councildo not provide additional conditions for signature collection.

CONSTITUTIONOF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

(Adopted 1992; lastamended 2006)

http://www.nrsr.sk/web/default.aspx?SectionId=124

Chapter2: Basic Rights and Freedoms

Article27

(1) The rightof petition is guaranteed. Everyone has the right, alone or with others, toaddress requests, proposals, and complaints to state bodies and territorialself-administration bodies in matters of public or other common interest.

PETITIONLAW

(Adopted 1990; last amended 2010)

http://?www.?bratislava.?sk/?vismo/?dokumenty2.?asp?id_?org=700000&id=11025535&p1=15346

Article 4 Zhroma??ovanie podpisov pod pet?ciu

(1) Ka?d? m? pr?vo sp?sobomneodporuj?cim z?konu vyz?va? in? osoby, aby svoj?m podpisom pet?ciu podporili.Fyzick? osoba ?itate?ne uvedie svoje meno, priezvisko, adresu trval?ho pobytu ak t?mto ?dajom pripoj? svoj podpis. Pr?vnick? osoba uvedie svoj n?zov a s?dlo;osoba opr?vnen? kona? v jej mene ?itate?ne uvedie svoje meno, priezvisko,adresu trval?ho pobytu a k t?mto ?dajom pripoj? svoj podpis. Ak osobitn? predpis ustanovujenajni??? po?et os?b podporuj?cich pet?ciu alebo vek os?b podporuj?cich pet?ciu,uvedie sa ?itate?ne k ?dajom o osobe podporuj?cej pet?ciu aj d?tum jejnarodenia. Osob?m podporuj?cim pet?ciu sa mus? umo?ni?, aby sa s obsahompet?cie riadne obozn?mili pred jej podp?san?m.

REFERENDUM LAW

(Adopted 1992; last amended 2011)

http://?www.?minv.?sk/??referendum

Article1

(3) Ak sa m?referendum vyhl?si? na z?klade pet?cie, postupuje sa pri v?kone peti?n?ho pr?va pod?a tohto z?konaa pod?a osobitn?ho z?kona. S pet?ciou, ktor? ?iada vyhl?senie referenda,sa ob?ania obracaj? na prezidenta Slovenskej republiky.