Hungary’s Parliament on Monday passed a bill on the new civil code that President Laszlo Solyom had earlier returned to the body without signing.
The deputies changed several details of the bill before the final vote.
In a letter to House Speaker Bela Katona on October 13, Solyom criticised the bill for lacking in form and content, and noted that the civil code is the most often used legislation in day-to-day life, which must be particularly well considered and it should stand the test of time. The new bill received over 230 amendment proposals, which were discussed over just an hour before the vote, which Solyom said had contributed to its imperfection.
The deputies adopted the bill with 192 votes in favour, 163 aginst and two abstentions.
