törvény egyes címek és rangok megszüntetéséről)[1] a law still in force in the Republic of Hungary, declares the abolition of hereditary noble ranks and related styles and titles, also putting a ban on their use.
It also nullifies all permissions granted in the past to hold such titles bestowed upon a citizen by a foreign head of state.
Commenting on the rejection, the Constitutional Court felt it ... necessary to add that the Statute serves the abolition of discrimination of people on the basis of descent, which, as the ministerial rationale of the bill conveys, "can not be compatible with the democratic public and social arrangement standing on the basis of equality.
§ (1) of the Constitution in force, prohibiting discrimination.On September 27, 2010 (nearing the finish of the campaign for the municipal elections) István Tarlós (at the time running for the seat of Mayor of Budapest, nominated by the governing party Fidesz) and Zsolt Semjén (Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary, Christian Democratic People's Party, also member of the government), among many other politicians, were initiated into the Order of Vitéz,[3] an act the Statute explicitly prohibits.
In December 2010 two members of the opposition party Jobbik presented a motion to revoke parts of the Statute.