After the proclamation of the October Diploma, a conference assembled under the leadership of the judex curiae, Count George Apponyi, to discuss the reorganisation of the Hungarian judiciary. Wherever possible, they aimed to reinstate the Hungarian laws, many of which had been replaced with Austrian
legal norms in the so-called Neoabsolutist era. Since the application of the principle proved to be challenging, six subcommittees were elected. One of them deemed the Austrian Press-Ordnung unacceptable and proposed the reinstatement the Press Act of 1848. However, this idea proved to be unacceptable for the Viennese Government. Therefore, the so-called Provisional Judicial Rules remained silent on the matter. Nonetheless, the validity of the Press-Ordnung of 1852 was questioned by some in Hungary in the summer of 1861, which led to conflicting views regarding the applicable law. Consequently, it was not clear which legal acts were in effect after 23 July 1861.