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1 - At the request of the Public Prosecutors' Office, the Constitutional Court shall order the abolition of political parties in the following cases:
a) The party is deemed to be armed or military, militarised or paramilitary in nature, or an organisation that is racist or displays a fascist ideology;
b) The number of members falls below 5,000;
c) For a period of six consecutive years the party does not put forward candidates for at least a third of all constituencies at any general election, or for a fifth of all municipal assemblies in the case of local authority elections;
d) The party does not provide an updated list of its national officers for a period of more than six years;
e) The party does not present its accounts for three consecutive years;
f) It is repeatedly impossible to serve or notify the party in the person of any of its national officers, as per the list registered with the Court.
2 - At the request of the Public Prosecutors' Office or of any party member, the decision to abolish shall determine what is to be done with any property that is to pass to the State.