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(1) A party comes into existence on the day of its registration in the Register of Parties (hereinafter the "registration of a party").
(2) The application for the registration of a party shall be submitted to the Ministry by the preparatory committee.
(3) The application shall be executed in writing and signed by all of the members of the preparatory committee; their signatures shall be certified. It shall contain the first names, surnames, birth numbers and permanent addresses of all of the members of the preparatory committee and the name of the authorized representative of the preparatory committee shall be indicated.
(4) The following documents shall be attached to the application:
a) list of citizens who agree with the creation of the party: this list shall be signed by at least 10, 000 citizens and each citizen shall indicate his/her first name, surname, permanent address and identity card number (hereinafter the "list of citizens");
b) two copies of the articles of the party (hereinafter the "articles") pursuant to section 5;
c) receipt of the payment of the administrative fee,2; and
d) statement of the party's seat, indicating the town, street and house number, signed by the authorized representative; the seat shall be situated on the territory of the Slovak Republic;
(5) The articles shall include:
a) name of the party and its abbreviation, if an abbreviation will be used; the name of the party and its abbreviation should differ from the name and abbreviation of another party that is already registered;
b) programme of the party stating its objectives;
c) rights and obligations of the party members;
d) bodies of the party, the way of their election and the definition of their competencies;
e) the manner in which the statutory body acts in the name of the party and whether and to what extent other members of the party or its employees may perform legal acts in its name;
f) principles of economic management of the party;
g) provisions related to the organisational units of the party, if they shall be established, in particular, the extent to which they acquire, manage and dispose of assets, or acquire other property rights and the specification of the extent to which they can act and take obligations in the name of the party; the organisational units of the party are not legal persons; and
h) the way of disposing of the remaining assets, resulting from the liquidation of assets and liabilities in the event that the party is wound up.