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(1) The registration proceedings of a party commence on the day on which the Ministry receives the application pursuant to §6.
(2) The Ministry shall examine the application for any deficiencies or reasons for refusing the registration of the party.
(3) The Ministry shall register the party within 15 days from the commencement of proceedings, if the application is free of deficiencies or there are no reasons for refusing the registration of the party.
(4) If there are no reasons for refusing the registration of the party pursuant to section 9, but other deficiencies were
identified in the application and the enclosed documents, the Ministry shall send a written notification to the authorized representative within 15 days from the commencement of proceedings, specifying all of the deficiencies and calling on him/her to remedy them in the specified time; otherwise the proceedings will be terminated. The proceedings will be suspended until the deadline provided for the removal of deficiencies. No decision shall be issued on the suspension of proceedings; it will only be marked in the file.
(5) If the preparatory committee does not agree with the notification of the Ministry, it can apply to the regional
court4 within 15 days from the receipt of the notification, requesting it to confirm that the application has no deficiencies; the period stops running according to section 4 from the date of such proposal. The preparatory committee is obliged to notify the Ministry of the proposal without delay. The deficiencies of the application shall be deemed remedied on the day on which the regional court decision in favour of the preparatory committee comes into force.
(6) The Ministry shall register the party within 5 days from the removal of the application's deficiencies.
(7) No decision on the registration shall be issued. The Ministry shall send the authorized representative one copy of the articles bearing the registration date and number (hereinafter the "registered articles").
(8) The Ministry shall terminate the proceedings if the preparatory committee has not remedied the deficiencies within the specified time or if the court does not decide in favour of the preparatory committee's proposal requesting to confirm that the application has no deficiencies. No decision on the termination of proceedings shall be issued;
it will only be marked in the file.
(9) The Ministry shall refuse to register the party within 15 days from the commencement of proceedings, if:
a) the list of citizens is not in compliance with §6, section 4, letter a);
b) the preparatory committee, its member or members do not comply with the conditions stipulated herein;
c) the seat of the party is not located on the territory of the Slovak Republic;
d) the name of the party and its abbreviation are not different from the name and abbreviation of an already
registered party; or
e) the articles of the party are in contradiction with §2.
(10) The decision on the refusal to register the party shall be personally delivered to the authorized representative.
The decision may not be appealed, but it may be reviewed by a court. A complaint against this decision may be filed in
the Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic5 (hereinafter the "Supreme Court"). It shall be submitted and signed by all of the members of the preparatory committee. The new registration proceedings shall commence on the day on which the Supreme Court verdict reversing the decision on the registration refusal and returning the case for further proceedings comes into force. The Ministry shall be bound by the Supreme Court verdict entered into force.