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(1) Members of general party committees and similar bodies which pursuant to the statutes have wide powers to deliberate or decide on matters of party policy and organization may also be elected by subordinate local organizations.
(2) The chairman and persons named in Article 11, para. 2, may also be members of such body by virtue of the terms of the statutes. The number of non-elected members may not exceed one third of the total membership of this body; such number may be increased by the election of non-voting members with advisory functions, but in this case it must still represent under half of the total number of members.
(3) The tenure of office of members elected to the bodies specified in para. 1 shall not exceed two years.