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In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires:
"Republic" means the Republic of Cyprus;
"Registrar" shall mean the Registrar of Political Parties, who is the Director General of the Ministry of Interior;
"parliament party" means a political party which has at least one member of the House of Representatives or a member of the European Parliament among its ranks;
"public funding" means the financial support of political parties by the state to cover part of their operational and election expenses and includes regular funding and aid;
"Registry" means the Register of Political Parties kept by the Registrar, in which the charter and the articles of association of a political party registered under this Law are entered;
"non-parliament party" means a political party which does not have a member of the House of Representatives or a member of the European Parliament among its ranks;
"political party" means an association or group of people working together to form the political will of the people and participates in presidential, parliamentary, European, and municipal elections or in some of these with the aim of implementing its political programme, and which operates within the legal framework defined by the Constitution and the laws of the Republic and includes both parliament and non-parliamentary parties;
"regular funding" means the financial support given to political parties by the state to meet part of their operational expenses;
"aid" means the financial support given to political parties by the state to meet part of their election expenses;
"donor" means any legal person under public law who contributes financially in any way to an event or other activity with the aim or the direct or indirect result of promoting events by the political party.