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(1) Subject to the provisions of section (3), each political party is entered into the Registry after submitting its statutes and a corresponding application for registration to the Registrar.. The establishment and the pursuit of the activities of a political party is free, but it must be exercised within the framework of the respect for the Constitution and the laws, and its internal structure and operation must serve the free function of democracy.
(2) The application for registration under section (1) shall bear the signature of the leader or chairman of the political party or the head of the party in accordance with the statutes and procedures of the same, or of any other duly authorised representative of the political party, as applicable.
(3) Political parties that upon the entry into force of this Law are parliamentary parties shall be automatically registered in the Registry without submitting an application for registration as provided under section (1), by submitting their statutes to the Registrar within three months from the date of entry into force of this Law.
(4) Once the Registrar registers the political party in the Registry or the latter is automatically registered, he shall issue a registration certificate to the party.
(5) The registration certificate is accepted as evidence of its content and of the prerequisites of this Law.
(6) In case of dissolution of a political party, the Registrar shall delete the political party from the Registry and shall ensure the relevant publication of its deletion in the Official Gazette of the Republic.
(7) Every decision by the Registrar taken within the framework of this article shall constitute an administrative act subject to judicial control under the Constitution, with the exception of the automatic registration of parliamentary parties already existing on the date of the entry into force of this Law.