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1. A political party shall lose the status of an independent political campaign participant on one of the following grounds:
1) at the request of the political party;
2) when a sentence is imposed on the political party by a court judgement (during the period of serving the sentence);
3) when the registration of all candidates or a list of candidates (lists of candidates) nominated by the political party is revoked;
4) when the political party ceases to exist;
5) when the Central Electoral Commission revokes the registration of the political party as an independent political campaign participant because of gross violations of this Law.
2. Any other independent political campaign participant shall lose the status of an independent political campaign participant on one of the following grounds:
1) at the request of the political campaign participant;
2) when a potential candidate has not been registered as a candidate upon the expiration of the time limit set in electoral laws for the registration of candidates;
3) when the registration of the candidate has been revoked;
4) upon the death of the political campaign participant;
5) when the Central Electoral Commission revokes the registration of the independent political campaign participant because of gross violations of this Law not later than 15 days before the election or referendum date.
3. From the moment the decision becomes effective concerning the loss of the status of an independent political campaign participant, independent political campaign participants who have lost the status of the political campaign participant shall not be entitled to accept donations referred to in Article 10 of this Law to fund the political campaign and to assume obligations related to the political campaign. Loss of the status of a political campaign participant shall not release from the duty to fulfil the obligations, under this Law and other laws, of the person who has lost the status of a political campaign participant.
4. Decisions of the Central Electoral Commission specified in subparagraph 5 of paragraph 1 and subparagraph 5 of paragraph 2 of this Article may be appealed against to the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania within five working days from the adoption thereof. The appeal must be investigated not later than within 48 hours of the receipt thereof.