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In the present law and the provisions thereof, the following meanings apply:
a. Our Minister: Our Minister for Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations;
b. political party: an association which has participated, with the appellation registered pursuant to article G 1 or Q 6 of the Electoral law, on the top of the list of candidates, in the previously held election to the Second Chamber or the First Chamber of the Parliament, and whose list has been assigned at least one seat;
c. member of a political party: member as described in article 7, section one;
d. member of a political youth organization: member as described in article 3, section two;
e. branch of a political party: local, regional or provincial organizational unit of a political party;
f. subsidiary institution: political-scientific institute as described in article 2, a political youth organization as described in article 3, an institution for foreign activities as described in article 4 or a legal person as provided for in article 5;
g. subsidy: subsidy as provided for in article 7;
h. contribution: monetary contribution, other than subsidy, testamentary disposition or legacy or contribution in kind;
i. contribution in kind: object or service rendered upon request of a political party and provided or accepted without any or with no proportionate compensation;
j. seat: seat in the Second Chamber of the Parliament, or in the First Chamber of the Parliament in the case that, under the Electoral law, the list of a political party is assigned no seat in the Second Chamber, but instead a seat in the First Chamber of the Parliament;
k. reference date: the first day of the calendar year.