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1. In the event that a fraction of a political party in the Second Chamber of the Parliament is divided and a new fraction which originates as a consequence thereof is linked to an association whose appellation is registered in the appellation registry for the election of members of the Second Chamber of the Parliament pursuant to article G 1 of the Electoral law, said association shall be designated as a political party pursuant to article 1 (b), and said association shall be eligible for a subsidy as a political party as from the first calendar year following the year in which the division occurred. The connection with the political party must be demonstrated by a joint declaration of the new fraction and the party.
2. In the event that the political party, as referred to in section one, has submitted an application for allocation of the subsidy, the base sums as referred to in article 8, section one, are to be divided in proportion to the seats held by the fractions involved. In order to determine the number of seats held by the fractions involved, a declaration to that effect by the president of the Second Chamber of the Parliament shall be taken as a starting point.
3. In the event that all the members of a fraction form a new fraction, for the purposes of applying the present article, this is to be regarded as a division of a fraction.
4. In the event that a political party, pursuant to the present article, has been granted a subsidy following division of a fraction during the calendar year in which the election of the First or Second Chamber of the Parliament takes place, said political party, for the purposes of applying the present paragraph and notwithstanding article 15, is treated as a political party to which seats were allocated during the preceding election.