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This act enters into force on 1 February 1969.
As this act enters into force, the following political parties are entered, ex officio, in the party register: Suomen Sosialidemokraattinen Puolue r.y., Keskustapuolue r.y., Suomen Kansan Demokraattinen Liitto - Demokratiska Förbundet för Finlands Folk r.y., Kansallinen Kokoomus r.y., Svenska folkpartiet i Finland r.f., Liberaalinen Kansanpuolue r.y., Työväen ja Pienviljelijäin Sosialidemokraattinen Liitto r.y., Suomen Maaseudun Puolue r.y., and Suomen Kommunistinen Puolue - Finlands Kommunistiska Parti r.y. However, within three months from the entry into force of this act, said political parties must submit to the Ministry of Justice the accounts referred to in Section 3, Subsection 1(1-3), under penalty of being deleted from the register.
If some of the political parties entered in the party register are linked to each other as referred to in Section 2, Subsection 2, these parties are regarded as one party when the provisions of the present act are applied.
In Helsinki, on 10 January 1969
While the President of the Republic is prevented, Prime Minister Mauno Koivisto
Acting Justice Minister Grels Teir