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1. A political party which:
1)in an election to the Sejm, having independently formed an electoral committee, received nationwide at least 3% of validly cast votes on its district lists of candidates for deputies, or
2)in an election to the Sejm was a member of a coalition, whose district lists of candidates for deputies received nationwide at least 6% of validly cast votes,
shall be entitled to receive for the duration of the term of office of the Sejm, in the manner and in accordance with the rules set out in this Act, a subsidy from the state budget for its activities envisaged by its constitution, hereinafter referred to as the "subsidy".
2. The subsidy payable to an electoral coalition of political parties shall be divided among its member parties in such proportions as specified in an agreement forming the electoral coalition. Proportions specified in such an agreement may not be changed.
3. An agreement forming an electoral coalition shall be submitted for registration with the State Electoral Commission, otherwise being null and void.
4. If political parties that make up an electoral coalition did not specify proportions referred to in paragraph 2 in their agreement forming the electoral coalition, the subsidy shall not be paid.
5. If an electoral coalition dissolves after it has become eligible to receive the subsidy, the subsidy shall be paid to political parties that make up the electoral coalition in such proportions as specified in an agreement forming the electoral coalition.
6. The subsidy referred to in paragraph 1 shall be payable starting from 1 January of the year following the year in which an election was held. The subsidy shall be paid until the end of the year, in which the next election is to be held, subject to Article 32.