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(1) Members of general party committees and similar institutions endowed pursuant to the statutes with extensive powers for deliberating or deciding on questions of party policy and organization may also be elected by subordinate regional branches.
(2) The chairperson and members of the group of persons defined in Article 11 (2) may also belong to such a body by virtue of the statutes. The proportion of non-elected members must not exceed one third of the total number of members of this body; it may be augmented by non-voting members with merely advisory functions, but even in this case the proportion of non-elected members must still be less than half of the total number of members.
(3) Members of the bodies specified in Paragraph 1 shall hold office for a maximum of two years.