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1. Political parties shall act in compliance with their Statutes. The Statute shall be the founding document of a political party.
2. The Statute of a political party shall indicate:
1) the name of the political party;
2) the legal form of the political party - political party;
3) the seat of the political party;
4) objectives of activities of the political party. The objectives of the political party must be defined expressly and properly, indicating the area and types of activities of the political party;
5) the conditions and procedure for joining and seceding from the party and exclusion from the party;
6) the rights and duties of members of the political party;
7) the procedure for establishing branches of the political party, and terminating their activities;
8) the competence, periodicity of a congress (meeting, conference) of the political party, its convening and the decision-taking procedure;
9) the collegial management bodies of the political party, their competence, the procedure for electing and recalling them, the term of office of the collegial management bodies, and their decision-making procedure;
10) the procedure for electing and recalling the leader of the political party, his competences and possible periods for which he may be elected;
11) the procedure of accountability of the management bodies of the political party to its congress (meeting, conference) and the procedure for control of their activities;
12) the procedure for amending the Statute and programme of a political party;
13) the symbols of the political party, if the political party intends to have them;
14) the procedure for control of the use of the property and funds of the political party;
15) the duration of activities of the political party, if it is limited;
16) termination of the political party.
3. The Statute of a political party may also provide for other provisions of the activities of a political party that are in compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania, this Law and other laws.
4. The Statute of a political party under foundation must be signed by a representative authorised by the founders of the political party. The amended statute of the founded political party shall be signed by the leader of the political party.
5. There is no requirement for a notary to attest the authenticity of the signatures of the persons who signed the Statute of a political party.