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1. Political parties shall be restructured, terminated (reorganised or liquidated) in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania.
2. A decision to reorganise or liquidate a political party shall be taken by a congress (meeting, conference) of the political party or by the court in the cases set out by law.
3. When reorganising a political party by way of consolidation or division, when the conditions of reorganisation have been fulfilled, the political party shall, having discontinued its activities following the reorganisation, submit to the Ministry of Justice the documents for its removal from the Register, and the new political party which was founded during the reorganisation and which is the successor to the rights of the political party which has discontinued its activities shall submit the documents for its registration in the Register. A political party, which has discontinued its activities, shall be removed from the Register and the new political party, which was founded during the reorganisation, shall be recorded in the Register simultaneously.
4. When reorganising a political party by way of joining or splitting, when the conditions of reorganisation have been fulfilled, a political party which joined another political party and which discontinued its activities shall submit to the Ministry of Justice the documents for its removal from the Register, and the political party which continues its activities and which takes over the rights and duties of the political party which has discontinued its activities shall submit documents concerning the registration of amendments of the data and founding documents (if they have been amended). A political party, which has discontinued its activities, shall be removed from the Register and the amendments of the data and founding documents of a political party, which continues its activities, shall be registered simultaneously.
5. If less than one thousand members remain in a political party, the political party must, within 30 days in accordance with the procedure laid down by the regulations of the Register of Legal Entities, notify the Register of Legal Entities about such decrease in members. A political party shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania, if within 6 months after the decrease in their number members of the political party decide not to reorganise or restructure the political party.