1. The Statutes of political parties and political organisations registered prior to the coming into effect of the present Law shall be effective to the extent they do not contradict the Civil Code, this Law and other laws of the Republic of Lithuania.
2. The divisions of political parties and political organisations established as legal persons prior to the coming into effect of the present Law, as of the coming into effect of the same shall be considered to be branches of the established political parties and shall not be considered legal persons, and their founding documents shall be effective to the extent they do not contradict the Civil Code, this Law and other laws of the Republic of Lithuania. All rights and obligations of the divisions shall be taken over by the founders thereof.
3. The requirement as to the minimum number of the members of a political party established in Article 5(3) of the Law on Political Parties as laid down in Article 1 of this Law shall be applicable only to political parties established after the coming into effect of this Law.
4. The provisions of Article 8(8) of the Law on Political Parties as laid down in Article 1 of the present Law shall be applicable as of 15 June 2004.
5. In respect of political parties established prior to the coming into effect of this Law the requirement set forth in Article 9 of the Law on Political Parties to have not less than one thousand members shall be applicable as of 1 January 2005.