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(1) An Estonian citizen with active legal capacity who has attained eighteen years of age may be a member of a political party. A person may be a member of only one political party at a time. (2) A person shall be admitted to a political party on the basis of his or her personal written notice. The conditions and procedure of admittance to and resignation and exclusion from a political party shall be provided in the statute of the political party. (3) The following persons may not be members of a political party: 1) the Chancellor of Justice and his or her advisers; 2) the Auditor General, his or her deputy and the chief auditor of the National Audit Office; 3) judges; 4) public prosecutors; 5) police officers; 6) persons in active service in the Defence Forces; 7) Border Guard officials and border guards in active service in the Defence Forces. (4) The President of the Republic shall suspend his or her membership in a political party for the duration of his or her term of office. (5) Political parties shall not have corporate members.
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