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Political parties and political organisations shall be registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania.
The founders shall present to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania an application the registration of the political party or political organisation no later than within a month after the adoption of the charter, program and the election of the governing bodies. The application shall be signed by the leader stating the address and the telephone number of the party or political organisation headquarters. The following documents shall be appended to the application for registration: charter, program in two copies; a copy of the minutes of the constituent meeting which must indicate the date and place of the founding of the political party or political organisation, as well as stating the number of founders who voted for the founding of the political party or political organisation; founders' list where full name, date of birth, citizenship and personal code, address of the place of residence, occupation, certificate testifying to his not being a member of other political parties or political organisation. The above data must be certified by each founder's signature as well as by the signature of the person who compiled the founders' list; samples of symbols, banners of political parties or political organisations or their drafts.
The charter, program, minutes and the founders' list must be signed by the leader of the political party or political organisation. The Ministry of Justice shall examine the above-mentioned documents within a month from the day of their filing and shall register the political party or political organisation provided that all the required documents have been filed and there have been no violations of the requirements of this law.
In case not all documents are filed, the founders shall be notified thereof in writing and the deadline for the presentation of the missing documents shall be set. The term may not be longer than one month. The political party or political organisation shall be registered within a month from the day of filing of the missing documents.
A political party or political organisation which misses the deadline for the filing of documents set forth in this law as well as having violated other requirements of the law shall not be registered.
Upon refusal to register a political party or political organisation, the founders shall be notified thereof in writing and the reasons for refusal shall be stated.
A political party or political organisation which has been refused registration on the grounds specified in this law shall have to settle the issue of its registration anew in accordance with the procedure established by law.
The name and symbols of a political party or political organisation which is being registered must be different from the names and symbols of the already registered political parties and political organisations or public organisations.
A political party or political organisation must within 15 days notify the Ministry of Justice in writing of the changes in the charter, program, presenting it with the amended charter, program and a copy of the minutes of the meeting which changed them.
If a political party or political organisation changes its name it shall be reregistered in the manner established in this law.
A political party or political organisation and their structural subdivisions specified in their charter shall be legal persons from the day of registration of the party or political organisation.