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(1) By 15 October in the year before an election year, the registrar shall notify the parties of the information registered on the party in the Register of Political Parties. At the same time the registrar shall inform the parties that the time limit for reporting new information concerning the composition of the party's executive bodies with effect for the election is 2 January in the election year. Notification of changes in the party's executive bodies that are received after 2 January in the election year, may form the basis for updating the Register of Political Parties with effect for the election, if the time limit for appeals pursuant to Section 8 of the Political Parties Act has expired by 31 March and the decision has not been appealed.

(2) The election authorities base their preparations of elections on the information that is registered in the Register of Political Parties as of 31 March in the election year.