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(1) The statute of a party shall be prepared in written form.
(2) The statutes of a party shall indicate the following:
1) the name of the party and the abbreviation thereof;
2) the logo of the party (a description or image thereof), if any;
3) the purpose of the activities of the party, the tasks and methods thereof;
4) the term of activities of the party, if the party has been established on a temporary basis;
5) the preconditions and procedures for joining or withdrawal of membership and exclusion of members;
6) the procedures for paying the membership fees and joining fees;
7) the rights and duties of members;
8) the procedures by which territorial and other divisions of the party may be created, as well as the rights and duties thereof;
9) the procedures for the convening of a meeting of members, taking of decisions and representation thereof;
10) the term of activities of the executive board and the quantitative structure of the executive board, determining the rights of executive board members to represent the party individually or collectively, the rights and duties of the Chairperson of the Executive Board;
11) the structure, procedures for election, competence, procedures for taking of decisions and terms of office of an audit institution for economic and financial activities, as well as the procedures for the appointing and terms of office of a sworn auditor.
12) the procedures by which amendments are made to the statute and the programme of a party thereof;
13) the disciplinary measures applicable to members (if such are provided for), the preconditions and procedures for application thereof;
14) the procedures by which deputy candidates for the elections to the Saeima, local government councils (parish councils) and the European Parliament are nominated and approved; and
15) the date of approval of the statute.
(3) The statute of a party alliance shall indicate the following:
1) the information referred to in Paragraph two, Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 of this Section;
2) the parties forming the alliance and the reciprocal rights and duties thereof; and
3) the procedures by which parties join a party alliance and withdraw thereof, the preconditions for the joining and withdrawal thereof.
(4) The statute of a party may provide for other provisions that are not in conflict with the law. If provisions of the statute are in conflict with the law, the provisions of the law shall be applicable.
(5) The statute of a party shall be signed by at least two of the authorised representatives from among the founders. The statute of a party alliance shall be signed by at least one authorised representative of the founder parties within the alliance. A document that approves the authorisation of the relevant persons shall be submitted to the Party Register authority.