§ Article 6Founding document of a political party

1. Political parties shall act in compliance with their statutes. A statute shall be a founding document of a political party.
2. A statute of a political party shall indicate:
1) the name of the political party;
2) the legal form of the political party – political party;
3) the procedure for changing the seat of the political party;
4) objectives of activities of the political party. The must be defined expressly and properly, indicating the sphere and types of activities;
5) the conditions and procedure for joining the party and seceding, expelling from it;
6) the rights and duties of members of the political party;
7) the procedure for establishing branches of the political party, terminating their activities;
8) the competence, periodicity of a congress (meeting, conference) of the political party, as well as the procedure for convening it and taking decisions;
9) the collegiate management bodies of the political party, their competence, the procedure for electing and recalling them, the period of time for which the collegiate management bodies may be elected, the procedure for taking their decisions;
10) the procedure for electing and recalling the leader of the political party, the period of his competence for which he may be elected;
11) the procedure of accountability of the management bodies of the political party to a congress (meeting, conference) and the procedure of control over their activities;
12) the procedure for amending the statute and programme of the political party;
13) the symbols of the political party, if the political party plans to have them;
14) the procedure of control over the property and funds of the political party;
15) the duration of activities of the political party, if it is limited;
16) termination of the political party.
3. The statute may also provide for other provisions of activities of a political party that are in compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania, this Law and other laws.
4. The statue of a political party, which is being founded, must be signed by a representative authorised by the founders of a political party. The amended statute of the founded political party shall be signed by the leader of the political party.
5. The notary shall not attest the authenticity of the signatures of the persons who signed the statute of a political party.