1. Political parties shall be restructured, terminated (reorganised or liquidated) in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania. 2. A decision to reorganise or liquidate a political party shall be taken by a congress (meeting, conference) of the political party or by the court in the cases set out by law. 3. When reorganising a political party by way of consolidation or division, when the conditions of reorganisation have been carried out, the political party shall, having discontinued its activities following the reorganization, submit to the Ministry of Justice the documents for its removal from the Register, and a new political party which was founded during the reorganization and which is a successor to the rights of the political party which discontinued its activities shall submit the documents for its recording in the Register. A political party, which discontinued its activities, shall be removed from the Register and a new political party, which was founded during the reorganisation, shall be founded recorded in the Register simultaneously. 4. When reorganising a political party by way of joining or parcelling out, when the conditions of reorganization have been carried out, a political party which joined another political party and which discontinued its activities shall submit to the Ministry of Justice the documents for its removal from the Register, and a political party which continues its activities and which takes over the rights and duties of the political party which discontinued its activities shall submit documents concerning the recording of amendments of the data and founding documents (if they have been amended). A political party, which discontinued its activities, shall be removed from the Register and the amendments of the data and founding documents of a political party, which continues its activities, shall be recorded simultaneously. 5. If less than one thousand members are left in a political party, the political party must, within 30 days in accordance with the procedure laid down by the regulations of the Register of Legal Persons, notify the Register of Legal Persons about such decrease in members. A political party shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania, if within 6 months after the decrease in members the members of the political party do not decide to reorganise or restructure the political party.
§ Article 9Restructuring and termination of political parties
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