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Chapter X. Concluding and Transitional Provisions
Article 46. On Entry into Force of this Federal Law
Article 47. On Transformation of All-Russia Political Public Associations, the Status of Inter-Regional and Regional Political Public Associations
Article 48. On Introduction of Modifications and Additions in the Federal Law "On Public Associations" in Connection with the Entry into Force of this Federal Law
Article 49. On Bringing Legal Acts in Line with this Federal Law
Article 46. On Entry into Force of this Federal Law
1. This Federal Law shall enter into force from the day of its official publication, with the exception of Clause 1 of Article 36; Clause "b", the third paragraph of Clause "c", Clauses "d," "f" - "k" of Article 48 of this Federal Law, which shall enter into force two years after official publication of this Federal law.
2. The USSR Law "On Public Associations" (Vedomosti sjezda nariodnykh deputatov SSSR i Verkhovnogo Soveta SSSR, No. 42, Item 839, 1990) shall hereby be declared invalid in the territory of the Russian Federation.
Article 47. On Transformation of All-Russia Political Public Associations, the Status of Inter-Regional and Regional Political Public Associations
1. All-Russia political public associations established before entry into force of this Federal Law may transform into a political party in accordance with this Federal Law within two years from the day on which this Federal Law enters into force.
2. Before expiration of the period established by Clause 1 of this Article, political public associations may participate in elections and nominate candidates (lists of candidates) for election as deputies, to other elected offices in the bodies of state power and bodies of local self-government in accordance with the election laws of the Russian Federation.
3. Before expiration of the period established by Clause 1 of this Article, political parties, established through transformation of an All-Russia political public association, All-Russia political public movement into a political party, may participate in elections from the day of their state registration.
4. Before introduction of modifications in Russian Federation laws, concerning the procedure for participation of a political party as an independent organizational-legal form of public associations in elections to the federal bodies of state power, bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation, and bodies of local self-government, political parties shall participate in the said elections in the procedure established by Russian Federation laws for All-Russia political public associations.
5. After expiration of the period established by Clause 1 of this Article, an All-Russia political public association which has not transformed into a political party shall lose the status of a political public association and shall function as an All-Russia public association or an All-Russia public movement on the basis of the rules, which shall be applicable insofar as they do not contradict this Federal law.
6. After expiration of the period established by Clause 1 of this Article, inter-regional political public associations and regional political public associations shall lose the status of a political public association and shall act as, respectively, inter-regional or regional public associations on the basis of the rules, which shall be applicable insofar as they do not contradict this Federal Law.
7. State funding to be provided to political parties under this Federal Law shall begin after the first elections to the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, first elections of President of the Russian Federation from the day on which this Federal Law enters into force.
Article 48. On Introduction of Modifications and Additions in the Federal Law "On Public Associations" in Connection with the Entry into Force of this Federal Law
1. The following modifications and additions shall be introduced in the Federal Law "On Public Associations" (Sobranije zakonodatelstva Rossiiskoi Federatsii, No. 21, Item 1930, 1995; No. 20 Item 2231, 1957; No. 30, Item 3608, 1998):
(a) the words "political parties" shall be added after the words "with the exception of" in the first part of Article 2;
(b) the words "political public associations (political organizations, including political parties, and also political movements)" in the second part of Article 4 shall be deleted;
(c) in Article 7:
the words "political party" shall be added to the first part;
the second part shall be deleted;
(d) Article 12.1 shall be deleted;
(e) Article 12.2 shall be added, reading as follows:
"Article 12.2. Political Parties
The formation and activity of political parties shall be regulated by a special federal law.";
(f) the second part of Article 20 shall be deleted;
(g) in Article 21:
the first part shall be deleted;
the tenth part shall read as follows:
"The bodies registering public associations shall include them in the unified state register of legal entities open for examination to general public.";
(h) in Article 23:
the second part shall be deleted;
in the fifth part the words "including as a political public association" shall be deleted;
(i) the ninth and tenth paragraphs of the first part of Article 27 shall be deleted;
(j) the following sentence shall be added to the second part of Article 28:
"The name of a public association other than a political party shall not contain the words 'political party'";
(k) the second part of Article 31 shall be deleted.
Article 49. On Bringing Legal Acts in Line with this Federal Law
The President of the Russian Federation shall be asked and the Government of the Russian Federation instructed to bring their legal acts in line with this Federal Law.
President of the Russian Federation
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