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Chapter III. State Registration of Political Parties
Article 15. State Registration of Political Parties and their Regional Branches
Article 16. Documents to be Submitted for State Registration of a Political Party Formed at the Constituent Congress
Article 17. Documents to be Submitted for State Registration of a Political Party Formed through Transformation of an All-Russia Public Organization, All-Russia Public Movement
Article 18. Documents to be Submitted for State Registration of a Regional Branch of a Political Party
Article 19. Information about Registered Political Parties
Article 20. Grounds for Denying State Registration of a Political Party, its Regional Branch
Article 15. State Registration of Political Parties and their Regional Branches
1. Political parties and their regional branches shall be subject to state registration to be carried out in the procedure established by this Federal Law. Upon state registration political parties and their regional branches shall acquire the rights of a legal entity. State registration of a political party, its regional branch shall be confirmed by a document known as state registration certificate.
2. State registration of political parties and their regional branches shall be carried out by the registering body and its territorial agencies, respectively (hereafter "registering bodies").
3. The documents required for state registration of a political party shall be submitted to the registering body not later than six month after the date of the constituent congress of the political party, congress of an All-Russia public organization, All-Russia public movement which took a decision on transformation of the All-Russia public organization, All-Russia public movement into a political party.
4. State registration of regional branches of a political party shall be carried out after state registration of the political party. In this case, in more than a half of the subjects of the Russian Federation state registration of regional branches shall be completed not later than three months after the date of state registration of the political party.
5. Having determined that the documents required for state registration of a political party or its regional branch meet the requirements of the law the registering bodies shall, within a month upon receipt of the documents, issue a state registration certificate to the political party, its regional branch.
6. After state registration of a political party, its regional branches, the rights and obligations of a legal entity shall be exercised and performed by a permanent leading body of the political party, permanent leading body of the regional branch.
7. If, within a month upon expiration of the period established by Clause 4 of this Article, a political party fails to submit to the registering body notarized copies of the documents confirming state registration of its regional branches in more than a half of the subjects of the Russian Federation, the state registration certificate of the political party shall be invalidated and the entry concerning the establishment of this political party shall be removed from the unified state register of legal entities.
8. If, under the rules of a political party, other structural divisions of the political party are granted the rights of a legal entity, state registration of such divisions shall be carried out in the procedure established for state registration of a regional branch of a political party. In this case, the structural divisions of a political party shall meet the requirements established by this Federal Law for regional branches, with the exception of the second and third paragraphs of Clause 2 Article 3 of this Federal Law.
Article 16. Documents to be Submitted for State Registration of a Political Party Formed at the Constituent Congress
1. The following documents shall be submitted to the registering body for state registration of a political party formed at the constituent congress:
(a) an application signed by the members of the permanent leading body of the political party, indicating the surname, first name, patronymic, and address of the place of residence of each member;
(b) two copies of the rules of the political party, bound, numbered, and certified by the authorized persons; the program of the political party;
(c) copies of the decisions of the constituent congress on the formation of the political party, on the approval of its rules and adoption of its program, on the establishment of regional branches, on the formation of its leading bodies, the said copies being certified by the authorized persons;
(d) minutes of the constituent congress of the political party;
(e) a document certifying payment of the registration fee;
(f) a document certifying provision of a legal address to the political party;
(g) a copy of the national publication which carried an announcement about the venue and date of the constituent congress of the political party and about the main points of its draft rules and its draft program;
(h) copies of the minutes of the meetings (conferences) held by regional branches of the political party in more than a half of the subjects of the Russian Federation, indicating the number of political party members in the branch satisfying the requirements of Clause 2 Article 3 of this Federal Law, and the location of the leading bodies of regional branches.
2. The registering body shall not request submission of documents which are not required for state registration of a political party under Clause 1 of this Article.
Article 17. Documents to be Submitted for State Registration of a Political Party Formed through Transformation of an All-Russia Public Organization, All-Russia Public Movement
1. The following documents shall be submitted to the registering body for state registration of a political party formed through transformation of an All-Russia public organization, All-Russia public movement into a political party:
(a) an application signed by the members of the permanent leading body of the All-Russia public organization, All-Russia public movement or some other body responsible for transformation into a political party, indicating the surname, first name, patronymic, and address of the place of residence of each member;
(b) two copies of the rules of the political party, bound, numbered, and certified by the authorized persons; the program of the political party;
(c) copies of the decisions of the congress of the All-Russia public organization, All-Russia public movement on transformation into a political party, on the approval of its rules and adoption of the program, on transformation of territorial branches into regional branches of the political party, on the formation of its leading bodies, the said copies being certified by the authorized persons;
(d) minutes of the congress of the All-Russia public organization, All-Russia public movement which took a decision on transformation of the All-Russia public organization, All-Russia public movement into a political party;
(e) a documents certifying payment of the registration fee;
(f) a documents certifying provision of a legal address to the political party;
(g) a copy of the national publication which carried an announcement about the venue and date of the congress of the All-Russia public organization, All-Russia public movement convened for their transformation into a political party and about the main points of the party's draft rules and draft program;
(h) copies of the minutes of the meetings (conferences) held by the territorial branches of the All-Russia public organization, All-Russia public movement in more than a half of the subjects of the Russian Federation, with the decisions on their transformation into regional branches of the political party, indicating the number of political party members in these branches satisfying the requirements of Clause 2 Article 3 of this Federal Law, and the location of the leading bodies of regional branches;
(i) a transfer statement of the All-Russia public organization, All-Russia public movement and notarized copies of transfer statements of its structural divisions drawn up in accordance with the Civil Code of the Russian Federation.
2. The registering body shall not request submission of documents which are not required for state registration of a political party under Clause 1 of this Article.
Article 18. Documents to be Submitted for State Registration of a Regional Branch of a Political Party
1. The following documents shall be submitted to the registering body for state registration of a regional branch of the political party:
(a) a copy of the decision of the constituent congress of the political party (congress of the All-Russia public organization, All-Russia public movement) on the formation (transformation) of regional (territorial) branches or a copy of the decision of the competent body of the political party on the formation (transformation) of regional (territorial) branches;
(b) a notarized copy of the state registration certificate of the political party;
(c) notarized copies of the rules and the program of the political party;
(d) minutes of the meeting (conference) of the regional branch of the political party containing information about the number of political party members registered with the regional branch, about the leading bodies of the regional branch and their location;
(e) a document certifying payment of the registration fee;
(f) a document on the provision of a legal address to the regional branch.
2. The registering body shall not request submission of documents which are not required for state registration of a regional branch of a political party under Clause 1 of this Article.
Article 19. Information about Registered Political Parties
1. Information about the formation and liquidation of political parties shall be published in the national print media.
2. The registering bodies shall enter the data concerning state registration of political parties and their regional branches in the unified state register of legal entities, which is open to general public.
3. Every year, the registering bodies shall publish in print media the lists of political parties and their regional branches as of 1 January, indicating the date of registration of each political party, each regional branch of a political party.
4. Upon request of election commissions the registering bodies shall, within ten days upon receipt of the request, furnish them with the lists of political parties and their regional branches satisfying the requirements of Clause 2 Article 36 of this Federal law as of the date on which the request was received.
Article 20. Grounds for Denying State Registration of a Political Party, its Regional Branch
1. A political party may be denied state registration if:
(a) the provisions of the rules and the program of the political party run counter to the Constitution of the Russian Federation, this Federal Law, other federal laws;
(b) the rules of the political party do not satisfy the requirements of Article 21 of this Federal Law;
(c) the name and/or symbols of the political party do not satisfy the requirements of Articles 6 and 7 of this Federal Law;
(d) some of the documents required for state registration of the political party were not submitted or the documents were not properly executed;
e) the registering body established that the information about compliance with the requirements of this Federal Law, contained in the documents submitted for state registration, is inaccurate;
(f) the deadlines established by this Federal Law for submission of the documents for state registration of a political party were not complied with.
2. Registration of a regional branch of a political party may be denied if some of the documents required for its registration were not submitted and if the information about compliance with the requirements of this Federal Law, contained in these documents, is inaccurate;
3. The program documents of a political party shall be submitted solely for the information of the registering body. Any errors, inaccuracies in the program documents of a political party shall not serve as a reason for denial of registration of the political party, except for the failure to satisfy the requirements of Article 9 of this Federal Law. The registering body shall not require political parties to make any changes in the contents or form of their program documents.
4. When a political party or its regional branch is denied state registration, the corresponding decision of the registering body shall be motivated, set forth in writing, and issued not later than one month after receipt of the documents required for state registration.
5. Denial of state registration of a political party or its regional branch as well as evasion of state registration may be appealed in a court. Denial of state registration of a political party or its regional branch shall not prevent the documents for state registration of a political party to be submitted once again provided the reasons for the denial were removed. The registering body shall consider the new application and take an appropriate decision thereon in the procedure established by this Federal Law for state registration of a political party or its regional branch.
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