REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES REGULATIONS

REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 544.01

REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES

REGULATIONS

27th May, 2016

LEGAL NOTICE 204 of 2016.

The title of these regulations is the Registration of Political

Parties Regulations.

APPLICATION FORM FOR A POLITICAL PARTY TO BE REGISTERED

UNDER CHAPTER 544 OF THE LAWS OF MALTA

TO THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION

I ................................................................................, Identity Card number

..................., currently holding the position of .............................................

within the ..................................................................................................,

through this application, I am applying on behalf of the aforementioned

Party to be registered under Chapter 544 of the Laws of Malta.

Enclosed with this application is the statute of the Party. *

With this signed application I declare

The intention of the Party to present candidates for elections [Art. 14(a)];

That .............................................................................................................

(insert name, surname and identity card number) is the elected Leader of the

Party and ....................................................................................................

(insert name, surname and identity card number) is the elected Treasurer of

the Party [Art. 14(b)];

That the official name of the Party is ............................................................

[Art. 14(c)];

That the registered address of the Party is ...................................................

................................................................................................ [Art. 14(c)];

That the postal address of the Party is ..........................................................

................................................................................................. [Art. 14(c)];

That the name of the officer representing the Party in judicial and legal

matters is .....................................................................................................

(insert name, surname and identity card number);

That the financial year of the Party starts from the ........................... of the

month of .................................. and ends on the ................................. of the

month of.....................................; and

That the statute is compliant with the requisites of the Law.

I am also opting to request

1. The registration of the name and Acronym of the Party to be used on

nomination or ballot paper. (Art. 15)

Name of the Party: ......................................................................................

Acronym: .........................................................; and

2. The registration of the Party’s emblem to be used on the ballot paper (Art.

16).

* The statute must be compliant with the provisions listed in the law – Articles: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13.

REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES

To be used to attach a copy of

the emblem

Signature

Date

The application for the registration of a political party in

terms of article 14 of the Financing of Political Parties Act shall be

presented to the Electoral Commission in the form stipulated in the

Schedule.

REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES