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Article 49
 

State Funds for Other Constituency Nominations


(1) Candidates of a constituency nomination which has been submitted by persons eligible to vote pursuant to Sections 18 and 20 who have obtained at least ten per cent of the valid first votes cast in a constituency shall receive 2.80 Euro per valid vote. The funds are to be provided for in the federal budget.


(2) The candidate must apply to the President of the German Bundestag in writing with-in two months after the constituent assembly of the German Bundestag for the fixing and disbursement of state funds. Applications received after that date shall not be consid-ered. The President of the German Bundestag shall fix the volume of state funds and dis-burse the funds accordingly.


(3) The provisions of the Act on Political Parties on absolute and relative upper limits shall not apply.