(1) Any changes in the set of partners forming a coalition, which have occurred after the registration of the said coalition at the Central Election Commission, shall be effected after submission of an application and presentation of a decision on the changes, which must satisfy the conditions for formation of the coalition, not later than 35 days in advance of polling day.

(2) In case new parties join the coalition, the said parties shall present the documents referred to in Item 1 of Article 140 (3) herein not later than 35 days in advance of polling day.

(3) In case one or more parties leave the coalition, the registration of the said coalition shall subsist if at least two parties remain therein.

(4) In case a party whose full or abbreviated name is included in the name of the coalition leaves the coalition, the Central Election Commission shall, by the decision whereby it effects the change in the set of partners forming the coalition, also set a three-day time limit for a change of the name of the coalition. The coalition shall retain the registration thereof to contest the elections if, within the time limit set, the said coalition changes the name thereof by a decision on such change and submits an application to the Central Election Commission. The Central Election Commission shall remove the full or abbreviated name of the party which has left the coalition from the name of the said coalition.

(5) The changes which have occurred in the set of partners forming the coalition shall be noted in the register of the Central Election Commission after submission of an application by the persons representing the party or the coalition not later than 32 days in advance of polling day.

(6) Not later than 32 days in advance of polling day, the Central Election Commission shall remove the parties which have left the set of parties forming the coalition from the name of the said coalition.

(7) Any party, which is included in a set of partners forming a coalition, may not contest elections independently.

(8) Any party, which is included in a set of partners forming a coalition and which leaves the said coalition after the registration of the said coalition but not later than 45 days in advance of polling day, may contest the elections independently after registering according to the procedure established by Section II of this Chapter.