§ 80. Amendment of Political Parties Act
The Political Parties Act (RT I 1994, 40, 654; 1996, 37, 739; 42, 811; 1998, 59, 941; 1999, 27, 393; 2002, 21, 117; 29, 174; 42, 264) is amended as follows:
1) subsection 5 (2) is amended and worded as follows:
"(2) The Non-profit Associations Act applies to admittance to and resignation and exclusion from a political party, unless otherwise provided by this Act.";
2) subsection (21) is added to § 5 worded as follows:
"(21) A member of a political party resigns from the political party on the basis of a written notice. Resignation enters into force after delivery of the notice to the leadership of the political party.";
3) in clause 8 2), the words "dates of birth" are substituted by the words "personal identification codes";
4) section 81 is amended and worded as follows:
"§ 81. List of members of political party
(1) The leadership of a political party shall maintain a list of members of the political party with the given name, surname and personal identification code of each member and the time of his or her admittance, resignation or exclusion. Other information may also be entered on the list if it is not in conflict with law.
(2) The leadership of a political party shall submit the list of members of the political party, with the exception of members who have resigned or been excluded, as at 1 January to the registration department of the court of the location of the political party by 1 February each year. In order to ensure implementation of the Riigikogu Election Act, the leadership of a political party shall submit the list of members of the political party as at the last day for the nomination of candidates for election to the Riigikogu for registration on the day following that day.
(3) The Minister of Justice shall establish the requirements for the electronic submission of the list specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(4) The leadership of a political party may submit or, at the request of a person who has resigned or been excluded from the political party, shall submit a corresponding notice to the registration department of the court. If the person's membership of the political party is set out in the list of members of the party published on a webpage, the registration department of the court shall make a notation there concerning his or her resignation or exclusion on the basis of the notice.
(5) If the leadership of a political party has not submitted a notice specified in subsection (4) of this section, a person who has resigned or been excluded from the political party may submit a notice himself or herself in order for a notation to be made. The notice shall be notarially authenticated. A notary shall send a notarially authenticated copy of the notice to the leadership of the political party.";
5) section 12 is amended and worded as follows:
"§ 12. Ensurance of legality of activities of political party, and merger, division and termination thereof
(1) The legality of the activities of political parties shall be ensured and the merger, division and termination of political parties shall be effected on the basis of the Non-profit Associations Act. Political parties participating in merger or division shall, in addition to the information prescribed in the Non-profit Associations Act, also submit the information prescribed in § 8 of this Act. The list of members of the political party shall reflect the situation after the merger or division.
(2) The registration department of a court has the right to demand that the leadership of a political party submit the list specified in subsection 81 (2) of this Act as at the date designated by the registration department if there is reason to believe that the actual number of members of the political party has fallen below 1000.
(3) If the number of members of a political party falls below 1000 and voluntary dissolution is not commenced, the registration department of a court, in addition to persons specified in subsection 40 (1) of the Non-profit Associations Act, may request the commencement of compulsory dissolution.";
6) subsection (21) is added to § 124 worded as follows:
"(21) In order to prepare an annual report, political parties which receive allocations from the state budget are required to conduct an audit.";
7) subsection 125 (1) is repealed;
8) the second sentence of subsection 125 (2) is repealed;
9) subsection (3) is added to § 125 worded as follows:
"(3) The National Electoral Committee has the right to demand additional documents concerning expenses incurred and sources of funds used by persons who stand as candidates."
