restrictions imposed on these rights of foreign nationals or stateless persons shall be established by laws of the Republic of Tajikistan or international instruments recognized by the Republic of Tajikistan. 3. Citizens aged 14 or older may become members or participants in youth public associations. 4. Citizens aged 8 or older may become members or participants in children’s public associations. 5. Only adult citizens who have a permanent residence in the Republic of Tajikistan may be managers of public associations or members of their audit bodies. 6. Conditions and procedures for acquiring or discontinuing membership, including discontinuing membership in a public association due to age, shall be established by charters of respective associations. 7. There shall be no requirement to indicate one’s membership or participation in any public associations in any official documents. Affiliation of citizens with any public association may not serve a reason for restriction of their rights and freedoms or a prerequisite for granting any benefits or preferences to them by the State. 8. The following may not be the founders or members of and participants in public associations: - government agencies (except for the case stipulated in Article 11 of this Law); - legal entities (except for the cases stipulated in Articles 6, 11 and 16 of this Law); - persons whose connections with terrorist, extremist or separatist organizations, have been proven in the court of law. 9. In the event when a public association is established in the form of a public organization, the founders of the said organization shall automatically become members in the association and acquire corresponding rights and duties. 10. In the event when a public association is established in another form, rights and duties of its founders shall be described in its charter. Article 18. Charter of a public association 1. The charter of a public association shall include the following: - name, goals, organizational and legal form of the public association; - structure, managing and audit bodies of the public association; its territorial scope of activities. - conditions and procedures for acquiring or discontinuing membership in the public association, rights and obligations of its members (only for those