A member of a political party shall lose his/her membership under one of the following cases: 1) when after resignation or abandonment of his/her membership of the political party; 2) when after dismissal from the political party in conformity with the by-laws of the concerned political party. CHAPTER IV VARIOUS ORGANIZATION OF A POLITICAL PARTY Article 17: Leading bodies of each political party shall at least consist of as hereunder: - A General Assembly or Congress or equivalent, - A National Council or Central Committee or equivalent, - A Governing Body or Permanent/Standing Committee or equivalent, - A Committee of Arbitrator or Control Committee or Committee for Dispute Resolution or equivalent Names of the above leading bodies of all levels of a political party may be altered, depending upon what determined by respective Statutes (By-laws) of each political party. Article 18: Mandate, duties, organization and functioning of the leading bodies of each political party as determined in the article 17 of this law and of various bodies of the political party, shall be determined in its Statutes. CHAPTER V REGISTRATION OF POLITICAL PARTIES Article 19: In order to obtain validity as stated in the paragraph 2 of the article 9 of this law, a political party shall apply for registration in the political party register, for which the political party must have at least 4,000 members who are from a number of provinces/municipalities. Article 20: Political parties shall fulfill the following formalities: 1- An application for registration, with signature of the president of the political party. 2- Name written in full and in abbreviation, and symbol of the political party. 3- Address of the Head/Central office of the political party. 4- 2 originals of the political party’s Statutes (By-laws). 5- An International Rules of the political party, if any. 6- Party’s main policies and political platform. 7- Statement of the political party regarding its commitment in the respect for the Constitution, Law on political parties and other provisions in force, liberal democracy multi-party principles and Human Rights. 8- Name list in which also mentioned of the ages, addresses, with thumb prints of the 4,000 members and with serial numbers of political party’s membership cards and dates of joining as members of political party. 9- Summary of personal history of the President or of at least 3 founding members of the political party, of one copy each and with a ( 4x6 ) photo attached. 10- Statement of the bank accounts by the bank in the Kingdom of Cambodia which is recognized by the National Bank of Cambodia. 11- A copy of the receipt of payment of the registration fees. The rates of this above