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The Commission shall not register a political party under this Act unless-

(a) the internal organisation of the party conforms with democratic principles and its actions and purposes are not contrary to or inconsistent with the Constitution;

(b) the party has on its national executive committee one member from each region;

(c) the party has branches in all the regions and is, in addition organised in not less than two-thirds of the districts in each region;

(d) there is in each district at least one founding member of the party who is ordinarily resident in the district or is a registered voter in the district;

(e) the party's name, emblem, colour, motto or any other symbol has no ethnic, gender, regional, religious or other sectional connotation or gives the appearance that its activities are confined only to part of the country; and

(f) the party is not in breach of any of the provisions of this Act.