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FEDERAL LAW OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

of April 6, 2015 No. 80-FZ

About introduction of amendments to the Federal law "About Liberty of Conscience and about Religious Associations" and separate legal acts of the Russian Federation

Accepted by the State Duma on March 27, 2015

Approved by the Federation Council on April 1, 2015

Article 1

Bring in the Federal Law of September 26, 1997 No. 125-FZ "About liberty of conscience and about religious associations" (The Russian Federation Code, 1997, No. 39, Art. 4465; 2002, No. 12, Art. 1093; No. 30, Art. 3029; 2003, No. 50, Art. 4855; 2004, No. 27, Art. 2711; 2008, No. 30, Art. 3616; 2011, No. 27, Art. 3880; 2013, No. 27, Art. 3472, 3477; 2015, No. 1, Art. 58) following changes:

Article 1 to add 1) with words ", including features of their civil provision";

2) in Article 8:

a) state Item 1 in the following edition:

"1. The religious organization voluntary consolidation of citizens of the Russian Federation, other persons is recognized, it is permanent also on the legal causes living in the territory of the Russian Federation, formed for the purpose of joint confession and distribution of belief and in the procedure established by the law registered as the legal entity. Questions of participation of founders and other legal entities or physical persons in activities of the religious organizations are determined by the charter and (or) internal establishments of the religious organizations. The founder (founders) of the religious organization can perform functions of body of the religious organization or members of collegiate organ of the religious organization according to the procedure, established by the charter and internal establishments of the religious organization.";

b) add with Item 8.1 of the following content:

"8.1. Procedure for formation of bodies of the religious organization and their competence, procedure for decision making by these bodies, and also the relations between the religious organization and the faces which are part of its bodies are determined by the charter and internal establishments of the religious organization.";

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