17. Section 98 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting subsection (3) and substituting the following subsections:
“(3) Subject to subsection (3A), the Commissioner shall cancel the registration of a political party if it has not endorsed a candidate at the last 2 consecutive general elections.
“(3A) Subsection (3) does not apply to a political party unless it was registered at the time of each of those general elections.”.