DECREE ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF ABKHAZIA on Additional Measures for Regulation the Public Order and Securing the Lawfulness in Abkhazia

The Supreme Council of Abkhazia decrees:

1. To establish the rule that only law-enforcers of Abkhazia and officers and servicemen of the military unites under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Council of Abkhazia are authorized to carry firearms on the territory of Abkhazia; the authorization on carrying the firearms shall be rendered by the competent authority of Abkhazia.

Any other Identification Cards and Permission on carrying firearms have no legal effect and shall be considered unlawful on the territory of Abkhazia; such IDs and permissions cannot be considered as a base for exemption of the bearer of firearm from the liabilities.

2. Law-enforcement agencies of the Republic of Abkhazia (The Procuracy, The Ministry of Interior, State Security Service, formations of the Interior Troops under the jurisdiction of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Abkhazia) shall immediately carry out the joint activity aimed at seizing of illegal arms from the population and individuals on the territory of Abkhazia.

Chairman of the Supreme Council of Abkhazia V. Ardzinba

26 February 1992

(Newspaper “Respublika Abkhazia”, # 33, 29 February 1992)