DECREE
ISSUED BY THE PRESIDIUM OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF ABKHAZIA on Permission to Change the Last Name and Biographical Particulars on
National Affiliation upon Request of Citizens
In order to provide free choice to the citizens of
the
1. To give a permission to the Ministry of justice
to change the last name and biographical particulars on national affiliation by
the request of citizens.
2. To declare null and void on the territory of
the Republic of Abkhazia the last sentence of the part 2, paragraph 3 of the
“Regulation of the passport Regime of the USSR” approved by the Council of
Ministers of the USSR on 28 August 1974 (# 677).
3. To entrust the Council of Ministers of the
Chairman of the Supreme Council of the
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May1992
(Newspaper “Respublika Abkhazia”, #98, 2 June 1992)