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 Republic of Abkhazia in the course of choosing the last name and national affiliation, the Presidium of the supreme council of the Republic of Abkhazia decrees:

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 Republic of Abkhazia with a task of approving the Regulation on changing the last name and biographical particulars on national affiliation upon the request of citizens.

Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Abkhazia V. Ardzinba

26 May1992

(Newspaper “Respublika Abkhazia”, #98, 2 June 1992)