EXTRACT FROM THE GAZETTE OF THE
SITTINGS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC
10 December 1918
(adopted on
Article 1
Heard:
The report by the legal adviser of the
Government;
a) the draft regulations
on the elections of the People’s Council of Abkhazia
Decided:
To endorse the draft as it is elaborated by the
representative of the Ministry of Justice and the legal adviser of the
Government taking into account that Article 2 will have the following wording:
“the right to vote shall be given to the residents of Abkhazia who attained the
age of 20 before drafting the electoral lists and lived in Abkhazia before 19
July1914 irrespective of sex, national or religious affiliation. Note: person can be elected as a member of the People’s Council
of Abkhazia except of those specified for in Article 2; a person, who has lived
in Abkhazia even after 19 July of 1914 also can be elected if he/she meets the
other requirements specified for in Article 2 and also the citizens of Georgia
living outside of Abkhazia”.
Authentic with original
Clerk: signed
(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia,
f. 1938, desc.1, file 278, p. 22; ibidem, file 8, p.
106)