LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA on Changes and Amendments to the Constitution

The Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia decrees:

To make the following changes and amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Georgia:

1. To word the first part of Article 121² as follows:

“The person born in Georgia, from 35 to 65 years old, which has permanently lived in Georgia for at least last 5 years, may be elected as the president of Georgia”

2. To word the Paragraph 10 and 13 of Article 121⁴ as follows:

10) Signs the laws of the Republic of Georgia; is authorized to return the law with further amendments to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia or to the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic within two weeks. If the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia or the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic approves their previous decision with 2/3 of votes, the president of the Republic shall sign the law of the Republic or issue the decree on termination of effect of the law of the autonomous republic, or submit it to the referendum”

13) Is authorized to abolish Decrees issued by the Government of the Republic of Georgia and Decrees and Orders issued by the Ministries and legal acts of other subordinated agencies, as well as the Decrees issued by the Prefects; to terminate the validity of Decrees issued by the Supreme Council of Autonomous Republic and Decrees and Orders issued by the Council of Minister of the Autonomous Republic if they do not comply with the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Georgia”

The president of the Republic of Georgia Z. Gamsakhurdia

25 July 1991

(Bulletin of the Supreme Council of Georgia; # 7, 1991, p. 88-89)