LAW OF GEORGIA on changes and amendments to the constitution of Georgia

Article 1. To introduce the following changes and amendments to the Constitution of Georgia:

1. To add to Article 3 as Paragraph 4 the following:

“4. The status of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia shall be determined by the Constitutional law of Georgia “on the Status of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia”

2. In Paragraph 3 of Article 4 to change the word “Abkhazia” with the words “The Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia”.

3. In Article 8 to change the word “Abkhazia” with the words “The Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia”.

4. In Paragraph 1 of Article 55 to change the word “Abkhazia” with the words “The Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia”.

5. In Paragraph 1 of Article 67 to change the word “Abkhazia” with the words “The Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia”.

6. In Paragraph 1 of Article 89 and in the sub-paragraph ‘a’ of the same paragraph to change the word “Abkhazia” with the words “The Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia and”.

Article 2. This law shall enter into force right after it is published.

The President of Georgia E. Shevardnadze

Tbilisi 10 October 2002

(Newspaper “Sakartvelos Respublika”, # 267, 2 November 2002)