LAW OF THE GEORGIAN SSR on City
and the City-District Soviets of Peoples Deputies of the Georgian SSR
adopted on 9 December of 1971
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Article 1. In accordance with the
Constitutions of the USSR and the Constitution of the Georgian SSR, the Soviets
of Cities and City Districts, as the organs of the state authority shall decide
the matters of the local significance in the cities and city districts in
pursuance to the state interests, as well as to the interests of the citizens
of the USSR, execute the decisions of higher state organs, direct the activity of the inferior Soviets of People’s
Deputies, participate in discussion of the issues of district, oblast,
republican and All-Union significance, submit proposals on the issues.
Article 2. The City and the City-District
Soviets shall be elected by the citizens of respective territories on the basis
of universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot for a term of two and
a half years.
The rules for elections in District Soviets
shall be determined by the laws of the
Article 6.
The City and City District Soviets of People’s Deputies shall be guided
by: the Constitution of the Georgian SSR and Constitution of the Georgian SSR,
this Law, the other laws of the USSR and the Georgian SSR, the Decrees and
other acts of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and the Supreme Soviet of the
Georgian SSR, the Resolutions and Decisions of the presidium of the Supreme
Soviet of the USSR and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR,
decisions and ordinances of the Council of Ministers of the USSR and the
Council of Ministers of the Georgian SSR, the decisions of superior Soviets of
People’s Deputies and their Executive Committees.
In the Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian
ASSR the City and City District Soviets of People’s Deputies shall also be
guided by: the Constitution of the Abkhaz ASSR, the Constitution of the Adjarian ASSR, the law of the Abkhaz ASSR and the law of
the Adjarian ASSR on the City and City District
Soviets of People’s Deputies, other acts of the Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian ASSR, decisions and ordinances of the Council of
Ministers of the Abkhaz ASSR and the Council of Ministers of the Adjarian ASSR respectively.
Article 7. The City and City District Soviets
of People’s Deputies shall adopt decisions within the limits established by the
legislations of the USSR and the Georgian SSR, and in Abkhaz ASSR and in the Adjarian ASSR also in pursuance of the legislation of the
respective Autonomous Republic; The City and City District Soviets of People’s
Deputies shall secure the observance of the aforementioned laws, safeguard
their implementation, control the execution of decisions.
The decisions of the City and City District
Soviets of People’s Deputies are binding to the enterprises, institutions and
organizations, also the officials and citizens on the territory of respective
Soviet.
In the event of failure of fulfilling the
decisions of the City and City District Soviets by the heads of subordinate
enterprises, institutions and organizations, the relevant superior organs are
entitled to file the proposal on application of disciplinary measures up to
removal from the office. The District
Soviet or its executive committee shall be informed about the results of consideration not
later than within one month.
Article 8.
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR shall decide the
issue on forming the cities at the places of rural settlements. The procedure
for changing the city boundaries shall be determined by the legislation of the
Georgian SSR.
The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the
Georgian SSR shall form the City District (district within the city) in
accordance of the number of population and proceeding from the interests of the
population upon proposal of the oblast Soviet of the people’s Deputies, City
Soviet of People’s Deputies of Republican subordination (Georgian SSR), and in
Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian ASSR upon proposal of
the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the respective autonomous Republic
subject to approval by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian
SSR. The boundaries of the City
Districts shall be determined and altered by the respective City Soviet taking
in account the visions of the relevant City District’s soviet.
Article 9.
In accordance with the Regulation on the State Flag of the Georgian SSR,
the state flag shall be hoisted on the building where the sessions of City and
City District Soviets are being held; the flag shall remain there during the
session period. And on the buildings of
city and city district executive committees the flag shall be hoisted
permanently. . In the Abkhaz ASSR and Adjarian
ASSR the flag shall be hosted according to the rule established by the
regulations on the Flag of Abkhaz ASSR and on the Flag of Adjarian
ASSR respectively.
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Article 10. The City and City District Soviet
shall have the status of a legal person.
The executive committee of City and City
District Soviet of People‘s Deputies has the seal with a Coat of Arms approved
by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR, and in Abkhaz ASSR
and Adjarian ASSR they have the seal approved by the
respective Presidium.
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Article 11. The rights and responsibilities of
the City Soviet shall be determined by the legislations of the USSR an the
Georgian SSR, and in Abkhaz ASSR and Adjarian ASSR by
the legislation of respective Autonomous Republic according to the category of
the city (subordinate to the Georgian SSR, the Abkhaz ASSR, the Adjarian ASSR, the oblast). The category shall be decided
on the basis of rules established by the law in account of the number of
population, political, economic and cultural significance of the given city.
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Article 25. For the purpose of safeguarding the
observance of the law, maintaining the public order, protecting the rights of
citizens and exercising the people’s control, the City Soviet of People’s
Deputies shall:
1) secure the execution of the laws of the USSR
and the Georgian SSR, and in the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjaria also the laws of the autonomous republics
accordingly, as well as of other acts issued by the higher organs of the state
authority and administration; maintain the state and public order; secure the
rights and legal interests of the organizations and institutions, cooperative
and other public organizations; organize the interpretation of the legislation
and legal assistance to the population.
Article 27.
The city Soviet of People’s Deputies is entitled to submit the
recommendation on granting the medals and conferring the honorific titles of
the
Article 28. The City Soviet of People’s Deputies shall direct the work of
the Village and Settlement Soviets included within its area, approve the plans
of economic and social development of the villages and settlements, determine
the total amount of village and settlement budgets, approve the income from
state taxes, separate the revenues and expenditures of the city, village and
settlement budgets, perform the other function specified for by the law of the
Georgian SSR on District Soviet of People’s Deputies; and in Abkhaz ASSR and
the Adjarian ASSR, also in pursuance to the laws of
these Autonomous Republics on District Soviets of People’s Deputies.
Article 29. Under the decision of the Presidium
of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian SSR, the rural districts may be included
under the administrative subordination of the District Soviet of the people’s
Deputies on the exceptional basis. In
this case and also if there are agricultural enterprises or collective farms on
the territory of the City, the City Soviets shall be guided by this law and the
law of the Georgian SSR on District Soviets of people’s Deputies, and in Abkhaz
ASSR and the Adjarian ASSR also by the laws on the
District Soviets of People’s Deputies of the Autonomous Republic accordingly.
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Article 40. The City and City District Soviets
of the People’s Deputies shall be entitled to discuss and settle at their
sessions all matters within their power specified for by the legislation of the
Article 43. The decisions of the City (under
oblast and district subordination), also city district Soviets of People’s
Deputies may be revoked by the higher Soviet of People’s Deputies if they run
counter to legislation.
The decisions of the City (under
Republican subordination, i.e. Georgian SSR. Abkhaz ASSR, Adjarian
ASSR) may be revoked by the presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Georgian
SSR, the Presidium of the Abkhaz ASSR and the Presidium of the Adjarian ASSR correspondingly.
2. The Executive Committee of the City and City
District Soviets of People’s Deputies
Article 45. The executive and administrative
bodies of the City and the City-District Soviets of the people’s Deputies shall
be the Executive Committee elected by them from among their deputies consisting
of: the Chairman of the Executive Committee, the Vice-Chairmen, as secretary
and not more than 15 members of the Executive Committee.
The membership of the Executive Committee of
the City and the City District Soviets shall be determined by the respective
City and the City-district Soviet.
Article 47. The Executive Committee of the City
(under oblast and district subordination) and the City-District Soviets shall
be directly accountable both to the Soviet that elected it and to the higher
executive and administrative organ.
The executive committees of the City (under
Republican subordination, i.e. Georgian SSR, Abkhaz ASSR, Adjarian
ASSR) Soviets of People’s Deputies shall be directly accountable both to the
Soviet that elected them and to the Council of ministers of the Georgian SSR,
the Council of Ministers of the Abkhaz ASSR and the Council of Ministers of the
Adjarian ASSR accordingly.
Article 48. The executive committees of the
City and City-District Soviets of People’s Deputies shall direct the state,
economic and social-cultural development of their area on the basis of
decisions of higher state and administrative organs.
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Article 58. The decisions and ordinances of the
executive committees of the City and City-District Soviets of People’s Deputies
may be revoked by the corresponding Soviets of People’s Deputies and by the
Executive Committee of the higher Soviets of people’s Deputies.
The decisions and ordinances of the executive
committees of the City (under republican subordination, i.e. Georgian SSR,
Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian ASSR) may be revoked by
the corresponding Soviet of People’s Deputies, the Council of ministers of the
Georgian SSR, Council of Ministers of the Abkhaz ASSR within their competence.
61. The executive committees of the City and
City-District Soviets of People’s Deputies shall have the right to form the
Departments and offices.
The list of Departments and offices, as well as
the rule of their forming shall be determined by the legislation of the
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The competence of the executive committees of
the City and City-District Soviets of the people’s Deputies shall be determined
by the Regulations approved by the Council of Ministers of the Georgian SSR,
and in Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian ASSR – by the
respective Council of Ministers of the
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3. The standing commissions of the City and
City-District Soviets of the people’s Deputies.
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Article 67.
The major tasks of the Standing Commissions of the City and City-District
Soviets of People’s Deputies shall be as follows:
Recall the Deputy of the City and the
City-District Soviets.
Exercise control over the execution of the
decisions of higher state organs by the Departments and Offices, enterprises,
institutions and organizations.
Ensure observance of the laws of the
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Article 91. ...
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A deputy of the City and the City-District
Soviets may not be prosecuted, or arrested, or incur a court-imposed penalty on
the territory of the corresponding Soviet without consent of the respective
City and City-District Soviet or, between the sessions, of the respective
executive committee.
The decisions of the City (under oblast and
District Subordination), the City-District Soviets or their executive
committees on the issue specified for in section 4 of this Article may be
annulled by a higher Soviet of People’s Deputies or its executive committee, and
the decisions of the City Soviets under Republican subordination (Georgian SSR,
Abkhaz ASSR, Adjarian ASSR) or their executive
committees may be revoked by the Presidiums of the Supreme Soviets of the
Georgian SSR, the Abkhaz ASSR and the Adjarian ASSR accordingly
subject to submission the matter to the corresponding Soviet for
reconsideration. If the District Soviet reaffirms its previous decision, the
issue may be decided by the Presidium of the Georgian SSR, and in the Abkhaz
ASR and the Adjarian ASSR – by the Presidium of the
Supreme Soviet of the Autonomous Republic accordingly, and in the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast – by the Soviet of People’s
Deputies on the basis of submission of the Procurator of the Georgian SSR,
Procurator of the Abkhaz ASSR, Procurator of the Adjarian
ASSR and the Procurator of the South Ossetian
Autonomous Oblast.
The deputy of the City and City-District
Soviets of People’s Deputies shall be ensured other conditions for the
unhampered and effective exercise of his rights and duties that are established
by the legislation of the
(The Book of Georgian Laws, Vol. I. Tbilisi,
1985, p. 313-353)