ADDITION TO THE REGULATION OF THE PARLIAMENT OF GEORGIA on
the rules of language application
1. The members of the Parliament shall deliver
the speech in Georgian language.
2. Representatives of the national minorities having
no command in Georgian may deliver the speech, besides their own language, at
any minority language that is known at least by one member of the Presidium.
3. The representatives of national minorities,
upon the consent of the Presidium, shall select one conversational language
accepted by the Parliament.
4. The major essence of the speeches delivered
in minority languages shall be interpreted in Georgian if there is such request
from not less than 15 deputies. The
speeches delivered in Georgian shall not be translated into the minority
languages.
5. The written proposals on amendment or other
issues shall be done in Georgian. The
Presidium is authorized to deliver the unexpected proposals in one of the
minority languages.
Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia N. Chkheidze
Chairman of the Government of the
(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia,
f. 1936, desc. 1, file 85, p. 135)