THE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA on the changes and amendments to the Constitution of the Republic of Georgia

The Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia decrees:

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

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2. To elaborate para 10 and 13 of the article 121⁴ as follows:

“10) …shall sign the laws of the Republic of Georgia; …shall be authorized to return the law not later than in two weeks with his confronted opinion to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia or to the Supreme Council of the autonomous republic for reconsideration and voting. If the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia or the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic approves its previous decision with the 2/3 majority of votes, the President of the Republic of Georgia shall sign the law of the Republic of Georgia or issue the Order on removing the suspension from the law of the autonomous republic, or shall submit them for the referendum”.

“13) …shall be authorized to abrogate the orders and ordinances issued by the Government of the Republic of Georgia, also the acts and orders issued by the ministries, other subordinate agencies and of the Prefects; to suspend the effect of the laws of the autonomous republic, the orders of the Supreme Council of the autonomous republic and the orders and ordinances of the Council of Ministers of the autonomous republic if they are in contradiction with the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Georgia”.

The President of the Republic of Georgia Zviad Gamsakhurdia

Tbilisi, 25 July 1991

(The Bulletins of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Georgia, # 7, 1991, p. 88-89)