DECREE ISSUED BY THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF
GEORGIA on Abolishment of the State of
Emergency on the Territories of City of Tskhinvali
and Java District.
The Supreme Council of the
1. To abolish the state of
emergency on the territories of town of
2. The Ministries of Interior
and Defence of the
(…)
5. Police and security agencies of the
1) strengthen the protection of public order
and facilities that ensure vital activities of the population and facilities of
the national economy;
2) establish an emergency regime for citizen to enter and leave the
area;
3) prohibit some citizens from leaving their
apartment (house) for a certain period of time, deport non-resident
perpetrators of the public order at their own expense to places of their
permanent residence or beyond the area where the emergency rules are
established;
4) temporarily seize firearms and cold weapons
and ammunition from the population; also military equipment, explosive,
radioactive substances and materials, strong chemical and toxic substances from
enterprises and organizations;
5) prohibit organization of any meetings, street marches and
demonstrations, also entertainment, sporting and other mass events;
6) make changes in production and procurement
plans of enterprises and organizations, establish emergency regime of operation
for enterprises and organizations, also decide other issues of their economic
activities;
7) appoint to and dismiss from posts managers
of enterprises and organizations, prohibit voluntary termination of employment
of workers and employees, except for reasonable excuse;
8) use capacities of enterprises, institutions
and organizations for preventing and removing consequences of emergency;
9) prohibit strikes;
10) involve capable citizens in the work of
enterprises, institutions and organizations, also in removing consequences of
emergency, in the same time ensuring their work safety;
11) limit or prohibit selling of weapons,
chemical and poisonous substances, also alcohol beverages and
alcohol-containing substances;
12) establish quarantine and carry out other obligatory sanitary antiepidemic measures;
13) limit or prohibit use of copying equipment,
also radio and television devices as well as audio- and video-recording
equipment; seize loudspeaking equipment; establish
control over mass media;
14) establish emergency rules for use of
communications;
15) limit transport traffic and arrange for
vehicle searches;
16) limit the activities of political parties,
public organizations, mass movements, citizens
associations in case they interfere with normalization of the situation;
17) prohibit creation and functioning of armed citizen factions that are
not stipulated for by the legislation of the
18) check identification documents in venues of
mass public gatherings, and if necessary, make body searches and searches of
objects and vehicles;
6. During the curfew hours, citizens shall be prohibited to be in
streets or public places without specially issued passes and their
identification documents;
7. Persons who provoke violations of public order, disseminate provoking
rumors, prevent citizens and officials from implementing their legitimate
rights, and violate the state of emergency regime, can be detained
administratively for a term of up to 30 days; these persons can be held
responsible according under the administrative and criminal law.
8. In order to provide for unimpeded movement of transport, the security
of the railway and other communications shall be provided using troops of the
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the
Chairman of the Supreme
Council of the
(Bulletin of the Supreme Council of the Republic of
Georgia, 1991, # 11, p. 24)