REGULATIONS of the central executive committee of the all-georgian soviets (APPROVED BY THE THIRD SESSION OF THE CEC ON
8-9 OCTOBER 1924; went in to force on 12 January 1925)
Chapter I
General Provisions
4. The Regular Session of the Central Executive
Committee of the All-Georgian Soviets shall be convened by its Presidium three
times a year.
5. The Extraordinary Session of the Central
Executive Committee of the Soviet Georgia shall be convened under the decision
of its Presidium upon the request of the executive committee of Adjarian Autonomous Republic, South Ossetian
Autonomous Oblast and Union Soviet Socialist Republic of Abkhazia or upon the
request of the one third of the members of the Central Executive Committee of
the Soviet Georgia.
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9. The issues for discussion at the Central
Executive Committee can be submitted by its Presidium, as well as of the
central executive committees of the Council of Public Commissars of the
Georgian Socialist Republic, certain public commissariats, Autonomous Republic
of Adjara, Autonomous Oblast of South Ossetia and the Union Republic of Abkhazia, also the
members of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Georgia.
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Chapter III
Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of
the Soviet
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16. The Presidium of the Central Executive
Committee issues the Decrees, Decisions and Instructions, considers and
approves the draft-decrees submitted by the Council of Public Commissars of the
Soviet Georgia, certain institution, central executive committees and the
presidiums of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara,
Autonomous Oblast of South Ossetia and the Union
Republic of Abkhazia.
Note. Certain institutions, executive
committees and the presidiums of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Georgia,
Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Autonomous Oblast of
South Ossetia and the Union Republic of Abkhazia
shall submit the draft Decrees and Resolutions to the Presidium of the Central
Executive Committee – the former, through the Council of Public Commissars of
the Soviet Georgia and the latter – through their own executive committees of
the council of public commissars.
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21. The central executive committees of the
Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Autonomous Republic of
South Ossetia and the Union Republic of Abkhazia
shall be authorized to file the protest to the session of the Central Executive
Committee of the Soviet Georgia against the Resolution issued by the Presidium
of the latter.
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23. The issues submitted by the central
executive committees of the Presidiums of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Autonomous Oblast of South Ossetia
and the Union Republic of Abkhazia shall be discussed directly by the Presidium
of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Georgia or transferred to the
Council of Public Commissars of Georgia for preliminary discussion or to the
interested institutions for the preliminary conclusions.
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26. While discussing the issues relating to the
Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Autonomous Oblast of
South Ossetia and the Union Republic of Abkhazia,
their representatives shall participate in the sessions of the Presidium of the
Central Executive Committee with the deliberative vote; upon the special
decision of the Presidium of the Central Executive committee the other persons
also may be invited to the discussion.
Chapter V
Members of the Central Executive Committee of
the Soviet
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35. A member of the Central Executive committee
of the Soviet Georgia shall be authorized to attend all of the sessions of the
Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Autonomous Oblast of
South Ossetia and the Union Republic of Abkhazia with
the deliberative vote, also the meetings of the central and local agencies of
the Soviet Georgia.
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(Messenger of the Central Executive Committee and
the Council of Public Commissars of Georgia, N 1-2, 1925, p. 6-10)