On State Duty

LAW OF GEORGIA

ON STATE DUTY

Article 1 - Concept of the State Duty

The State Duty is a fee payable by natural and legal persons to the budget of Georgia to compensate for the performing legal actions and issuing appropriate documents by the State, which fall within their interests.

Article 2 - Payers of state duty

1. Payers of state duty shall be natural and legal persons, based on whose interests specially authorised institutions shall perform legal actions and issue relevant documentation.

2. In the case of the application of several persons with regard to performing legal actions or issuing documentation, state duty shall be paid by one of them or by a few of them based on their mutual agreement.

Article 3 - Actions for which state duty shall be paid

State duty shall be paid for:

a) cases to be reviewed by the constitutional court of Georgia;

b) statements of claim and other applications to be reviewed by common courts;

c) (deleted - 13.3.2012 No5788);

d) apostilisation of documents issued by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and bodies within its system, as well as documents issued by educational institutions within the scope of their authority;  

e) issuance of a short-term ordinary visa at state border checkpoints of Georgia; 

e¹) issuance of a Georgian visa and extension of its validity by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, except for the cases where the receipt of documents necessary for obtaining an immigration visa, the affixation of a visa onto travel documents or the electronic issuance of the Georgian visa, is ensured by the Legal Entity under Public Law operating within the governance of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia provided for by law;

f) requesting documents by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia or the Ministry of Justice of Georgia;

g) legalisation of documents issued by the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia and the bodies within the system of the Ministry, as well as documents issued by educational institutions within the scope of their authority, and legalisation of documents issued in a foreign state by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. 

Law of Georgia No 1771 of 24 June 2005 - LHG I, No 39, 16.7.2005, Art. 262

Law of Georgia No 3136 of 25 May 2006 - LHGI, No 19, 1.6.2006, Art. 163

Law of Georgia No 3383 of 23 June 2006 - LHG I, No 24, 29.6.2006, Art. 191

Law of Georgia No 1332 of 26 June 2009 - LHG I, No 14, 3.7.2009, Art. 73

Law of Georgia No 2316 of 15 December 2009 - LHG I, No 46, 22.12.2009, Art. 348

Law of Georgia No 3806 of 12 November 2010 - LHG I, No 66, 3.12.2010, Article 414

Law of Georgia No 5788 of 13 March 2012 – website, 19.3.2012

Law of Georgia No2052 of 5 March 2014 -website 17.3.2014

Law of Georgia No 2789 of 14 November 2014 - website, 26.11.2014

Law of Georgia No 3603 of 8 May 2015 - website, 15.5.2015

Law of Georgia No 5025 of 27 April 2016 – website, 13.5.2016

Article 4 - Rates of state duty

1. State duty for cases to be reviewed at common courts shall be paid in the following amount:

a) lawsuits, as well as applications to obtain an order for a simplified payment procedure, and application on return of a leased item in the possession of the issuer of the leased item – three per cent of the cost of the subject in dispute, but no less than GEL 100 ;

a¹) applications for court assistance in obtaining evidence and ensuring the attendance of witnesses during arbitration proceedings, and applications related to appointing, removing and challenging arbitrators, and to the termination of authority and competence of arbitrators – GEL 50, unless otherwise provided for by an international agreement of Georgia;

a²) lawsuits on the cancellation of arbitration awards, applications for the recognition and enforcement of arbitration awards – GEL 150, unless otherwise provided for by an international agreement of Georgia;

a³) (deleted - 19.2.2015, No 3097);

a⁴) (deleted - 19.2.2015, No 3097);

b) counter claims – three per cent of the cost of the subject of the dispute, but no less than GEL 100;

c) claims of a third person, who claims independent requirements on the subject of a dispute - three per cent of the cost of the subject of the dispute, but no less than GEL 100;

d) claims on disputes deriving from state legal and administrative legal relations - three per cent of the cost of the subject of the dispute, but no less than GEL 100;

e) appeals, including decisions (rulings) of district (city) court on the refusal to resume proceedings of the case - four per cent of the cost of the subject of the dispute, but no less than GEL 150;

f) cassation appeals, including decisions (rulings) of the court of appeals on a refusal to resume the proceedings of the case - five per cent of the cost of the subject of the dispute, but no less than GEL 300;

g) private claims – GEL 50;

h) applications on provisional measures, as well as complaints – if the applicant is a natural person – GEL 50, whereas if the applicant is a legal person – GEL 150;

h¹) applications on recognition and enforcement or on taking provisional measures related to arbitration proceedings, if the applicant is a natural person – GEL 50, whereas if the applicant is a legal person – GEL 150, unless otherwise provided for by an international agreement of Georgia;

h²) (deleted - 19.2.2015, No 3097);

i) applications on resuming the proceedings of the case due to newly discovered circumstances - if the applicant is a natural person – GEL 100 , whereas if the applicant is a legal person – GEL 300 ;

j) applications on annulling a decision – GEL 50 ;

k) non-proprietary disputes – GEL 100, appeals and cassation appeals – GEL 150, and GEL 300 respectively;

l) disputes arising with regard to the resumption of a lost case, when the case materials have been lost by the fault of a party – GEL 100;

m) claims on promissory notes or cheques – GEL 100, appeals and cassation appeals – GEL 150 and GEL 300 respectively;

n) case of non-contentious proceedings – GEL 50, appeals and cassation appeals – GEL 100 and GEL 300 respectively; 

o) application for compulsory sale of shares – GEL 500.

2. 2. The amount of the state duty shall not exceed:

a) at the court of first instance:

a.a) GEL 3 000 – for natural persons;

a.b) GEL 5 000 – for legal persons;

b) at the court of appeals: 

b.a) GEL 5 000 – for natural persons;

b.b) GEL 7 000 – for legal persons;

c) at the court of cassation:  

c.a) GEL 6 000 – for natural persons;

c.b) GEL 8 000 – for legal persons;

3. For cases to be reviewed by the Constitutional Court of Georgia, the state duty shall be paid in the following amount: 

a) constitutional claims filed by natural persons – GEL 10;

b) constitutional claims and constitutional submissions filed by other persons – GEL 55.

4. (Deleted).

5. (Deleted - 13.3.2012 No 5788);

6. For apostillisation of official documents issued in the territory of Georgia – GEL 20.

7. For the issuance of a short-term ordinary visa at state border checkpoints of Georgia – GEL 50.

7¹. For the issuance of a Georgian immigration visa by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia to an alien legally staying in Georgia (except for the cases where the receipt of documents necessary for obtaining a Georgian immigration visa, and the affixation of the visa onto travel documents or the electronic issuance of a Georgian visa is ensured by the Legal Entity under Public Law operating within the governance of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia provided for by law) – GEL 40.

7². For the issuance of an electronic Georgian visa by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, if a relevant visa application was submitted via the special website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia called the e-VISA PORTAL – USD 20.

7³. For the extension of the validity of a Georgian immigration visa by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia (except for the cases where the receipt of documents necessary for obtaining a Georgian immigration visa, and the affixation of the visa onto travel documents or the electronic issuance of the Georgian visa is ensured by the Legal Entity under Public Law operating within the governance of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia provided for by law) – GEL 40;  

8. The amount of state duty for requesting documents from a foreign state by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia or the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, except for documents requested by the Legal Entity under Public Law operating within the governance of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia called the Public Service Development Agency, shall be equal to GEL 20. 

9. The amount of state duty for legalisation of documents drafted in Georgia shall be equal to GEL 20.

10. The amount of state duty for legalisation of documents by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, which have been issued in a foreign state, shall be equal to GEL 15.

Law of Georgia No 2307 of 22 July 1999 - LHG I, No 39 (46), 6.8.1999, Art. 192

Law of Georgia No 409 of 28 June 2000 - LGH I, No 26, 13.7.2000, Art. 72

Law of Georgia No 183 of 24 June 2004 - LHG I, No 19, 15.7.2004, Art. 89

Law of Georgia No 1771 of 24 June 2005 - LHG I, No 39, 16.7.2005, Art. 262

Law of Georgia No 3262 of 20 December 2005 - LHG I, No 55, 27.12.2005, Art. 379

Law of Georgia No 2625 of 28 December 2005 - LHG I, No 3, 16.1.2006, Art. 19

Law of Georgia No 3136 of 25 May 2006 - LHGI, No 19, 1.6.2006, Art. 163

Law of Georgia No 3383 of 23 June 2006 - LHG I, No 24, 29.6.2006, Art. 191

Law of Georgia No 3519 of 25 July 2006 - LGH I, No 32, 31.7.2006, Art. 246

Law of Georgia No 4815 of 25 May 2007 - LHG I, No 19, 1.6.2007, Art. 170

Law of Georgia No 5206 of 4 July 2007 - LHG I, No 28, 18.7.2007, Art. 291

Law of Georgia No 5287 of 11 July 2007 - LHG I, No 29, 27.7.2007, Art. 328

Law of Georgia No 5303 of 11 July 2007 - LHG I, No 29, 27.7.2007, Art. 333

Law of Georgia No 5460 of 20 November 2007 - LHG I, No 40, 3.12.2007, Art. 373

Law of Georgia No 5976 of 21 March 2008 - LHG I, No 9, 4.4.2008, Art. 63

Law of Georgia No 809 of 19 December 2008- LH G I, No 40, 29.12.2008, Art. 269

Law of Georgia No 1091 of 24 March 2009 - LHG I, No 7, 6.4.2009, Art. 25

Law of Georgia No 1332 of 26 June 2009 - LHG I, No 14, 3.7.2009, Art. 73

Law of Georgia №1563 of 31 July 2009- LGH I, No 24, 13.8.2009, Art. 143

Law of Georgia No 2316 of 15 December 2009 - LHG I, No 46, 22.12.2009, Art. 348

Law of Georgia No 2452 of 25 December 2009 - LHG I, No 50, 31.12.2009, Art. 389

Law of Georgia No 3366 of 6 July 2010 - LGH I, No 40. 20.7.2010, Art. 247

Law of Georgia No 4074 of 15 December 2010 - LHG I, No 76, 29.12.2010, Art. 504

Law of Georgia No 4941 of 24 June 2011 - website, 14.7.2011.

Law of Georgia No 5265of 11 November 2011 - website, 24.11.2011

Law of Georgia No 5665 of 28 December 2011 - website, 11.1.2012

Law of Georgia No 5788 of 13 March 2012 – website, 19.3.2012

Law of Georgia No 6317 of 25 May 2012 - website, 19.6.2012

Law of Georgia No 2052 of 5 March 2014 - website 17.03.2014

Law of Georgia No 2789 of 14 November 2014 - website, 26.11.2014

Law of Georgia No 3097 of 19 February 2015 - website, 27.2.2015

Law of Georgia No 3219 of 18 March 2015 - website, 26.3.2015

Law of Georgia No 3603 of 8 May 2015 - website, 15.5.2015

Article 5 - Privileges with regard to the state duty

1. The following persons shall be released from the payment of state duty for cases to be reviewed by common courts:

a) natural persons - for claims for the enforcement of the payment of salary and for other claims related to remuneration, which are derived from a legal labour relationship;

b) claimants - for claims that are derived from copyright, and the rights of discovery, invention, rationalisation proposals and industrial designs;

c) claimants - for claims for the enforcement of the payment of alimony;

d) natural and legal persons - for the issuance of documents in their name, which are related to criminal law and alimony cases;

e) claimants - for claims on compensation of damages caused by mutilation or other damage to human health , as well as by the death of a breadwinner;

f) natural persons - for cassation appeals related to criminal law cases for the accuracy of compensation of material damages incurred as a result of a crime;

g) social insurance and social security authorities - for recourse claims for the enforcement of the payment of a pension or aid provided to a victim by the damaging party, while social security authorities - for claims for wrongly received pensions and aids;

h) claimants - for claims for compensation of material damages incurred as a result of a crime;

h¹) claimants - for claims for receiving monetary compensation for property and non-property damage on the basis of a decision of the covenant body of the United Nations for Human Rights;

i) parties - for cassation appeals for the termination of divorce cases;

j) authorities of internal affairs as claimants - for claims for the compensation of expenses related to the search for persons who avoid the payment of alimony and other similar amounts;

k) tax authorities - for all cases; state financial and credit authorities and other controlling bodies, as claimants and respondents - for claims for the payment of fees, state duty and other mandatory fees payable to the State Budget, and for the return of amounts from the budget, as well as for special proceedings;

l) disabled persons, public organisations for disabled persons, their institutions, training and industrial organisations and unions - for all claims;

l¹) persons registered in the unified database of socially vulnerable families, whose social and economical indicator of the family is equal to or less than the maximum score determined by the Government of Georgia;

m) claimants - for claims for the return of historical, artistic and other valuables from illegal ownership;

n) parties - for claims for the compensation of material damages incurred as a result of wrongful conviction of natural persons, who were illegally prosecuted, on whom were illegally imposed imprisonment as a means of a restraining measure, or on whom were illegally imposed an administrative sanction in the form of imprisonment;

o) internally displaced persons - refugees and asylum seekers - accordingly  - for claims related to obtaining the status of an internally displaced person – refugee, and to the request for internation protection;

p) the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia, state sub-agency of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia called the Department of Environmental Supervision, the LEPL within the system of the Ministry of Energy of Georgia called the State Oil and Gas Agency, the Legal Entities under Public Law within the system of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Protection of Georgia: the Agency of Protected Areas, the National Forestry Agency, the National Environment Agency, as well as the LEPL called Adjara Forestry Agency within the system of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, which is a sub-agency of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, for cases related to environmental protection and natural resources;

q) veterans, who have applied to a court to protect the requirements of the Law of Georgia on Veterans of War and Armed Forces;

r) the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia - for disputable matters related to the disposal or transfer of state property into ownership;

r¹) the LEPL within the system of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia called the National Agency for State Property Management - for disputes related to state property;

s) the National Agency of Public Registry, as a claimant or as a respondent - for claims for the enforcement of the payment of amounts to the budget for the compensation of damages to the State as a result of non-compliance with land protection rules and other violations of land laws;

t) institutions (organisations) whose expenses are funded solely from the State Budget - for all claims;

u) architectural and construction inspection bodies, as claimants or respondents - for matters within the scope of their authority as provided for by the legislation of Georgia;

v) the parent or legal representative of a minor, as a claimant or as a respondent - for claims for the violation of minor's rights or for compensation of material or moral damage inflicted on the minor;

w) the National Bank of Georgia - for all claims;

w¹) a legal entity under public law – the Deposit Insurance Agency – for all claims.

x) commercial banks under liquidation, insurers and non-bank depository institutions - credit unions - for all claims filed for the repayment of outstanding loans, loan interest and other deposit receivables of commercial banks, insurers and non-bank depository institutions - credit unions;

y) a Legal Person under Public Law called the Financial Monitoring Service of Georgia - in cases provided for by the law of Georgia on Securities Market;

z) claimants - for claims filed for the transfer of illegal and undocumented property to the State;

z¹) claimants - for claims filed for the transfer of illegal, undocumented and racketeering property of officials to the State;

z²) the Legal Person under Public Law called the State Procurement Agency, as a claimant or as a respondent - for claims for the violation of requirements of the legislation of Georgia on state procurement;

z³) the Legal Person under Public Law called the Competition Agency, as a claimant or as a respondent - for claims for the violation of requirements of the legislation of Georgia on competition;

z⁴) the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, as a claimant - for disputed matters related to normative acts;

z⁵) the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia, its territorial bodies and other bodies within its governance - for matters related to illegal earthworks, construction and other works conducted on cultural heritage sites, archaeological objects and on the zones of the protection of cultural heritage;

z⁶) the Legal Entity under Public Law within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia called the National Bureau of Enforcement - for claims during the representation of the State, autonomous republics and local self-government units;

z⁷) the State Commission working on matters of implementing resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, as a claimant or as a respondent - for matters within the scope of its authority as determined by the legislation of Georgia;

z⁸) the civil registration authority - for matters related to the annulment of civil acts registry and a court decision for the establishment of facts of legal importance;

2. State duty shall not be payable for the constitutional submission to the Constitutional Court of Georgia by common courts. 

3. (Deleted).

4. (Deleted).

5. The citizens of foreign states shall be released from the payment of state duty if this is provided for by an international agreement to which Georgia is a party.

6. (Deleted).

7. An alien shall be released from the payment of state duty defined for the extension of the validity of a Georgian visa by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia in the case of the extension of a short-term diplomatic or special Georgian visa. 

8. Natural persons shall be released from the payment of state duty when the following documents from other states are requested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia :

a) a death certificate;

b) a report on a forensic medical examination;

c) a court decision on administrative and criminal law cases;

d) a document on the procedure of investigating criminal cases;

e) a decision on deportation.

9. An alien of a stateless person who requests for international protection at the state border of Georgia shall be released from the payment of state duty defined for the issuance of the C4 category visa of Georgia. 

Law of Georgia No 1461 of 25 June 1998 - Parliamentary Gazette, No 25-26, 15.7.1998, p. 13  

Law of Georgia No 1602 of 30 September 1998 - LHG I, No 2, 26.10.1998 Art.16

Law of Georgia No 2367 of 8 September 1999 - LHGI, No 43(50), 21.9.1999, Art. 215

Law of Georgia No 996 of 22 June 2001 - LHG I, No 22, 6.7.2001, Art. 87

Law of Georgia No 1083 of 28 September 2001 - LGH I, No 28, 15.10.2001, Art. 114

Law of Georgia No 1121 of 23 October 2001 - LHGI, No 32, 7.11.2001, Art. 128

Law of Georgia No 1456 of 18 May 2002 - LHG I, No 15, 3.6.2002, Art. 62

Law of Georgia No 1826 of 5 December 2002 - LHGI, No 32, 20.12.2002, Art. 161

Law of Georgia No 2034 of 28 March 2003 - LHG I, No 8, 14.4.2003, Art. 43

Law of Georgia No 3311 of 13 February 2004 - LHG I, No 6, 9.3.2004, Art. 24

Law of Georgia No 210 of 24 June 2004 - LHG I, No 18, 9.7.2004, Art. 68

Law of Georgia No 183 of 24 June 2004 - LHG I, No 19, 15.7.2004, Art. 89

Law of Georgia No 1554 of 3 June 2005 - LHG I, No 31, 27.6.2005, Art. 192

Law of Georgia No 1771 of 24 June 2005 - LHG I, No 39, 16.7.2005, Art. 262

Law of Georgia No 2137 of 25 November 2005 - LHG I, No 50, 1.12.2005, Art. 335

Law of Georgia No 2625 of 28 December 2005 - LHG I, No 3, 16.1.2006, Art. 19

Law of Georgia No 3519 of 25 July 2006 - LGH I, No 32, 31.7.2006, Art. 246

Law of Georgia No 4710 of 8 May 2007 - LHG I, No 18, 22.5.2007, Art. 140

Law of Georgia No 4815 of 25 May 2007 - LHG I, No 19, 1.6.2007, Art. 170

Law of Georgia No 5266 of 11 July 2007 - LGH I, No 30, 30.7.2007, Art. 337

Law of Georgia No 5976 of 21 March 2008 - LHG I, No 9, 4.4.2008, Art. 63

Law of Georgia No 2316 of 15 December 2009 - LHG I, No 46, 22.12.2009, Art. 348

Law of Georgia No 3371 of 6 July 2010 - LGH I, No 40. 20.7.2010, Art. 249

Law of Georgia No 3806 of 12 November 2010 - LHG I, No 66, 3.12.2010, Art. 414

Law of Georgia No 5171 of 28 October 2011 – website, 7.11.2011

Law of Georgia No 5356 of 25 November 2011 – website, 8.12.2011

Law of Georgia No 5371 of 6 December 2011 – website, 20.12.2011

Law of Georgia No 5570 of 20 December 2011 - website, 28.12.2011

Law of Georgia No 6020 of 10 April 2012 – website, 30.4.2012

Law of Georgia No 6169 of 8 May 2012 - website, 25.5.2012.

Law of Georgia No 6384 of 5 June 2012 - website, 15.6.2012

Law of Georgia No 470 of 25 March 2013 - website, 5.4.2013

Law of Georgia No 2161 of 21 March 2014 - website, 27.3.2014

Law of Georgia No 2873 of 11 December 2014 - website, 23.12.2014

Law of Georgia No 3603 of 8 May 2015 - website, 15.5.2015

Law of Georgia No 4196 of 3 September 2015 – website, 10.9. 2015

Law of Georgia No 4452 of 28 October 2015 – website, 11.11. 2015

Law of Georgia No 4557 of 25 November 2015 – website, 8.12.2015

Law of Georgia No 5014 of 27 April 2016 – website, 13.5.2016

Law of Georgia No 5588 of 24 June 2016 - website, 12.7.2016

Law of Georgia No 43 of 1 December 2016 - website, 15.12.2016

Law of Georgia No 444 of 10 March 2017 - website, 22.3.2017

Law of Georgia No 857 of 17 May 2017 - website, 2.6.2017

Article 6 - Procedures for the payment or refund of state duty

1. State duty, except for state duty provided for by Article 4(7²) of this Law, shall be paid in the national currency at the bank, on the basis of the issuance of a receipt in a determined form. State duty provided for by Article 4(7²) of this Law shall be paid through a bank transfer in USD.

1¹. (Deleted – 25.5.2012, No 6315).

2. State duty shall be paid for:

a) cases to be reviewed by common courts - prior to filing relevant applications (claims) or cassation appeals, and during the issuance of a copy of a document by a court;

b) cases to be reviewed by the Constitutional Court of Georgia - prior to filing a constitutional claim or constitutional submission;

c) (Deleted - 13.3.2012 No 5788);

d) citizens residing abroad - at diplomatic representations or consular offices of Georgia abroad;

e) apostilisation of official documents issued in the territory of Georgia – upon the submission of documents for certification;

f) the issuance of a Georgian immigration visa by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia for aliens legally staying in Georgia - prior to the submission of the relevant application;

g) the issuance of an electronic Georgian visa by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia - prior to the submission of the relevant visa application, if such visa application is submitted via the special website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia called the e-VISA PORTAL;

h) the extension of the validity of a Georgian visa by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia - prior to the submission of the relevant application.

3. A state duty which has already been paid shall be subject to full or partial refund when the case is terminated or the claim is left untried if the case is not subject to the review by a court, as well as when the claimant does not comply with the procedures for the preliminary settlement of disputes for a particular category of cases.

4. State duty, which is subject to refund, shall be issued from the relevant budget in the name of a natural or a legal person. The amount shall be issued within one month from the day the decision with regard to refund has been made.

5. (Deleted – 25.5.2012, No 6315).

Law of Georgia No 3136 of 25 May 2006 - LHG I, No 19, 1.6.2006, Art. 163

Law of Georgia No 4243 of 29 December 2006 - LHG I, No 50, 30.12.2006, Art. 394

Law of Georgia No 4815 of 25 May 2007 - LHG I, No 19, 1.6.2007, Art. 170

Law of Georgia No 2316 of 15 December 2009 - LHG I, No 46, 22.12.2009, Art. 348

Law of Georgia No 5265 of 11 November, 2011 - website, 24.11.2011

Law of Georgia No 5788 of 13 March 2012 – website, 19.3.2012

Law of Georgia No 6315 of 25 May 2012 - website, 8.6.2012

Law of Georgia No 6439 of 12 June 2012 - website, 22.6.2012

Law of Georgia No 2789 of 14 November 2014 - website, 26.11.2014

Law of Georgia No 3384 of 20 March, 2015 - website, 31.3.2015

Law of Georgia No 3603 of 8 May 2015 - website, 15.5.2015

Article 6¹ - Transitional provisions

Natural persons who were registered in the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, former Autonomous Region of South Ossetia, or in the territories of Gori or Kareli municipalities as of 6 August 2008, who were forced to abandon their permanent places of residence as a result of the military aggression implemented by the Russian Federation against Georgia, and who were forced to move to other places within the territory of Georgia on the grounds that lives, health, and other rights and freedoms of such persons and their family members might be endangered, shall be released from the payment of state duty for cases related to civil acts registration until 1 May 2009.

Law of Georgia No 5206 of 4 July 2007 - LHG I, No 28, 18.7.2007, Art. 291

Law of Georgia No 438 of 31 October 2008 - LHG I, No 31, 12.11.2008, Art. 208

Article 7 - Final provision

This Law shall enter into force on the 15^th  day after its promulgation.

President of Georgia                                                                                                                           Eduard Shevardnadze

Tbilisi

29 April 1998

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