On Making an Addition to the Criminal Code of Georgia

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Type of act
Law of Georgia
Number
№3078
Date adopted
26.08.2003

Text of the document

On Making an Addition to the Criminal Code of Georgia

Law of Georgia

On Making an Addition to the Criminal Code of Georgia

Article 1🔗

The Criminal Code of Georgia (Legislative Herald of Georgia, No 41(48), 1999, Art. 209) shall be supplemented with Article 172¹ of the following content:

„Article 172¹. Preliminary selection of pregnant women for the purpose of adoption and creating the possibility of taking them outside Georgia for childbirth, or facilitating such adoption

1. Preliminary selection of pregnant women for the purpose of adoption and creating the possibility of taking them outside Georgia for childbirth, or facilitating such adoption, –

is punishable by imprisonment for a term of three to eight years.

2. The same act committed repeatedly or by a group of persons, –

is punishable by imprisonment for a term of five to ten years.“.

Article 2🔗

This Law shall enter into force on the 15th day after publication.

President of Georgia                   Eduard Shevardnadze

Tbilisi,

26 August 2003.

No 3078-rs