On Amnesty

Law of Georgia

On Amnesty

The State of Georgia, proceeding from the principle of humanism, in the form of a one-time, temporary and special measure, taking into account the degree of public danger, on the basis of this Law, releases from criminal liability persons who commit the crimes provided for by the Criminal Code of Georgia (Legislative Herald of Georgia, No 41(48), 1999, Art. 209)

persons who commit the crimes provided for therein.

Article 1🔗

A person shall be released from criminal liability and punishment if, within the period from the entry into force of this Law until 31 December 2012, he/she submits an application to a legal entity of public law – the Public Service Development Agency, a territorial service of that Agency, a diplomatic representation or a consular institution of Georgia abroad, concerning the commission by him/her of an act provided for by Article 339 or Article 362, and/or paragraph 1 of Article 363 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which is related to the production, acquisition, storage for the purpose of sale or use, sale, use, unlawful appropriation, concealment, destruction or damage of a forged identity card of a citizen of Georgia, residence certificate, passport of a citizen of Georgia, passport of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, other travel document, civil act record or civil act registration certificate, made for his/her own benefit or for the benefit of a close relative, and/or to the entry of false information or a false record into such document.

Note: For the purposes of this Law, "close relative" means a "close relative" as provided for by the Criminal Code of Georgia.

Law of Georgia of 25 May 2012 No 6317 – website, 19.06.2012.

Article 2🔗

The amnesty provided for by this Law shall apply only to a person who committed the relevant crime before 1 January 2007, as well as to a

person who used a forged document issued on the basis of the commission of the said crime before 1 January 2007, or incorrect

data contained in a document before this Law entered into force, if, in respect of this crime, no investigation has been started as at the moment this Law entered into force.

Article 3🔗

If an institution authorised to receive an application for amnesty possesses information on the commission of a crime provided for by this Law without the relevant person having applied, the investigation may be started only after 31 December 2012, unless the person who committed the crime has applied concerning the commission of the relevant crime before that date.

Article 4🔗

The procedure for submitting and considering an application for amnesty shall be established by an Order of the Minister of Justice of Georgia.

Article 5🔗

This Law shall enter into force upon publication.

President of Georgia M. Saakashvili

Tbilisi,

14 June 2011.

No 4753 –Is

Amendments made:

1. Law of Georgia of 25 May 2012 No 6317 – website, 19.06.2012.