On Police

Law of Georgia

On Police

Article 1. Scope of regulation of the Law 1. This Law determines the basic principles of the activity of the police of Georgia, the legal grounds for the organizational arrangement of the police, the functions of the police, police measures and the legal forms of the exercise by the police of their own powers, the procedure for serving in the police, guarantees of the legal and social protection of a police officer, and control over the activity of the police.🔗

2. The purpose of this Law is to ensure the protection of public safety and law and order.

3. The operation of this Law extends to a person employed in the system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (hereinafter – the Ministry) who has a special rank determined by the legislation of Georgia and to other public servants of the Ministry (hereinafter – employees of the Ministry), taking into account the peculiarities of their official activity, in accordance with the procedure established by order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia (hereinafter – the Minister).

4. The operation of this Law shall not extend to employees of the Ministry determined by the Law of Georgia “On Civil Security”.

Law of Georgia of 21 September 2023 No. 3515 – website, 12.10.2023.

Law of Georgia of 4 March 2025 No. 338 – website, 06.03.2025.

Article 2. Definition of terms used in the Law For the purposes of this Law, the terms used in it have the following meaning:🔗

a) public safety – the inviolability of the rights of persons, the sovereignty, territorial integrity and constitutional order of the State, and the laws and other acts of Georgia;

b) law and order – the system of behaviour and relations established in society, which is regulated by the legislation of Georgia and by those customs, traditions and moral norms that do not contradict the legislation;

c) threat – a situation where there is sufficient ground for assuming that, in the event of the unimpeded course of the expected development of events, damage will with high probability be caused to a good protected by the police;

d) sufficient ground for assumption – a fact and/or information that would satisfy an objective observer, taking into account the circumstances, for drawing a conclusion;

e) administrative real act – a public-law action that is aimed not at the emergence, change or termination of a legal relationship, but at the occurrence of factual consequences;

f) border-police measure – a combination of service-organizational, procedural, investigative, administrative-law, operational-search, intelligence, counter-intelligence, regime, technical and military-tactical measures carried out by the Border Police of Georgia to perform the functions assigned to it.

Article 3. Police of Georgia The Police of Georgia (hereinafter – the Police) is a system of law enforcement institutions within the system of the Ministry, implementing executive authority, which, within the powers conferred by the legislation of Georgia, carries out preventive and offence-response measures for the protection of public safety and public order.🔗

Article 4. Organisational arrangement of the Police🔗

1. The Police functions within the system of the Ministry, where persons holding special ranks defined by the legislation of Georgia and other servants of the Ministry are employed.

2. The Police services function within the system of the Ministry in the form of structural subdivisions, territorial bodies, a state sub-agency institution within the sphere of governance of the Ministry – the Border Police of Georgia – and legal entities of public law operating in the sphere of governance of the Ministry.

3. A police officer is a public civil servant serving in the Ministry, as well as an employee of the state sub-agency institution within the sphere of governance of the Ministry – the Border Police of Georgia – or of a legal entity of public law, who have been conferred special ranks and have taken the police oath.

4. The text of the police oath is approved by the Minister.

Law of Georgia No. 338 of 4 March 2025 – website, 6 March 2025.

Article 4¹. Temporary Placement Isolator 1. A temporary placement isolator (hereinafter – the isolator) shall function within the system of the Ministry, the main task of which is to ensure the enforcement of the placement of a person detained or subjected to imprisonment in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia, of a person detained in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia or of a corresponding person provided for by the same Code, and, in cases provided for by the legislation of Georgia, of a foreigner detained for the purpose of expulsion from Georgia, and the protection of the rights and security of a person placed in the isolator.🔗

2. The following shall be determined by order of the Minister:

a) the legal status, tasks, functions and internal regulations of the isolator, the functions and duties of the isolator's staff;

b) the procedure for placing a person in the isolator, including the procedure for taking dactyloscopic data of a person, taking a photograph and processing them upon admission to the isolator;

c) the procedure for the personal search of a person to be placed in the isolator and the inspection of his/her belongings;

d) the procedure for the initial medical examination of a person placed in the isolator;

e) the rights and duties of a person placed in the isolator;

f) the procedure for communication of a person placed in the isolator with the outside world;

g) the procedure for the entry of other persons into the isolator;

h) measures to be carried out to protect security in the isolator;

i) the list of things (items), documents and food products that a person placed in the isolator has the right to receive as a parcel or that are prohibited from being brought to a person placed in the isolator;

j) the procedure and conditions for the enforcement of the placement of a person in the isolator.

3. In order to ensure the protection of the rights and security of persons placed in the isolator, supervision and control by visual and/or electronic means shall be exercised in respect of these persons. The procedure for conducting video surveillance, storing, deleting and destroying recordings shall be determined by order of the Minister.

Law of Georgia of 14 December 2022 No. 2296 – website, 27.12.2022.

Article 5. Legal bases of police activity 1. The legal bases of police activity are: the Constitution of Georgia, international legal acts, this Law and other laws of Georgia, legal acts of the President of Georgia, the Government of Georgia, the Prime Minister of Georgia and the Minister, and other normative acts.🔗

2. The Law of Georgia “On Public Service” shall apply to a police officer and other employees of the Ministry only if otherwise is not provided by this Law, another legislative act and/or normative acts issued on their basis.

3. For the purpose of enforcing this Law, the Minister, within the scope of his/her powers, issues normative acts and individual administrative-legal acts and performs administrative real acts.

4. Preventive activity of the police is carried out using the legal forms of activity of an administrative body established by the General Administrative Code of Georgia – an administrative-legal act and an administrative real act. The rules established by the General Administrative Code of Georgia shall not apply to the issuance and communication of an individual administrative-legal act for the implementation of police operative-search measures.

5. The legal forms of measures of response to an offence carried out by the police for the purpose of detecting, eliminating and investigating a crime shall be determined by the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia and other relevant normative acts.

Law of Georgia of 21 April 2017 No. 713 – website, 10.05.2017.

Law of Georgia of 4 March 2025 No. 338 – website, 06.03.2025.

Article 6. International cooperation of the police🔗

1. International cooperation of the police is based on international treaties of Georgia, the principle of reciprocity and regional cooperation in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia.

2. The main task of international cooperation of the police is the collection of information about crime on an international scale and the fight against it, to this end close cooperation with the relevant services of other states and the General Secretariat of Interpol.

Law of Georgia of 8 July 2015 No. 3922 – website, 15.07.2015.

Article 7. Cooperation of the police with state authorities and municipal bodies, public organisations, legal and natural persons 1. In order to perform its functions, the police cooperates with state authorities and municipal bodies, public organisations, legal and natural persons in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia.🔗

2. The issue of providing legal assistance by the police to another administrative body shall be regulated by the General Administrative Code of Georgia.

Law of Georgia of 15 July 2020 No. 6919 – website, 28.07.2020.

Article 7¹. Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Implementation of Police Measures Police shall ensure the protection of the rights provided for by the Law of Georgia “On the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”.🔗

Law of Georgia of 14 July 2020 No. 6837 – website, 28.07.2020.

Article 8. Basic Guiding Principles of Police Activity 1. In his/her activity, a police officer shall unswervingly observe the principles of protection of and respect for fundamental human rights and freedoms, legality, non-admissibility of discrimination, proportionality, exercise of discretionary authority, political neutrality and transparency of police activity.🔗

2. The implementation by a police officer of a police measure in violation of the basic guiding principles of police activity entails the liability established by the legislation of Georgia.

Article 9. Principle of Protection of and Respect for Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms 1. The forms, methods and means of carrying out police activity shall not infringe human honour and dignity, shall not violate the rights to life, physical integrity and property and other fundamental rights and freedoms of a person, and shall not cause unjustified harm to the environment.🔗

2. In the implementation of a police measure, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment shall be inadmissible.

Article 10. Principle of Legality 1. A police measure carried out by a police officer shall proceed from the principles of the rule of law and statutory reservation.🔗

2. According to the principle of the rule of law, preventive and offence-response measures shall comply with the requirements of law.

3. According to the principle of statutory reservation, the implementation of a police measure that results in the restriction of human rights and freedoms recognised by the Constitution of Georgia shall be permissible only on the basis of law.

Article 11. Principle of Non-Admissibility of Discrimination Police shall be obliged to respect and protect human rights and freedoms, regardless of race, skin colour, language, sex, age, disability, religion, political and other views, national, ethnic and social belonging, origin, property and rank status, place of residence and other characteristics.🔗

Law of Georgia of 14 July 2020 No. 6837 – website, 28.07.2020.

Article 12. Principle of proportionality 1. A police measure shall serve the achievement of a legitimate aim. The selected police measure shall be suitable, necessary and proportionate.🔗

2. A police measure selected by a police officer is suitable if it makes it possible to achieve the legitimate aim.

3. A suitable police measure selected by a police officer is necessary if no other means can be used which, while achieving the legitimate aim, would cause less harm both to the addressee of the measure and to another person.

4. A necessary police measure carried out by a police officer is proportionate if the harm caused to a legal good protected by law does not exceed the good for whose protection it was carried out.

5. A legal action of the police shall be terminated if the aim of this action has been achieved or it is obvious that the achievement of the aim is impossible.

Article 13. Principle of exercise of discretionary powers 1. In order to perform its functions, the police shall act on the basis of discretionary powers, in the cases and within the limits provided by law.🔗

2. A police officer is entitled to decide whether or not to carry out a police measure.

3. A police officer has the freedom to select, from several police measures provided by the legislation of Georgia, the most acceptable one, in accordance with the principle of proportionality.

4. Where several police measures provided by the legislation of Georgia exist for the prevention of a threat, it is sufficient to use one of them.

Article 14. Principle of political neutrality A police officer shall exercise his/her powers in compliance with the principle of impartiality. A police officer shall not be entitled to use his/her official position for the party interests of any political subject.🔗

Article 15. Principle of transparency of police activity 1. The police shall be obliged to provide public information about its activity, in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia, to state bodies, public organisations and interested persons.🔗

2. The police shall be obliged to promptly provide the public and the mass media with objective information about its activity, in such a manner as not to publicise information containing state, professional or commercial secrets, personal data and investigation materials, except in cases provided by law.

3. The police shall process personal data in accordance with the legislation of Georgia on personal data protection, unless otherwise provided by this Law.

4. The police is entitled to process data, including personal data, stored in the special electronic programme for the registration of movable things received as a means of securing a monetary claim by a lending entity provided by the Organic Law of Georgia "On the National Bank of Georgia", in the manner established by order of the Minister.

Law of Georgia of 21 July 2018 No. 3319 – website, 07.08.2018.

Article 16. Functions of the Police🔗

1. The main function of the police is to ensure the prevention of threats to public safety and public order.

2. The functions of the police are:

a) protection of human rights and freedoms;

b) protection of the property of natural and legal persons from unlawful encroachment;

b¹) within the scope of its competence, assistance to persons in searching for mobile communication equipment that has otherwise left lawful possession without the commission of a crime;

c) implementation of preventive measures for the purpose of preventing and suppressing crime and other offences;

d) detection of crime and other offences and the corresponding legal response on the basis of the powers conferred by the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia, the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia and other normative acts;

e) protection and control of the state border of Georgia and the legal regime of Georgia's maritime space;

f) analysis of crime and other offences, expected threats, risks and challenges and development of a strategy for combating criminality;

g) conduct of permit, licensing and registration activities;

h) ensuring road traffic safety;

i) protection of the safety of participants in criminal proceedings;

j) combating illegal migration, prevention and suppression of illegal migration and ensuring compliance with other requirements provided by the legislation of Georgia;

j¹) protection of the rights of an asylum seeker, a refugee, a person with subsidiary protection and a person with temporary protection;

k) conduct of search and rescue operations;

l) exercise of the powers conferred by the legislation of Georgia during a state of emergency or martial law;

m) participation in responding to emergency situations within the scope of its competence;

n) ensuring the conduct of expert-forensic activities;

n¹) creation of a fingerprint data base in the manner established by order of the Minister and ensuring its functioning;

o) placement in an isolator of a person detained or subjected to detention in accordance with the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia, of a person detained in accordance with the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia or of the corresponding person provided for by the same Code, and of a foreigner detained for the purpose of expulsion from Georgia in the cases provided by the legislation of Georgia;

p) maintenance of information databases (including databases on biometric data, criminal record and conviction) and processing of the data stored in these databases for the purpose of performing the functions defined by this Article and the legislation of Georgia.

3. The procedure and conditions for the maintenance of the information databases provided for by subparagraph „p“ of paragraph 2 of this Article and for the processing of the data stored in the said databases shall be determined by order of the Minister.

Law of Georgia of 8 July 2015 No. 3922 – website, 15.07.2015.

Law of Georgia of 7 December 2017 No. 1683 – website, 14.12.2017.

Law of Georgia 2018

of 5 July

Law No. 3100 – website, 11 July 2018.

Law of Georgia No. 1036 of 1 December 2021 – website, 6 December 2021.

Law of Georgia No. 1576 of 24 May 2022 – website, 6 June 2022.

Law of Georgia No. 2296 of 14 December 2022 – website, 27 December 2022.

Law of Georgia No. 338 of 4 March 2025 – website, 6 March 2025.

Law of Georgia No. 867 of 26 June 2025 – website, 7 July 2025.

Article 17. Powers of the Police 1. In order to ensure the performance of preventive functions, the police, within the scope of its competence, exercises the following powers:🔗

a) implementation of police measures to prevent offences;

b) provision to a person of appropriate legal and primary emergency medical assistance; taking urgent measures to protect the life and health of a person, as well as in the case where the person poses a threat to himself/herself or to others;

c) within the scope of its competence, implementation of appropriate measures to protect the security of the state border of Georgia, objects of special importance and strategic purpose, and the highest-ranking officials of state authorities; physical provision of the protection of state objects in accordance with the rules and list approved by the Minister;

d) ensuring the safety of participants in assemblies, manifestations and other mass events, as well as implementation of other measures provided for by the Law of Georgia “On Assemblies and Manifestations”;

e) participation, together with other state bodies and public organizations, in preventive measures to prevent child vagrancy, neglect, and juvenile delinquency, and taking into account, in its activities, the special characteristics and best interests of minors;

f) regulation of traffic, supervision of compliance with traffic rules, norms and standards;

g) within the scope of its competence, ensuring the implementation of special measures for the protection of participants in criminal proceedings in accordance with the “Special Programme for the Protection of Participants in Criminal Proceedings”;

h) on the basis of information provided by the penitentiary institution, immediate notification to a victim of violence against women and/or domestic violence about the release from the penitentiary institution, escape, short-term leave outside the imprisonment facility in accordance with the procedure established by Article 125 of the Penitentiary Code, exit from the imprisonment facility for preparation for release in accordance with the procedure established by paragraph 12 of Article 34 of the same Code, of the person who committed violence against him/her (the abuser), as well as implementation of measures provided for by paragraph 2 of Article 11 of the Law of Georgia “On the Prevention of Violence against Women and/or Domestic Violence, Protection of and Assistance to Victims of Violence”;

i) within the scope of its competence, ensuring the implementation of measures provided for by the Law of Georgia “On Combating Crimes against Sexual Freedom and Inviolability”;

j) initiation, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, of the search for mobile communication equipment that has otherwise left lawful possession without the possible commission of a crime, for the purpose of locating said mobile communication equipment and, if necessary, of restricting (blocking) its functioning, on the basis of an application by the owner of such mobile communication equipment (if his/her ownership right over this mobile communication equipment is confirmed);

k) exercise of the authority defined by the Law of Georgia “On DNA Data Base”;

l) requesting of dactyloscopic data created for the purpose of issuing a biometric passport and their entry into the dactyloscopic data base.

2. In order to ensure the performance of its own functions, the police, within the scope of its competence, responds to the facts of an offence, namely:

a) in order to ensure prompt response to a fact of violence against women and/or domestic violence, protection of the victim and restriction of certain actions of the offender:

a.a) issues, as a temporary measure, a restraining order or an order restricting rights related to weapons; supervises the fulfilment of the requirements and conditions provided for by issued protective, restraining and weapon-related rights restriction orders;

a.b) in the case of violence against a minor, immediately executes the decision on the separation of the minor taken by a social worker;

a.b¹) controls the enforcement of electronic supervision imposed on the offender in order to ensure the implementation of the temporary measure of protection of the victim;

a.b²) in the case of the offender's failure to appear before the authorised body of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia for the purpose of attaching the electronic device to his/her body, carries out his/her search throughout the country;

a.c) performs other duties assigned to the police by law;

b) in the case of the existence of a reasoned assumption about the commission of the crime provided for by Article 160 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, ensures the eviction/removal of the unlawful possessor and the person(s) with him/her from a dwelling house/apartment and/or other possession without a court judgment, in accordance with the procedure established by order of the Minister;

c) removes from driving a vehicle a person who does not have or has been deprived of the right to drive, or if there are sufficient grounds for assuming that he/she is in a state of alcohol, narcotic or psychotropic intoxication, and presents him/her to a person authorised for that purpose for examination;

d) if there are sufficient grounds for assuming that a person has consumed a narcotic substance, presents him/her to a person authorised for that purpose for examination;

(The normative content of subparagraph „d“ of paragraph 2 of Article 17 of the Law of Georgia „On Police“, which establishes the necessity of detaining a person in cases where there is no threat of the disappearance/reduction of traces of a psychotropic/narcotic substance from the person's body, was declared invalid) - judgment of the Constitutional Court of Georgia of 20 November 2024 No. 1/3/697 – website, 22.11.2024.

e) receives and registers incoming information about crimes and other offences, about persons missing without trace, reacts to them immediately, records offences and the persons committing them;

f) in accordance with the procedure established by law carries out:

f.a) border-police and operational-search measures;

f.b) covert investigative actions provided for by the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia (electronic surveillance by technical means, as well as covert video and audio recording, film and photography, the use of which does not harm human life, health and the environment);

f.c) technical-criminalistic examinations in operational-search, administrative offence and other cases;

g) assists the relevant agencies in searching for lost and stolen weapons, ammunition and equipment, military property, as well as in searching for persons evading the national military service of conscripts;

h) within the scope of its competence carries out the measures provided for by the criminal procedure legislation;

i) in cases provided for by the legislative acts of Georgia, ensures the termination of assemblies and manifestations and the dispersal of their participants;

j) demands that a person comply with the requirement of law and terminate the offence, and in case of non-compliance with the demand takes the measures provided for by law.

3. During an emergency situation, a state of emergency or martial law, the police:

a) within the scope of its competence participates in the liquidation of the consequences of an emergency situation, in search and rescue works; protects the safety of persons, law and order, as well as protects property from encroachment, renders urgent assistance to victims and persons in a helpless state; within the scope of its competence participates in maintaining the regime established for a state of emergency or martial law, and during an epidemic and epizootic – in the implementation of quarantine measures;

b) during a state of emergency or martial law, within the scope of its competence, ensures the security and readiness of the state's mobilisation-call-up points and operational-control staffs, as well as the full mobilisation readiness of the personnel (of the Ministry);

c) receives, processes and, for further response, provides notifications to the entities authorised therefor about emergency situations of a natural and man-made nature, emergency medical assistance, termination or restriction of natural gas supply and/or deviation (variation) from permissible pressure norms, as well as termination of drinking water supply and/or pressure variation and other cases of the need for urgent assistance.

4. The police, proceeding from the function of protection of the state border of Georgia, shall ensure:

a) prevention, detection and suppression of unlawful acts on the state border of Georgia, in the border strip, in the border zone, in the maritime space of Georgia and on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of Georgia, as well as implementation of other measures provided for by the legislation of Georgia;

b) inspection of persons at the state border of Georgia (including processing of biometric data in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia), as well as management of processes related to illegal migration, prevention and suppression of illegal migration, fulfilment of other requirements determined by the legislation of Georgia regarding the legal status of persons crossing migration and the state border of Georgia, implementation of the procedures provided for by the Law of Georgia “On International Protection”;

c) exercise of the “right of hot pursuit” provided for by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

5. Within the scope of its competence, on the basis of the international treaties of Georgia, the police, together with the relevant agencies, shall take measures to ensure the personal and property security of the representations of other countries and international organisations in the territory of Georgia.

6. In accordance with the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 “On the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction”, the police:

a) on the basis of an application of the Central Authority — the relevant structural subdivision of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia (hereinafter — the Central Authority) — or a court order, establishes the actual whereabouts of the minor;

b) on the basis of an application of the Central Authority or a court order, ensures the prevention of the crossing of the state border of Georgia by a wrongfully removed/retained child during the period from the commencement of proceedings by the Central Authority until the enforcement of the court judgment;

c) in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, assists the Central Authority for Guardianship and Curatorship in the process of compulsory enforcement of a court judgment on the return of a wrongfully removed/retained child from Georgia to the territory of a Contracting State of the said Convention.

6¹. In order to ensure the performance of its own functions, the police, within the scope of its competence, is entitled to obtain data on a person's state of health, including from the unified information database of persons with mental health problems and persons suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction and/or substance abuse (hereinafter – the unified information database):

a) when issuing a restraining order provided for by the Law of Georgia “On the Elimination of Violence against Women and/or Domestic Violence, the Protection of and Assistance to Victims of Violence”, in order to assess the risk of repeated violence against a woman and/or domestic violence;

b) when placing a person in the Ministry's isolator, during the initial medical examination, in order to determine his/her state of health. (shall enter into force from 1 May 2026)]

7. For the purpose of locating mobile communication equipment provided for by subparagraph “j” of paragraph 1 of this Article, the police is entitled, through the unified system for locating mobile communication equipment, to submit to an electronic communications company provided for by the Law of Georgia “On Electronic Communications” which provides and/or services mobile communication networks and means, a request to record the fact of activation of mobile communication equipment that has otherwise left lawful possession without the possible commission of a crime, and to immediately notify of the recording of the fact of its activation. For the same purpose, the police is entitled, where necessary, to submit to the electronic communications company provided for by this paragraph a request to restrict (block) the functioning of mobile communication equipment that has otherwise left lawful possession without the possible commission of a crime, and to immediately notify of its restriction (blocking). Where the request provided for by this paragraph is submitted by the police in the form of an electronic document, in order to confirm the integrity and the authenticity of the origin of the electronic document, it is sufficient to affix a qualified electronic stamp to it.

8. After receiving, in the manner established by this Law and the Law of Georgia “On Electronic Communications”, information on the recording of the fact of activation of mobile communication equipment, the telephone number and its owner, and the time and location of the recording of the fact of activation of the mobile communication equipment, the police shall ensure the identification of the owner of the telephone number, his/her summoning to the police and questioning in the manner established by this Law, as well as, where appropriate grounds exist, the transfer of the mobile communication equipment to the applicant. In this case, the appearance of the owner of the telephone number at the police is mandatory.

9. Except for the cases provided for by law, a Resolution of the Government of Georgia may determine the list of objects of state or public importance whose protection may be carried out by a Legal Entity of Public Law operating in the sphere of governance of the Ministry — the Department of Protection Police — on the basis of a relevant contract.

Law of Georgia of 17 October 2014 No. 2692 – website, 31.10.2014.

Law of Georgia of 1 May 2015 No. 3556 – website, 18.05.2015.

Law of Georgia of 12 June 2015 No. 3712 – website, 24.06.2015.

Law of Georgia of 8 July 2015 No. 3922 – website, 15.07.2015.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2015 No. 4627 – website, 29.12.2015.

Law of Georgia of 22 June 2016 No. 5454 – website, 12.07.2016.

Law of Georgia of 4 May 2017 No. 765 – website, 25.05.2017.

Law of Georgia of 1 June 2017 No. 960 – website, 20.06.2017.

Law of Georgia 2018

of 5 July

No. 3100 – website, 11.07.2018.

Law of Georgia of 20 September 2019 No. 5032 – website, 01.10.2019.

Law of Georgia of 17 March 2020 No. 5768 – website, 23.03.2020.

Law of Georgia of 10 June 2020 No. 6057 – website, 19.06.2020.

Law of Georgia of 13 July 2020 No. 6761 – website, 20.07.2020.

Law of Georgia of 24 May 2022 No. 1576 – website, 06.06.2022.

Law of Georgia of 21 September 2023 No. 3515 – website, 12.10.2023.

Law of Georgia of 15 December 2023 No. 4002 – website, 26.12.2023.

Judgment of the Constitutional Court of Georgia of 20 November 2024 No. 1/3/697 – website, 22.11.2024.

Law of Georgia of 6 February 2025 No. 276 – website, 06.02.2025.

Law of Georgia of 4 March 2025 No. 338 – website, 06.03.2025.

Law of Georgia of 9 December 2025 No. 1149 – website, 15.12.2025.

Law of Georgia of 17 March 2026 No. 1403 – website, 24.03.2026.

Article 18. Police preventive and offence-response measures 1. In order to avert a threat to public safety and public order or to suppress their violation, the police, within the scope of its competence, implements the following preventive measures:🔗

a) questioning of a person;

b) identification of a person;

c) summoning of a person;

d) superficial check and inspection;

e) special check and inspection;

f) special police control;

g) demand to leave a place and prohibition of entry into a specific territory;

h) restriction of the movement of a person or a vehicle or of the actual possession of a thing;

i) use of automatic photographic equipment (radar) and video equipment;

j) creation and use of technical means;

k) conduct of operative-search measures.

2. The police carries out offence-response measures on the basis of this Law, the legislation of Georgia in the fields of administrative offences and criminal law, and other normative acts.

3. A police officer shall, if it is impossible to identify him as a police officer by external signs, present to a person a document confirming his authority, if this does not hinder the performance of police functions.

4. When carrying out preventive and offence-response measures, the police takes into account the special characteristics and best interests of minors.

Law of Georgia of 12 June 2015 No. 3712 – website, 24.06.2015.

Article 19. Questioning of a Person 1. A police officer is entitled, for the purpose of protecting public safety, to establish a person's identity openly and directly from that person, for which purpose he or she may stop him or her, question personal data and request the presentation of identity documents, if:🔗

a) the person has external features identical to those of a wanted or missing person;

b) there are sufficient grounds for assuming that the person has committed an offence or will commit one;

c) the person is located on a territory or facility subject to a special regime or at a place where special police control is exercised;

d) the person carries a weapon as defined by the Law of Georgia "On Weapons", the carrying of which requires a special permit, and it is otherwise impossible to establish the right to carry this weapon;

e) the person is at the scene of a crime or of a road traffic or other emergency;

f) the external features of the person or of a vehicle, or the person's actions, indicate his or her possible participation in an offence.

1¹. The police is entitled, when carrying out the measure provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article, including for the purpose of identifying a presumably wanted person, a presumably missing person or a foreigner presumably staying unlawfully on the territory of Georgia, or for the purpose of verifying the fact of suspension or deprivation of a right of a person, to verify the data on the respective person in the information databases of the Ministry.

2. A police officer is entitled to question a person if there are sufficient grounds for assuming that he or she has the information necessary for the performance of police functions. The provision of information by a person is voluntary, except for the case provided for by paragraph 8 of Article 17 of this Law. The application of this measure to a person under 14 years of age is possible only with the participation of a parent or another legal representative.

3. The person shall be explained the basis for carrying out the police measure, unless this prevents the police from performing the functions imposed by this Law. In the case of questioning provided for by paragraph 2 of this Article, the person shall, before the carrying out of this measure, be explained that his or her participation therein is voluntary, except for the case provided for by paragraph 8 of Article 17 of this Law.

Law of Georgia of 1 December 2021 No. 1036 – website, 06.12.2021.

Law of Georgia of 24 May 2022 No. 1576 – website, 06.06.2022.

Article 20. Identification of a person 1. The police shall be entitled, for the purpose of protecting public safety, in the case provided for by paragraph 1 of Article 19 of this Law, to carry out identification of a person, if establishment of the person's identity through the implementation of the preventive measures provided for by the same paragraph is impossible or is associated with particular difficulties, or there is sufficient ground for assuming that the data provided by the person and/or the identity documents do not reflect his/her identity, and identification of the person is necessary for the prevention of an offence, or there is sufficient ground for assuming that this person has a direct connection with the committed offence.🔗

2. The measures for identification of a person are:

a) taking of fingerprints and palm prints;

b) photographing;

c) recording of characteristic physical features;

d) measurement of height;

e) voice recording;

f) verification of data in the information databases of the Ministry;

g) recording of other biometric data.

3. Before the implementation of a measure for identification of a person, this person shall be given the opportunity to prove his/her identity voluntarily within a reasonable time.

4. A police officer, when implementing a measure for identification of a person, shall draw up a record, which shall indicate the ground for the implementation of the measure and all significant factual circumstances. The record shall be signed by the police officer implementing the measure and the addressee of the measure. In the event of refusal by the addressee of the measure to sign the record, a corresponding note shall be made in the record. The addressee of the measure shall have the right to enter a remark in the record, which he/she shall confirm by signature.

5. Drawing up of the record provided for by paragraph 4 of this Article shall not be mandatory in the case of inspection of persons at the state border of Georgia and/or implementation of the measure provided for by this Article using a special electronic programme.

6. In the case provided for by paragraph 5 of this Article, a person shall have the right, within 3 days, to apply to the Ministry and to demand in writing the act concerning the measure implemented in respect of him/her.

7. The rule for the implementation of the measures for identification of a person defined by this Article, including verification of data in the special electronic programme, shall be established by the Minister.

Law of Georgia of 1 December 2021 No. 1036 – website, 06.12.2021.

Law of Georgia of 4 March 2025 No. 338 – website, 06.03.2025.

Article 21. Invitation of a Person 1. The police shall have the right, by notification, to invite a person to the police for the purpose of an interview, if:🔗

a) there are sufficient grounds for assuming that the person has the necessary information that will assist the police in the performance of its functions;

b) this is necessary for carrying out measures to identify another person.

2. Upon notification, the ground for the invitation shall be explained to the person.

3. When notifying of the invitation, it shall be explained to the person that appearance at the police and leaving the police are voluntary, except for the case provided for by paragraph 8 of Article 17 of this Law.

4. When inviting a person, account shall be taken of the specific features of his/her official duties and the interests of private life.

5. The invitation of a minor shall be permissible only together with a parent or a legal representative.

6. The duration of stay at the police of an invited adult person shall not exceed 4 hours, and that of a minor – 2 hours.

7. A record of the interview with the invited person shall be drawn up, which shall be signed by the invited person and, if the invited person is a minor, also by his/her accompanying parent or legal representative, and by the police officer who drew up the record. The record of the interview with the invited person shall indicate the addressee of the interview, the ground for the interview, the explanation to the invited person of his/her rights, and other factual circumstances. If the invited person refuses to sign the interview record, a corresponding note shall be made in the record. The invited person shall have the right to enter a remark in the record, which must be confirmed by signature.

Law of Georgia of 24 May 2022 No. 1576 – website, 06.06.2022.

Article 22. Superficial Inspection and Examination 1. A superficial inspection of a person means touching only the outer surface of his/her clothing by hand, with a special tool or means.🔗

2. A police officer shall be authorised, within the framework of implementing a preventive measure, to stop a person for the purpose of superficial inspection if:

a) there are sufficient grounds to believe that the person carries an item whose carrying is restricted or which poses a threat to his or another person's life and health;

b) the person is in the immediate vicinity, within a radius of 20 metres, of a territory or facility subject to the special regime defined by Article 23 of this Law;

c) there are sufficient grounds to believe that at the place where the person is located, persons unlawfully present in the territory of Georgia are gathering, wanted persons are hiding, or an offence may be committed.

3. A superficial inspection shall be carried out by a police officer of the same sex. In case of urgent necessity, a superficial inspection may be carried out by any police officer only with a special tool or means.

4. Within the framework of the preventive powers of the police, a police officer shall have the right to conduct a superficial examination of an item or a vehicle if:

a) he/she is conducting a superficial inspection of the actual possessor of this item or vehicle;

b) there are sufficient grounds to believe that an offender or a person unlawfully deprived of liberty is in this vehicle;

c) there are sufficient grounds to believe that there is an item in this vehicle which must be seized;

d) there are sufficient grounds to believe that this item or vehicle is in a place where a crime may be committed, to prevent which it is necessary to conduct a superficial examination.

5. A superficial examination of an item or a vehicle means a visual examination of the item and/or vehicle, and in the case of a vehicle, also a visual examination of its luggage compartment.

6. The actual possessor of this item or vehicle or a member of his/her family shall be present at the superficial examination of the item or vehicle.

7. A police officer shall be obliged to explain to the person the right to challenge the lawfulness of the measure defined by this Article.

8. The period of stopping a person shall not exceed 30 minutes from the moment of stopping.

9. When carrying out the measure defined by this Article, a police officer shall draw up a protocol. The protocol shall be signed by the police officer drawing up the protocol and the addressee of the measure, while, in the case of the absence of the addressee of the measure at the place during the inspection/examination of a thing or a vehicle, the protocol shall be signed by a member of his/her family, and in the case of the absence of a member of the family of the addressee of the measure at the place — by a neighbour. The protocol shall indicate the persons participating in the measure and the factual circumstances. If the addressee of the measure refuses to sign the protocol, a corresponding note shall be made in the protocol. A person signing the protocol shall have the right to enter a remark in the protocol, which he/she must confirm by signature. If it is impossible to establish the identity of the owner of the thing or vehicle to be inspected/examined, the police officer shall carry out the measure defined by this Article without the participation of the persons provided for by this paragraph.

10. If, during a superficial inspection, grounds for a search arise, the police officer shall conduct the search in accordance with the procedure established by the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia.

Article 23. Special Inspection and Examination 1. Special inspection and examination, as a preventive measure, implies the inspection and examination of a person, item or vehicle on a territory or at a facility subject to a special regime, which are necessary for detecting an item, as well as for determining the nature of the item. The list of territories and facilities subject to a special regime shall be established by the Government of Georgia.🔗

2. The police, within its competence, shall carry out special inspection and examination of a person, as a preventive measure, only if:

a) there are sufficient grounds for assuming that the person carries with him/her an object whose possession would constitute an offence or a violation of the procedure established on a territory or at a facility subject to a special regime;

b) this is necessary to establish the identity of a person in a helpless state;

c) the person undergoes control at a border crossing point in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

3. Special inspection and examination of a person shall be carried out by a police officer of the same sex, except when the carrying out of special inspection and examination of a person by a police officer of the same sex in a particular case requires special effort. The carrying out of special inspection and examination of a person by a police officer of the different sex is permissible only with a special instrument or means.

4. The police, within its competence, shall carry out special inspection and examination of an item or vehicle, as a preventive measure, in the cases provided for by paragraph 4 of Article 22 of this Law.

5. Special inspection and examination of a vessel shall be carried out:

a) to determine the flag State;

b) for the purpose of inspecting the vessel's crew and passengers;

c) for the purpose of determining compliance of the vessel's safety, navigational and shipping means, environmental and living conditions with international standards.

6. The actual possessor of this item or vehicle or a member of his/her family must be present at the special inspection and examination of the item or vehicle.

7. In the cases provided for by paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Article, the police officer shall explain to the person the right to appeal the lawfulness of the measure.

8. If during special inspection and examination grounds for a search arise, the police officer shall conduct a search in accordance with the procedure established by the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia.

Article 24. Special police control 1. Special police control of a person, a thing or a vehicle shall be carried out if there are sufficient grounds for assuming that a crime or another offence has been committed or will be committed.🔗

2. Special police control is a check carried out by the police in a pre-selected territory and for a defined time, as well as, in case of urgent necessity, in the relevant territory and for an appropriate time, in order to achieve the purpose provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article.

3. A written order on carrying out special police control shall be issued by the Minister, and in case of urgent necessity the relevant oral order shall be issued by the Minister or an official designated by his/her order. Such oral order shall be put in writing within 24 hours.

4. During special police control, the check and inspection provided for by paragraphs 1 and 5 of Article 22 of this Law shall be carried out.

5. When carrying out special police control, a police officer shall be equipped with switched-on video recording equipment attached to the uniform clothing.

Article 25. Demand to leave a place and prohibition to enter a specific territory 1. A police officer shall be entitled to demand that a person leave a certain place for a defined time or prohibit him/her from entering a specific territory, if this is necessary to prevent a threat.🔗

2. The restriction referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may be extended until the threat is eliminated.

3. The implementation of the measures defined by this Article shall not cause a long-term restriction of a person's right to enjoy his/her own place of residence.

Article 26. Restriction of the movement of a person or a vehicle or of the actual possession of a thing 1. The police shall be entitled, in accordance with the legislation of Georgia, to temporarily restrict the movement of a person:🔗

a) if the person by his/her action creates a threat to his/her own or another's life and health;

b) in case of non-compliance by the person with the demand provided for by Article 25 of this Law;

c) in order to prevent the commission of a crime or an administrative offence.

2. The police shall be entitled, in accordance with the legislation of Georgia, to temporarily restrict the actual possession of a thing or the movement of a vehicle in order to prevent a threat, if it may be used by a person for the infringement of his/her own or another's life and/or health or for damaging another's thing.

3. Restriction of the actual possession of a thing shall be carried out by taking it away from the actual holder of the thing, by restricting its carrying-transportation or in another manner.

4. Temporary restriction of the movement of a person and the carrying-transportation of a thing shall be terminated immediately if the grounds for implementing this measure no longer exist.

Article 27. Use of automatic photo equipment (radar) and video equipment🔗

1. The police shall be entitled, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, for the purpose of protecting public safety, to install/place on uniform clothing, on a vehicle, on a road, on the outer perimeter of a building, in the border zone of Georgia, in the border strip of Georgia and in the maritime space of Georgia, and to use photo-video equipment/device or other technical equipment determined by order of the Minister, as well as to use installed automatic photo and video equipment in the possession of another person, namely:

a) for the purpose of crime prevention, as well as the safety of a person and property, public safety and protection of a minor from harmful influence;

b) to ensure compliance with road traffic rules;

c) to ensure the protection of the state border of Georgia, as well as the prevention, detection and suppression of crime and other offences in the border zone and border strip and the protection of the safety of a person;

d) for the purpose of timely detection of a threat posed to a person and property at a border crossing point.

1¹. The Resolution of the Government of Georgia shall determine the list of buildings and structures on the outer perimeter of which the installation/placement of automatic photo and/or video equipment is mandatory, as well as the technical characteristics and rules of operation of the said automatic photo and video equipment.

2. In the cases provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article, information on the installed/placed automatic photo equipment (radar) and video equipment shall be indicated in a conspicuous place, except for the case provided for by paragraph 3 of this Article.

3. For the purpose of ensuring road traffic safety, on a limited number of road sections determined by a reasoned order of the Director of the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, the police shall be entitled to install/place photo and video equipment and a non-stationary (mobile) speed measuring device on a vehicle in its use that does not bear the relevant identification marks. In this case, information on the possible use of photo equipment (radar) and video equipment shall be indicated at the entrance(s) and exit(s) of the relevant road section. When automatic photo equipment (radar) and video equipment are used on a road section by a vehicle of the police bearing the relevant identification marks, the indication of information is not required.

4. The use (direct recording) of automatic photo and video equipment installed/placed on a motor vehicle in the possession of the police that does not bear the relevant identification marks, as well as of a non-stationary (mobile) speed measuring device, shall be permissible only on the road section determined in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article. Information obtained as a result of the use of automatic photo and video equipment installed/placed on a motor vehicle in the possession of the police that does not bear the relevant identification marks, as well as of a non-stationary (mobile) speed measuring device, shall be destroyed no later than 24 hours after its obtainment, except where the obtained information reflects a violation of the road traffic rules defined by the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia and its archiving is carried out for the purpose of conducting proceedings, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia. If the obtained information contains data on a crime, the information shall be extracted in accordance with the procedure established by the Criminal Procedure Code of Georgia.

5. The issues of placement and use of automatic photo and video equipment and a non-stationary (mobile) speed measuring device on a motor vehicle in the possession of the police that does not bear the relevant identification marks, as well as the issues of data processing, shall be determined by an Order of the Minister.

Law of Georgia of 21 April 2017 No. 713 – website, 10.05.2017.

Law of Georgia of 19 December 2019 No. 5613 – website, 24.12.2019.

Law of Georgia of 1 December 2021 No. 1036 – website, 06.12.2021.

Article 28. Creation and Use of Technical Means 1. For the purpose of protecting public security, within the scope of the powers conferred by this Law and other laws of Georgia, the police shall create and use technical means and shall ensure their protection.🔗

2. Technical means used by the police and the methods of their use shall not infringe human honour and dignity, shall not violate the fundamental human rights and freedoms recognised by the Constitution of Georgia, shall not endanger human life and health, and shall not cause damage to the environment.

3. The use of technical means shall be carried out in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.

Article 29. Conduct of Operative-Investigative Measures 1. The operative-investigative activity of the police shall be regulated by the Law of Georgia on Operative-Investigative Activity and other normative acts.🔗

2. (Removed – 08.07.2015, No. 3922).

Law of Georgia of 8 July 2015 No. 3922 – website, 15.07.2015.

Article 30. Coercive Measures Coercive measures are the use by the police of physical force, special means and firearms for the performance of police functions.🔗

Article 31. Right to use coercive measures 1. To ensure the performance of the functions assigned to the police, a police officer is authorized to use suitable coercive measures proportionally only in cases of necessity, with the intensity that ensures the attainment of a lawful objective.🔗

2. A police officer is authorized to use firearms and special means only if he has undergone special training.

3. A police officer shall, before using physical force, special means and firearms, warn the person in advance, give a reasonable time for compliance with his lawful demand, except when delay may cause an infringement of the life and health of the person and/or the police officer or another grave consequence, or in the situation that has arisen such warning is unjustified or impossible.

4. The type and intensity of a coercive measure shall be determined taking into account the specific situation, the nature of the offence and the individual characteristics of the offender. At the same time, when applying a coercive measure, a police officer shall endeavour to ensure that the damage caused is minimal and proportionate.

5. A police officer shall provide primary emergency medical aid to a person injured as a result of the use of coercive measures.

6. A police officer is prohibited from using a means that causes severe mutilation of a person, is associated with unjustified risk, or is prohibited by the legislation of Georgia.

Article 32. Use of physical force 1. A police officer has the right to use physical force, including special combat techniques, to ensure the protection of his own safety and/or the safety of persons, to suppress a crime and/or an administrative offence, to detain a person committing a crime and/or an administrative offence, if the use of non-forceful methods cannot ensure the performance by the police officer of the function assigned to him by law.🔗

2. A police officer shall notify his immediate superior and the prosecutor of injury to a person as a result of the use of physical force, except when notification to the immediate superior and the prosecutor of the injury to the person is impossible, involves particular difficulties, or would impede the performance of a police function.

3. If physical force is used against an indefinite circle of persons, the supervising official shall notify his immediate superior and the prosecutor thereof.

Article 33. Use of Special Means 1. In order to protect public safety and public order, a police officer shall use passive and active special means.🔗

2. Passive special means ensure the protection of the life and health of a police officer and/or of a person to be protected by him. Such special means are: body armour vest, helmet, shield, gas mask and other special means of body protection.

3. Active special means temporarily deprive a person of the ability to resist a police officer and/or assist a police officer in the performance of a police function. Such special means are: handcuffs and other means of restraint, special baton, tear gas, pepper gas, acoustic means, non-lethal weapon (including a non-lethal projectile), light-and-sound device of psychological impact, means of forced stopping of transport, obstacle-destroying means, water cannon, armoured vehicle and other special transport means, special paint, service dog and service horse, electroshock device and restraining net. The said special means shall be used:

a) handcuffs and other means of restraint – against a person committing a crime or a socially dangerous act, who resists or may resist a police officer, or attempts to escape; when escorting a detainee or a person under arrest; if a person by his dangerous act may cause harm to himself and to another;

b) special baton – to repel an attack on a person, a police officer and/or a protected object; when detaining a person committing a crime or violating public order, if he maliciously fails to comply with the lawful demand of a police officer; to suppress mass and group violation of public order;

c) tear gas, pepper gas, acoustic means and non-lethal weapon (including a non-lethal projectile) – to repel an attack on a person, a police officer and/or a protected object; to suppress mass and group violation of public order; when detaining a person committing a crime or a socially dangerous act or for the purpose of compelling him to leave the occupied territory, means of transport or building or structure where he is hiding;

d) light-and-sound device of psychological impact – to repel an attack on a state and/or public object, to repel an attack on a person and/or a police officer, to detain a person offering armed resistance; to expel from a building or structure, land plot, means of transport an intruded criminal or a person committing a socially dangerous act, to release a person unlawfully deprived of liberty;

e) means of forced stopping of transport – to forcibly stop a means of transport whose driver has failed to comply with a police officer's demand to stop and whose operation poses a threat to human life and health, or if the use of such means is necessary for the protection of a proportionate legal good;

f) obstacle-destroying means – when detaining a person committing a crime or a socially dangerous act, for the release of an unlawfully imprisoned person from an enclosed space;

g) water cannon, armoured vehicle and other special transport means – for the suppression of a mass breach of law and order, for the repulsion of a group attack on a state and/or public facility, for the forced stopping of a vehicle whose driver has failed to comply with a police officer's demand to stop, for the detention of an armed offender;

h) special paint – for the identification of a person committing a crime;

i) service dog – for the suppression of a mass breach of law and order, when pursuing and detaining a person committing a crime or a socially dangerous act, when escorting a detainee or a prisoner, for the repulsion of an attack on a person and/or a police officer;

j) service horse – when pursuing and detaining a person committing a crime or a socially dangerous act, when patrolling, for the suppression of a mass breach of law and order;

k) electric shock device – for the repulsion of an attack on a person, a police officer and/or a protected facility;

l) entangling net – when pursuing an offender, for the repulsion of an armed attack, for the capture of an attacker.

4. A police officer shall be obliged to notify the immediate superior and the prosecutor of the wounding or injury of a person as a result of the use of a special means, except where notification to the immediate superior and the prosecutor of the wounding or injury of a person is impossible, involves particular difficulties or will impede the performance of a police function.

5. If a special means is used against an indefinite circle of persons, the supervising official shall notify the immediate superior and the prosecutor thereof.

6. The rules for the storage, carrying and use of special means in the armament of the police shall be determined by normative acts of the Minister.

Article 34. Right to Use Firearms 1. A police officer shall have the right to keep, carry and use service-staff firearms, as well as, in accordance with the procedure established by the Minister, additional service-staff firearms.🔗

2. The procedure for keeping and carrying firearms in the possession of a police officer shall be established by the Minister.

3. Passive use of a firearm shall be deemed to be the demonstration of a weapon by a police officer for the purpose of achieving a legitimate aim.

4. Active use of a firearm shall be deemed to be a targeted shot from a weapon.

5. A police officer shall have the right, as an extreme measure, to use a firearm:

a) to protect a person and himself/herself, when life or/and health is endangered;

b) to release a person unlawfully deprived of liberty;

c) to prevent the escape of a person detained, of which he/she has prior knowledge, for a violent act or an especially grave crime;

d) to suppress a violent crime, if the person resists a police officer;

e) when repelling an attack on a protected facility, a state body or/and a public organisation;

f) to protect a person from the attack of a dangerous animal;

g) to damage a vehicle for the purpose of stopping it, if the driver's action poses a real threat to human life or/and health and the driver does not obey the repeated demand of the police officer to stop the vehicle, except for shooting from a moving vehicle at a moving vehicle.

6. Active use of a firearm against a person shall be preceded by a verbal warning about its use — "It's the police, stop, or I'll shoot!", then — a warning shot. In case of necessity, a warning shot may not be fired.

7. Use of a firearm without warning may be:

a) during an armed attack, as well as during a sudden attack with combat equipment, any transport or mechanical means;

b) during the escape of a person detained or imprisoned, of which the police officer has prior knowledge, for an especially grave crime committed by means of a vehicle;

c) when a person offers armed resistance;

d) to give an alarm signal or to call for backup;

e) to prevent the seizure of a firearm;

f) to end the life of a mortally injured or infected animal, when it is clear that the problem cannot be solved otherwise.

8. Such use of a firearm as contains the threat of inflicting a fatal wound may be permitted only in the case of necessary defence or/and extreme necessity.

9. A police officer shall be prohibited from using a firearm in places where there is a threat of injuring other persons, as well as in fire-hazardous and explosion-hazardous places, except in the case of necessary defence or/and extreme necessity.

10. A police officer shall be obliged to immediately notify the immediate superior and the prosecutor about the active use of a firearm.

11. The list of firearms and ammunition in the armament of the police shall be determined by the legislation of Georgia.

Article 35. Restriction of the use of coercive measures 1. The use of physical force, special means and firearms against persons with obvious signs of pregnancy, being a minor under 7, limited abilities or old age shall be prohibited, except in cases where they are armed or attack in a group, offer armed resistance to a police officer, which poses a threat to the life and health of another person or a police officer, if repelling such attack and resistance by other methods and means is impossible.🔗

2. An exception to paragraph 1 of this Article is the case where the non-use of physical force and special means makes the performance of a police function impossible.

Article 36. Procedure for service in the police 1. The procedure for service in the police shall be determined by normative acts of the Minister.🔗

2. A police officer shall be prohibited from striking, as well as from participating in an assembly and manifestation.

3. A police officer shall be prohibited from membership in a political association.

4. A police officer shall not be entitled to perform any remunerated work, except scientific, pedagogical or creative activity, to hold any position in any other treasury institution or to perform any remunerated work in an enterprise established with more than 50% share participation of the State, to hold any position in an organ or institution of another country.

5. The procedure for service in the police provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article includes the norms on the admission to service/appointment to a position, attestation, conduct of a special competition, conferral of a rank to a police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry, his/her encouragement, disciplinary liability, dismissal from service/release from a position, the age restriction for a police officer, the legal status of a police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry, and other issues related to the organisation of service.

Law of Georgia of 4 March 2025 No. 338 – website, 06.03.2025.

Article 37. Procedure for admission to service 1. A citizen of Georgia who has reached 18 years of age, who possesses the state language of Georgia and who, in accordance with his/her personal and professional qualities, education, physical training and health condition, is able to perform the functions of a police officer, shall be admitted to work in the police.🔗

2. A candidate to be admitted to work in the police shall be selected by the personnel unit of the Ministry and a special commission, which verify the candidate's health condition, physical training, education and professional qualities.

3. Candidates to be admitted to individual positions in the police shall, in a Legal Entity of Public Law operating in the field of governance of the Ministry – the Public Safety and Police Academy (hereinafter – the Police Academy), undergo the relevant educational programme or course of special training before or after admission to work in the police.

3¹. Fingerprinting of a person employed in the system of the Ministry and of a candidate, intern or trainee to be admitted in the system of the Ministry is mandatory. The procedure for taking and storing dactyloscopic data shall be established by order of the Minister.

4. A person shall, as a rule, be admitted to work in the police as a result of passing a special competition. The procedure and conditions for admitting a person to work in the police without passing a special competition shall be determined by order of the Minister.

5. A legal act on admission to service/appointment or release from service/dismissal may be issued using the electronic document management system. A legal act issued in the said manner shall be considered delivered from the moment of sending, in the electronic document management system, to the address of the person directly concerned by the legal act on admission to service/appointment or release from service/dismissal (including removal from office).

Law of Georgia of 13 December 2024 No. 174 – website, 29.12.2024.

Law of Georgia of 4 March 2025 No. 338 – website, 06.03.2025.

Law of Georgia of 10 December 2025 No. 1208 – website, 17.12.2025.

Article 37¹. Verification of a candidate, intern, trainee and employed person to be admitted in the Ministry's system 1. A candidate, intern, trainee to be admitted in the Ministry's system (hereinafter – candidate) and an employed person, including a military serviceman, a public civil servant, a civilian, a person employed under an employment contract (hereinafter – employed person), shall be subject to verification. The procedure for conducting this verification shall be established by the Minister.🔗

2. The purpose of the verification provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article is to establish the compliance of the candidate and/or the employed person with the functions/tasks defined by the legislation of Georgia for a servant of the Ministry and to identify circumstances impeding the proper performance of official duties by him/her.

Law of Georgia of 1 December 2021 No. 1036 – website, 06.12.2021.

[Article 37². Verification of the compliance of the health condition of a police officer, another servant of the Ministry, a candidate to be admitted for work in the Ministry's system and an employed person with the requirements defined by the legislation of Georgia

1. In order to establish the compliance of the health condition of a candidate to be admitted for work in the Ministry's system and of an employed person with the requirements necessary for the performance of official activity, their health condition may be verified, including through the unified information database.

2. In order to verify the compliance of the health condition of a police officer and another servant of the Ministry with the requirements defined by the legislation of Georgia, the Ministry is entitled to re-verify the data on their health condition through the unified information database.

3. The procedure and conditions for the suspension of official relations with a police officer and another servant of the Ministry due to their health condition and for their dismissal from service, on the basis of the data verified through the unified information database in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, shall be determined by an Order of the Minister. (shall enter into force from 1 May 2026)]

Law of Georgia of 9 December 2025 No. 1149 – website, 15.12.2025.

Article 38. Restrictions established for admission to service — the following shall not be admitted to work in the police:🔗

a) a person convicted of an intentional crime;

b) a person against whom criminal prosecution is ongoing;

c) a person who has been recognised as having limited legal capacity by a court judgment or is known as a recipient of support, unless otherwise determined by a court judgment;

d) a person who has been deprived by a court of the right to hold the relevant position;

e) a person whose state of health, according to a medical opinion, does not meet the requirements necessary for holding the relevant position;

f) a person suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction, substance abuse, mental and/or other illness. The list of illnesses shall be established jointly by the Minister of Internally Displaced Persons from the Occupied Territories, Labour, Health and Social Protection of Georgia and the Minister;

g) a person who, as a result of holding the relevant position, would be connected by direct official supervision to a parent, spouse, sister, brother, child, or the spouse's sister, brother or parent;

h) an alien/a person seeking citizenship of a foreign country, except for the exceptions provided by the legislation of Georgia or by an international treaty and agreement of Georgia;

i) a person who, following the vetting of him as a candidate, received a negative assessment;

j) a person who, upon admission to service, deliberately concealed information relating to him or submitted incorrect data;

k) a person who fails to meet the requirements of the rules for serving in the police determined by order of the Minister.

Law of Georgia of 20 March 2015 No. 3346 – website, 31.03.2015.

Law of Georgia of 5 July 2018 No. 3100 – website, 11.07.2018.

Law of Georgia of 4 March 2025 No. 338 – website, 06.03.2025.

Article 39. The rule for the admission of a conscript to the police and for serving the rule for the admission of a conscript to the police and for serving shall be determined by legal acts and other normative acts of the Minister.🔗

Article 39¹. Transfer of a police officer to an equal (equivalent) position of his/her position due to official necessity 1. Due to official necessity, by decision of the Minister or of a person authorised for that purpose and with the consent of the police officer or without his/her consent, a decision may be taken on the transfer of a police officer to an equal (equivalent) position of his/her position. By the said procedure, the transfer of a police officer may also be carried out to another territorial location. Without the consent of the police officer, his/her transfer by this procedure shall be permissible for a term of up to 1 year. After the full expiry of the 1-year term, the said term may, if necessary, be extended for an additional term of up to 1 year.🔗

2. The transfer of a police officer by the procedure provided for by paragraph 1 of this article shall be permissible if the police officer, taking into account his/her education (qualification) and the functions-duties to be performed by him/her, is able to perform the functions-duties assigned to him/her.

3. After the expiry of the term provided for by paragraph 1 of this article or the elimination of the relevant official necessity, the police officer shall return to the position held before the transfer, and if this is impossible, he/she shall be appointed to a corresponding, equal (equivalent) position of his/her. If the said police officer refuses the offered position, he/she shall be dismissed from the position held.

4. Due to official necessity, in addition to the transfer of a police officer to an equal (equivalent) position of his/her position by the procedure established by this article, other cases of official movement of a police officer shall be determined by order of the Minister.

Law of Georgia of 24 May 2022 No. 1576 – website, 06.06.2022.

Article 40. Temporary removal of a police officer from position 1. A police officer may, on the basis of a reasoned written request of the investigative body, a relevant conclusion of the General Inspectorate of the Ministry or a request of the head of the relevant unit, by order of the Minister, be temporarily removed from the position held, due to his/her being recognised as an accused in a criminal case, until a final decision is taken.🔗

2. A police officer removed from position shall, in the event of acquittal, be reinstated to the same position, and if this is impossible – to an equivalent position of his/her.

Law of Georgia of 8 July 2015 No. 3922 - website, 15.07.2015.

Article 41. Rule for dismissal from service/release from position of a police officer and/or other employee of the Ministry 1. Dismissal from service of a police officer and/or other employee of the Ministry means release of the police officer and/or other employee of the Ministry from the position held and termination of the service relationship with him/her.🔗

2. Dismissal from service/release from position of a police officer and/or other employee of the Ministry shall be mandatory in the presence of one of the following grounds:

a) termination of Georgian citizenship;

b) recognition by a court as missing without trace or declaration as deceased;

c) recognition by a court as having limited legal capacity or recognition as a recipient of support, unless otherwise determined by a court judgment;

d) expiry of the period of being at the disposal of the personnel;

e) death.

3. A police officer and/or other employee of the Ministry may be dismissed from service/released from position:

a) on the basis of a personal application (report);

b) in the event of reduction of staff or during reorganisation accompanied by reduction of staff;

c) during liquidation of a structural subdivision, territorial body, state sub-agency institution within the system of the Ministry, a legal entity of public law operating in the sphere of governance of the Ministry, or liquidation of their structural units;

d) due to reaching the maximum age for being in service;

e) due to expiry of the period of service in rank;

f) due to absence from service for 5 or more consecutive working days without a valid reason;

g) due to the commission of a disciplinary misconduct or the entry into legal force of a court's conviction judgment against him/her;

h) due to incompatibility of positions;

i) due to transfer to another service or another structural unit of the system of the Ministry;

j) due to a health condition which makes it impossible for him/her to perform service duties, and/or due to evasion of a health examination in the manner established by order of the Minister;

k) due to violation of the requirements established for admission to service;

l) due to prolonged incapacity for work provided for in the manner established by order of the Minister;

m) due to unsatisfactory professional habits;

n) due to refusal to undergo the relevant special professional educational programme and/or special training/retraining course and/or failure to complete it successfully, if the Minister's legal act directly provides for the dismissal from service/release from position of the police officer and/or other employee of the Ministry in such case;

o) due to expiry of the probationary period or its unsatisfactory results;

p) on other grounds directly provided for by this Law and a normative act issued on its basis.

4. A person dismissed from service/released from position shall be obliged to return, in the manner established by order of the Minister, the material assets transferred to him/her for service use.

5. The decision on dismissal from service/release from office of a police officer and/or other employee of the Ministry shall be taken by the Minister or a person authorized by the Minister for that purpose.

Law of Georgia of 4 March 2025 No. 338 – website, 6 March 2025.

Article 42. Placement of a police officer and/or other employee of the Ministry in the personnel reserve 1. A police officer and/or other employee of the Ministry (except a person employed under an employment contract) may, by order of a person authorized for that purpose, in accordance with the procedure established by order of the Minister, be released from the position held and placed in the personnel reserve for a period not exceeding 4 months:🔗

a) on the basis of a personal application (request);

b) in the event of a reduction in staff or during reorganization accompanied by a reduction in staff;

c) during the liquidation of a structural subdivision, territorial body, state sub-agency institution included in the system of the Ministry, or a legal entity of public law operating in the area of governance of the Ministry, or the liquidation of their structural units.

2. A police officer and/or other employee of the Ministry placed in the personnel reserve may be assigned the temporary performance of duties.

3. A police officer and/or other employee of the Ministry placed in the personnel reserve shall be considered, from the day of placement in the personnel reserve, to have been warned of possible dismissal from service.

Law of Georgia of 4 March 2025 No. 338 – website, 6 March 2025.

Article 43. Training of Police Personnel🔗

1. The Ministry shall ensure the professional development of persons employed in the system of the Ministry, including the opportunity for special professional training, retraining, advanced training and higher education.

2. Special professional training, retraining and advanced training of the Ministry's personnel shall be carried out by the Police Academy.

3. The Police Academy shall implement higher police academic educational programmes for the training of police personnel with legal and professional competences.

4. A student of a higher police educational institution may, in cases determined by Georgian legislation, be subject to restrictions not provided for by the Law of Georgia "On Higher Education".

5. The Police Academy shall also be entitled to carry out the training, retraining and advanced training of servants of other state bodies performing the function of public safety and protection of law and order, as well as of legal entities of public and private law.

6. The rules for the enrolment (admission) of a student in the Police Academy's bachelor's programme in public safety and police affairs and for instruction, the completion of practice by him/her, his/her mobility, the suspension and termination of his/her student status, as well as issues related to the implementation of higher police academic educational programmes shall be determined by order of the Minister.

Law of Georgia of 2 May 2014 No. 2367 - website, 16.05.2014.

Law of Georgia of 8 July 2015 No. 3922 - website, 15.07.2015.

Law of Georgia of 21 July 2018 No. 3270 – website, 31.07.2018.

Law of Georgia of 10 December 2025 No. 1208 – website, 17.12.2025.

Article 43¹. Admission and education of a person in the Police Academy's public safety and policing bachelor's programme, student status 1. A person who meets the requirements established by order of the Minister and passes the screening provided for by Article 37¹ of this Law shall be admitted to the Police Academy's public safety and policing bachelor's programme (hereinafter – the policing bachelor's programme). An additional requirement may also be established for the admission of a person to the policing bachelor's programme − successful passing of the Unified National Examinations.🔗

2. The components of the policing bachelor's programme are physical, tactical and firearms training, as well as compulsory special study subjects for the study of public safety and policing activity. For this purpose, the Police Academy shall ensure the student's access to state secrets in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

3. A student shall be awarded the junior special rank – private – upon enrolment in the policing bachelor's programme, and a graduate of the same programme shall be awarded the middle special rank – lieutenant, except where he/she has already been awarded another special rank or military rank.

4. The period of a student's study at the Police Academy shall be counted in the calendar years of service.

5. During the period of study in the policing bachelor's programme, the student shall be provided by the Police Academy with the inventory and materials necessary for study, meals, the relevant uniform and means of encouragement. He/she may be provided with a dormitory during the period of study in the said programme.

6. The financing of the student's study in the policing bachelor's programme at the Police Academy shall be ensured by the State in accordance with the procedure established by order of the Minister.

7. During the period of study in the policing bachelor's programme, the student shall enjoy the legal and social protection guarantees defined for a police officer by the legislation of Georgia, taking into account the peculiarities of the student's status.

8. During the period of study in the policing bachelor's programme, the student shall be obliged to observe the rules of student conduct established by the Police Academy, the norms of ethical conduct established for a police officer, the regulatory norms established by the disciplinary statute of the Ministry's servants, as well as other legal acts, taking into account the peculiarities of the student's status.

9. The Ministry shall ensure the employment, in the Ministry's system in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, of a person who has successfully completed the course of the policing bachelor's programme.

10. The Police Academy shall be entitled to conclude a contract with the student determining the student's obligation to work in the Ministry's system for a certain period after completion of studies. In the event of non-fulfilment of the obligation provided for by this contract, the issue of imposing liability on the student, including disciplinary and material liability, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia may be raised.

Law of Georgia of 10 December 2025 No. 1208 – website, 17.12.2025.

Article 44. Ranks in the Police 1. Ranks are established in the police, the grounds and procedure for the conferral of which are determined by this Law and other acts.🔗

2. A police officer shall be conferred a rank if he/she holds a position for which a rank equal to or higher than that of the person conferring it is determined.

3. Conferral of a rank on a police officer by skipping a step shall be inadmissible and shall be carried out only sequentially.

Article 45. Length of Service for Conferral of a Police Rank 1. A length of service is established for the conferral of a rank in the police, except for junior special ranks.🔗

2. No length of service in the Ministry shall be established for the conferral of the highest ranks. The said ranks shall be conferred by the President of Georgia upon the recommendation of the Minister.

3. The Minister or a person authorised to that end shall have the right to confer a rank before the expiry of the term for special merit or taking into account the results of attestation.

Article 46. Incentives for a Police Officer 1. For exemplary performance of official duties, for long and conscientious service and for the performance of a task of special difficulty or importance, the following forms of incentive shall be applied to a police officer:🔗

a) declaration of gratitude;

b) award of a monetary prize;

c) award of a gift of value;

d) award of a certificate of the Ministry;

e) award of a badge;

f) award of a medallion of the Ministry;

g) award of a medal of the Ministry;

h) conferral of the next rank before the expiry of the term;

i) early removal of a disciplinary penalty;

j) award of a civilian or service-staff weapon;

k) nomination for a state award.

2. Several forms of incentive for a police officer may be applied simultaneously.

3. A person authorised to that end shall have the right to provide incentives to a police officer.

4. For assistance rendered by a person to the police, the forms of incentive provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article may be applied, except for the forms of incentive provided for by subparagraphs „e“, „h“ and „i“.

5. The procedure for providing incentives to a police officer shall be established by the Minister.

Law of Georgia of 23 December 2017 No. 1938 - website, 29.12.2017.

Article 47. Uniform of a Police Officer 1. A police officer shall wear the uniform established by the legislation of Georgia.🔗

2. To confirm his/her authority, a police officer shall be issued an identity card and/or a special badge.

3. The model of the uniform of a police officer shall be approved by the Minister.

4. The model of the identity card and/or the model of the special badge of a police officer shall be approved by the Minister in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of Georgia on State Symbols.

Law of Georgia of 22 February 2019 No. 4321 – website, 07.03.2019.

Article 48. Legal protection of a police officer 1. A police officer, in the performance of official duties, is a representative of state authority and is protected by the State. Compliance with a lawful demand of a police officer shall be mandatory for all.🔗

2. No one has the right to interfere in the official activity of a police officer, except in cases provided by law.

3. In the performance of official duties, obstruction of a police officer, infringement of his honour and dignity, resistance to him, threat or violence against him, or encroachment on his life, health or property entails the liability established by the legislation of Georgia.

4. A police officer shall refuse to execute a clearly unlawful order or instruction if he knew or should have known of its unlawfulness, and shall act within the framework of the law.

5. In the case of receiving a clearly unlawful order or instruction, a police officer shall notify the General Inspectorate of the Ministry or a prosecutor.

6. A police officer who refuses to execute a clearly unlawful order or instruction shall not be held liable.

7. A person who gives a police officer a clearly unlawful order or instruction shall be held liable in accordance with the procedure established by law.

8. A police officer has the right to apply to court for the protection of his rights and freedoms.

Article 49. Social protection of a police officer🔗

1. Social protection of a police officer shall be ensured by the State.

2. Mandatory State insurance of the health and life of a police officer shall be ensured.

3. During the period of being at the disposal of the staff, a police officer shall retain the salary (monetary remuneration) of the last held position for 2 months.

4. Damage caused in the performance of official duty shall be fully compensated to a police officer from the funds of the State Budget of Georgia, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

5. Pension provision for a police officer shall be carried out in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.

6. The conditions and procedure of medical service for a police officer and his/her family member(s) shall be determined by the Minister.

6¹. Medical support for the employees of the Ministry and the State Security Service of Georgia, their family members, persons dismissed from the Ministry and the State Security Service of Georgia (persons receiving State compensation) and students of the educational institution/unit of the Ministry and the State Security Service of Georgia, as well as health checks during the period of service (including at the time of admission to service or dismissal from service) shall be carried out by a legal entity of public law operating in the field of governance of the Ministry – the Health Protection Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.

7. Within the funds of the State Budget of Georgia, additional measures of one-time assistance and other social protection and benefits may be determined for a police officer by order of the Minister.

8. By an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister, an apartment, house, auxiliary buildings and the land area attached thereto, recorded on the balance sheet of the Ministry and in State ownership, may be transferred to a police officer for use for residence.

Law of Georgia of 8 July 2015 No. 3922 – website, 15.07.2015.

Article 50. Death of a police officer in the performance of official duties 1. In the event of the death of a police officer in the performance of official duties (except for the cases provided for by paragraph 1¹ of this Article), his family (heir) shall be given, from the assignments allocated to the Ministry from the State Budget of Georgia, on the basis of an act issued by the Minister, one-time financial assistance of not more than 30,000 (thirty thousand) GEL and an amount of 2,000 (two thousand) GEL to reimburse funeral (grave arrangement) expenses. The State shall reimburse the funeral expenses of a police officer.🔗

1¹. In the event of the death of a police officer in the performance of official duties, specifically, during the implementation of a preventive measure provided for by this Law, the suppression of an offence, the apprehension of an offender, the fight against criminality, the protection of public order and/or a clash during combat operations, an attack in connection with official activity, the rescue of human life, health and/or property, or death as a result of injuries sustained, his family (heir) shall be given, from the assignments allocated to the Ministry from the State Budget of Georgia, on the basis of an act issued by the Minister, one-time financial assistance of 100,000 (one hundred thousand) GEL and an amount of 2,000 (two thousand) GEL to reimburse funeral (grave arrangement) expenses. The State shall reimburse the funeral expenses of a police officer.

2. Within the budgetary assignments of the Ministry, in the event of savings, on the basis of a legal act of the Minister, additional material assistance may be given to a family member (heir) of a police officer who died in the performance of official duties or to a person dependent on him.

3. In the event of the death of a police officer in the performance of official duties or death as a result of injuries sustained, state compensation shall be assigned to his family members in accordance with the Law of Georgia "On State Compensation and State Academic Scholarship".

Law of Georgia of 3 July 2015 No. 3895 - website, 10.07.2015.

Law of Georgia of 17 December 2025 No. 1272 - website, 22.12.2025.

Article 51. Damage to the health of a police officer in the performance of official duty1. In the event of damage to the health of a police officer in the performance of official duty, according to the degree of the damage, he shall be granted one-time monetary assistance by an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister in the following amount:🔗

a) in the case of severe damage to health – 20,000 (twenty thousand) GEL;

b) in the case of less severe damage to health – 15,000 (fifteen thousand) GEL;

c) in the case of minor damage to health – 10,000 (ten thousand) GEL.

2. In the event of damage to the health of a police officer in the performance of official duty, if this damage makes it impossible for him to properly perform his official duty, the Ministry shall ensure the employment of this police officer in another position within the Ministry's system corresponding to his state of health, personal and professional qualities and education.

3. The degree of damage to the health of a police officer shall be determined in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

4. The procedure for granting the one-time monetary assistance defined by this Article shall be determined by order of the Minister.

Law of Georgia of 17 December 2025 No. 1272 – website, 22.12.2025.

Article 51¹. Provision of medical services to a servant of the Ministry's system 1. In the performance of official duties, including in the implementation of a preventive measure provided for by this Law, in the suppression of an offence, in the apprehension of an offender, in the fight against criminality, in the protection of public order and/or in a clash during combat operations, in the event of an attack in connection with official activity, in the saving of a person's life, health and/or property, in the event of damage to the health of a servant of the Ministry's system, he/she may, on the basis of the conclusion of the relevant commission established within the Ministry, be granted paid leave due to health condition, during which the expenses related to the protection of the health of the servant of the Ministry's system (including his/her rehabilitation), the medical services provided to him/her, if necessary − his/her transportation, the provision of his/her care and other needs shall be reimbursed in accordance with the procedure and conditions established by the Minister. The duration of leave due to health condition shall be determined taking into account the severity of the damage to the health/body of the servant of the Ministry's system or the nature of the illness, and it shall not exceed 1 year. This term may be extended on the basis of the conclusion of the relevant commission established within the Ministry, in accordance with the procedure and conditions/term established by the Minister. During leave due to health condition, the servant of the Ministry's system shall be reimbursed monetary remuneration and supplement.🔗

2. Apart from the cases provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article, a servant of the Ministry's system may be granted paid leave due to health condition for a term of 4 months, and, taking into account the nature of the illness, it may be extended on the basis of a medical conclusion in accordance with the procedure and conditions established by the Minister. During leave due to health condition, the servant of the Ministry's system shall be reimbursed monetary remuneration and supplement.

3. The social guarantees provided for by this Law and the legislation of Georgia may, in a case determined by the Minister, be extended to:

a) a family member of a servant of the Ministry's system;

b) a person released/dismissed from the Ministry/the Ministry's system due to incapacity for work.

4. By order of the Minister, the issues related to the protection of the health of a servant of the Ministry's system and/or his/her family member, a person released/dismissed from the Ministry/the Ministry's system due to incapacity for work, leave due to health condition, the medical services provided to him/her and the procedure for reimbursement of the relevant expenses, the methodology of financing, the granting of material assistance and the determination of its maximum amount, the request by him/her for the provision of medical assistance and the procedure for considering this request shall be determined.

Law of Georgia of 17 December 2025 No. 1272 – website, 22.12.2025.

Article 52. Police officer's working time 1. An irregular working day is established for a police officer.🔗

2. In the system of the Ministry or in its individual structural units, in special cases, by an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister, a special working regime may be declared for a defined period. During the special regime, police officers are at the workplace provided for them. A police officer may leave the workplace only with the permission of the immediate superior.

3. During martial law or a state of emergency or another extreme situation, the Ministry switches to a special working regime.

Article 53. Police officer's leave 1. The duration of the annual paid leave of a police officer is 30 calendar days.🔗

2. The duration of the annual paid leave of a police officer with more than 5 years of service in the Ministry is 35 calendar days, and that of a police officer with more than 10 years of service – 40 calendar days.

3. Proceeding from official necessity, the termination of a police officer's leave and his recall to continue service shall be permissible.

Article 54. Police officer's salary 1. A police officer's salary (monetary remuneration) consists of the official salary and the salary established for the rank.🔗

2. In addition to the salary, a police officer may be given a supplement to the salary (monetary remuneration) and compensation.

3. The amounts of a police officer's salary (official salary and salary established for the rank) and of the supplement to the salary (monetary remuneration) and compensation, as well as the conditions and procedure for their payment, shall be determined by the Minister.

Article 55. Financing and material-technical provision of the police 1. The structural subdivisions of the Ministry, the territorial bodies and the state sub-agency institution within the sphere of governance of the Ministry – the Border Police of Georgia – are financed from the State Budget of Georgia, and the legal entities of public law operating in the sphere of governance of the Ministry – in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.🔗

2. If a police officer uses a vehicle in state or private ownership for the performance of an official duty, this vehicle shall be provided with fuel by the Ministry in the procedure established by an individual administrative-legal act of the Minister.

Article 56. Appeal against a police officer's action 1. A person who considers that his/her rights and freedoms have been violated by an action of a police officer shall have the right, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, to appeal this action to a superior official, to the prosecutor's office or to a court.🔗

2. A preventive measure of the police, which was carried out in the form of an individual administrative-legal act or an administrative real act, may be appealed in accordance with the procedure established by the administrative legislation of Georgia, to the administrative body implementing the measure, if in this body there is a superior official of the official implementing the measure. A police measure of a head official may be appealed to a superior administrative body. The decision taken in connection with the complaint shall be subject to consideration by the common courts of Georgia in accordance with the procedure of administrative proceedings.

3. A police measure which is carried out on the basis of administrative offence or criminal law norms may be appealed in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

4. An administrative-legal act and an administrative real act of a Minister may be appealed to a court in accordance with the procedure established by the Administrative Procedure Code of Georgia.

Article 57. Internal control of the activity of a police officer and other employee of the Ministry 1. The activity of a police officer and other employee of the Ministry shall be controlled by the General Inspectorate of the Ministry.🔗

2. The General Inspectorate of the Ministry shall be independent in its activity, and interference by another structural subdivision or official of the Ministry in its activity shall be inadmissible. The General Inspectorate of the Ministry shall be accountable directly to the Minister, who shall exercise official supervision over it in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia.

3. The authority of the General Inspectorate of the Ministry shall extend to the structural subdivisions of the Ministry, territorial bodies, the state sub-agency institution within the sphere of governance of the Ministry – the Border Police of Georgia – and legal entities of public law operating within the sphere of governance of the Ministry.

4. The General Inspectorate of the Ministry:

a) in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia, shall detect and duly respond to the facts of violation of the norms of the "Police Ethics Code" and the "Disciplinary Statute of the Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia" in the Ministry's system, and of the commission of unlawful acts;

b) shall control the financial and economic activity of the units within the Ministry's system, and shall verify the lawfulness and expediency of the disposal of material and financial resources by them;

c) shall identify and prevent the contributing causes of the facts of violation of the legislation of Georgia by the Ministry's employees, shall detect the violations and shortcomings existing in the activity of the units within the Ministry's system, and shall develop appropriate recommendations for the elimination of the detected defects and their causes;

d) shall perform other functions determined by an order of the Minister.

5. When carrying out the actions provided for by paragraph 4 of this Article, in the event of detection of signs of a crime, the General Inspectorate of the Ministry shall immediately transfer the relevant materials to the Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia in accordance with investigative subordination.

Law of Georgia of 21 July 2018 No. 3284 – website, 09.08.2018.

Law of Georgia of 30 November 2018 No. 3801 – website, 13.12.2018.

Law of Georgia of 27 December 2018 No. 4256 – website, 29.12.2018.

Law of Georgia of 28 June 2019 No. 4898 – website, 28.06.2019.

Law of Georgia of 30 December 2021 No. 1324 – website, 13.01.2022.

Law of Georgia of 24 June 2025 No. 708 – website, 25.06.2025.

Article 58. State control of the activity of a police officer and other employee of the Ministry State control of the activity of a police officer and other employee of the Ministry shall be exercised on the basis of parliamentary, presidential, governmental, financial control and prosecutorial supervision, in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia.🔗

Article 59. Responsibility of a police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry🔗

1. A police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry shall be held liable for committing an administrative offence or a crime in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

2. A police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry who has been detained, taken into custody or convicted for committing a crime shall be placed or shall serve the sentence in isolation from other special contingents.

3. A police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry may be subject to a disciplinary penalty for committing a disciplinary misconduct.

4. The types of disciplinary misconduct of a police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry are:

a) failure to perform official duties, including failure to comply with a requirement established by the legislation of Georgia;

b) improper performance of official duties;

c) negligent attitude towards official duties;

d) failure to comply with a lawful instruction of an immediate or superior supervisor;

e) causing property damage;

f) creating a risk of property damage;

g) committing an unworthy act at work or outside work, directed against ethical norms or towards discrediting an employee or an institution of the Ministry;

h) carrying out an activity incompatible with the respective position;

i) committing an act inappropriate for an employee of the Ministry, which damages the authority and/or reputation of the Ministry's system;

j) entering the venue of arranging gambling and/or profitable games (except for a promotional draw) or participating in a game (including gambling and/or profitable games organized in a system-electronic form), except where he/she is performing an official duty;

k) possible commission of violence against women and/or domestic violence provided for by Article 10 of the Law of Georgia "On the Elimination of Violence against Women and/or Domestic Violence, Protection of and Assistance to Victims of Violence", due to which a restraining/protective order has entered into legal force in respect of a police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry;

l) purchase-possession of a narcotic drug (including the cannabis plant and/or marijuana), its analogue, a new psychoactive substance in a small amount, use without a doctor's prescription, and/or evasion of the respective examination when an authorized employee of the Ministry requests the conduct of the respective examination in order to establish the existence of the said misconduct;

m) driving a vehicle in a state of alcohol intoxication and/or evasion of the respective examination when an authorized employee of the Ministry requests the conduct of the respective examination in order to establish the existence of the said misconduct;

n) deliberately providing incorrect information to the body conducting disciplinary proceedings;

o) failure to notify the General Inspectorate of the Ministry about the detection of a possible misconduct as provided for by the procedure established by order of the Minister;

p) failure to submit to the General Inspectorate of the Ministry the information requested by it in the case provided for by paragraph 4 of Article 59¹ of this Law;

q) violation of a norm defined by the "Code of Ethics of the Police of Georgia";

r) breach of the police officer's oath;

s) violation of labour discipline;

t) violation of the rules for wearing uniform clothing;

u) violation of a condition of an agreement concluded with the Ministry, with a state sub-agency institution within the Ministry's sphere of governance – the Border Police of Georgia – or with a Legal Entity of Public Law operating within the Ministry's sphere of governance, for the purpose of promoting the professional development and raising of qualifications of a police officer and/or another servant of the Ministry, before the commencement of the relevant training course/preparation or after its completion;

v) processing of data contained in the Ministry's internal information system for non-official purposes (including obtaining, use, dissemination);

w) installation on a vehicle of a special flashing signal and/or sound signal and/or special loudspeaker device in violation of the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, and/or use thereof while driving a vehicle for a non-designated purpose/for non-official purposes;

x) driving a vehicle whose windows are tinted or whose window light transmittance is restricted in violation of the procedure established by order of the Minister, and/or driving a vehicle with special colouring in violation of the procedure established by order of the Minister;

y) other disciplinary misconduct defined by the "Disciplinary Statute of the Servants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia".

5. The Minister is entitled to determine by order the individual types of disciplinary misconducts provided for by subparagraphs "i" and "s" of paragraph 4 of this Article.

6. The issue of imposing liability for compensation of damage caused by a police officer and/or another servant of the Ministry in the performance of official duties shall be governed by the norms established by Chapter XIV of the General Administrative Code of Georgia.

Law of Georgia No. 3515 of 21 September 2023 – website, 12.10.2023.

Law of Georgia No. 338 of 4 March 2025 – website, 06.03.2025.

Article 59¹. Types of Disciplinary Penalties and Disciplinary Proceedings 1. A police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry may be imposed only one disciplinary penalty for the commission of one disciplinary misconduct.🔗

2. The types of disciplinary penalties are:

a) remark;

b) reprimand;

c) severe reprimand;

d) deprivation of the Ministry's badge;

e) withholding of the monetary remuneration and the supplement provided for years of service for not more than 10 calendar days;

f) withholding of 10 to 50 percent of the monetary remuneration and the supplement provided for years of service for a period of 1 to 6 months;

g) demotion in special rank by one step;

h) demotion from position;

i) dismissal from service/release from position.

3. When imposing a disciplinary penalty on a police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry, the content, gravity and consequences of the disciplinary misconduct committed by him, the circumstances of its commission, as well as the personality of the police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry and his merits shall be taken into account.

4. In the event of the initiation of disciplinary proceedings on the fact of the commission of a disciplinary misconduct provided for by subparagraph „j“ of paragraph 4 of Article 59 of this Law, the General Inspectorate of the Ministry shall be entitled to require a police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry to submit, within 10 working days, information on transactions carried out from the bank account of the organizer of gambling and/or profitable games (including gambling and/or profitable games organized in a system-electronic form (except for a promotional draw)) to an account registered in his name in a banking and/or other credit institution of Georgia or another country. The General Inspectorate of the Ministry shall be entitled, in the event of the existence of the written consent of the police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry, to request the said information itself from a banking and/or other credit institution of Georgia or another country.

5. On the fact of the commission of a disciplinary misconduct provided for by subparagraph „j“, „l“, „p“ or „u“ of paragraph 4 of Article 59 of this Law, as well as in the case of the commission of violence provided for by subparagraph „k“ of the same paragraph, on the fact of the commission of physical violence and/or sexual violence, dismissal from service/release from position shall be applied to a police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry as a type of disciplinary penalty.

6. On the fact of the commission of a disciplinary misconduct provided for by subparagraph „m“ of paragraph 4 of Article 59 of this Law, the application of a remark as a type of disciplinary penalty to a police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry shall be inadmissible.

7. The Minister or a person authorized by the Minister for that purpose shall have the right to impose and remove a disciplinary penalty in accordance with the procedure established by the "Disciplinary Statute of the Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia".

8. The Minister shall approve other types of disciplinary misconduct, types of violation of labour discipline, the procedure for disciplinary proceedings, for imposing and lifting a disciplinary penalty on a police officer and/or another employee of the Ministry, as well as the time limits for detecting a disciplinary misconduct and for the imposition and operation of a disciplinary penalty, by the “Disciplinary Statute of Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia”.

Law of Georgia No. 338 of 4 March 2025 – website, 6 March 2025.

Article 60. Transitional provisions 1. The Government of Georgia shall ensure before 1 January 2014:🔗

a) (removed - 21.07.2018, No. 3270);

b) the adoption of the Resolution of the Government of Georgia "on approval of the rules for the use of weapons by a coast guard vessel (boat) of the Border Police of Georgia against an offending floating craft";

c) the establishment of the list of territories and objects subject to special regime.

1¹. The Government of Georgia shall ensure before 1 September 2018 the adoption of the Resolution of the Government of Georgia "on the establishment of the Joint Maritime Operations Management Centre of the executive authorities of Georgia related to the protection of the state border and the protection of the state border regime, and on approval of the rules of information management, for the purpose of ensuring control of the legal regime of Georgia's maritime space".

1². The Government of Georgia shall ensure before 1 March 2020 the adoption of the following Resolution: "on approval of the technical characteristics of automatic photo and video equipment and the rules for their operation, as well as the list of buildings and structures on the outer perimeter of which the placement/installation of automatic photo and/or video equipment is mandatory".

2. The Minister shall approve before 1 January 2014:

a) the rules for serving in the Ministry;

b) the rules for serving in the state sub-agency institution within the Ministry's sphere of governance – the Border Police of Georgia;

c) the text of the police officer's oath;

d) the Code of Police Ethics;

e) the rules for determining the social protection and material provision of the Ministry's servants;

f) the rules for determining the social protection and material provision of the servants of legal entities of public law operating in the Ministry's sphere of governance;

g) the rules for determining monetary remuneration (positional and rank remuneration) and supplement in the Ministry's system;

h) the conditions and rules for supplying vehicles with fuel in the Ministry;

i) the disciplinary statute of the Ministry's servants;

j) the rules for the admission of a conscript into the police and for serving;

k) the instruction on the circulation of arms and its control in the Ministry's system;

l) the rules for the storage, carrying and use of special means in the police's armament;

m) the uniform clothing and attributes of the Ministry's servants;

n) the samples of the badge, the Ministry's medallion and medal and the rules for awarding with the badge, the Ministry's medallion and medal;

o) the temporary instruction on protection during the collection of monetary funds, precious metals and other valuables by the employees of the legal entity of public law operating in the Ministry's sphere of governance − the Protection Police Department;

p) the list of firearms, ammunition and equipment in the armament of the state sub-agency institution within the Ministry's sphere of governance – the Border Police of Georgia;

q) the forms of the protocols of identification of a person, interviewing an invited person, superficial inspection of a person and superficial examination of a vehicle.

3. The Ministry shall ensure the implementation of the measures necessary for the entry into force of this Law.

4. A person who has been declared incapable by a court shall not be recruited to work in the police until his/her individual assessment is carried out.

5. The Minister shall issue, before 1 March 2016, the Order provided for by subparagraph „b“ of paragraph 2 of Article 17 of this Law.

6. The Minister shall approve, before 1 July 2017, the rules for the placement and use of automatic photo and video equipment and a non-stationary (mobile) speed measuring device on a motor vehicle in the use of the police that does not bear the relevant identification marks, as well as the rules for data processing.

Law of Georgia of 20 March 2015 No 3346 - website, 31.03.2015.

Law of Georgia of 11 December 2015 No 4627 - website, 29.12.2015.

Law of Georgia of 21 April 2017 No 713 - website, 10.05.2017.

Law of Georgia of 21 July 2018 No 3270 – website, 31.07.2018.

Law of Georgia of 19 December 2019 No 5613 – website, 24.12.2019.

Article 61. Final provisions 1. The following shall be declared invalid:🔗

a) Law of Georgia of 27 July 1993 "On Police" (Bulletin of the Parliament of Georgia, No 9, 1993, Art. 187);

b) Law of Georgia of 27 December 2006 "On the Border Police of Georgia" (Legislative Herald of Georgia, No 49, 29.12.2006, Art. 377).

2. This Law, except for Articles 1–59 and paragraph 1 of Article 61 of this Law, shall enter into force upon publication.

3. Articles 1–59 and paragraph 1 of Article 61 of this Law shall enter into force from 1 January 2014.

President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili

Kutaisi,

4 October 2013

No 1444-Is