On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia

On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia

Law of Georgia

On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia

Article 1.🔗

The following amendments shall be made to the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia (Bulletins of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR, supplement to No. 12, 1984, Art. 421):

1. The Code shall be supplemented with Articles 118¹, 118² and 118³ of the following content:

„Article 118¹. Failure by a driver or a passenger to use a safety belt while travelling by a vehicle

Failure by the driver, or by a passenger seated to his right (left), to use a safety belt while travelling by a mechanical vehicle on motorways, except for roads of local significance and motor roads located within the territory of cities, –

shall entail the imposition of a fine of GEL 20 on the driver.

Note: The liability provided for by this Article shall not be imposed on the driver of a vehicle whose design does not provide for safety belts.

Article 118². Use of a mobile communication means by a vehicle driver while driving🔗

Use of a mobile communication means by a driver while driving a mechanical vehicle, –

shall entail the imposition of a fine of GEL 20.

Note: The liability provided for by this Article shall not be imposed on a person acting in the exceptional case provided for by subparagraph „a1“ of paragraph 9 of Article 20 of the Law of Georgia on Road Traffic Safety.

Article 118³. Failure by a driver and a passenger to use a fastened motorcycle helmet while travelling by motorcycle🔗

Failure by the driver and a passenger to use a fastened motorcycle helmet while travelling by motorcycle, –

shall entail the imposition of a fine of GEL 10.“.

Article 2.🔗

This Law shall enter into force on 15 October 2005.

President of Georgia M. Saakashvili

Tbilisi,

23 June 2005.

No. 1748-rs