On the Prosecution Service

Organic Law of Georgia

On the Prosecution Service

Article 1. Purpose of the Law🔗

1. In accordance with the Constitution of Georgia, this Law determines the status of the Prosecution Service of Georgia and the guarantees of its independence.

2. The competence, structure and rules of operation of the Prosecution Service of Georgia shall be determined by this Law.

Article 2. Definition of Basic Terms🔗

1. Prosecutor – the Prosecutor General of Georgia (hereinafter – the Prosecutor General), the First Deputy Prosecutor General and Deputy Prosecutors, the Prosecutors of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara, the Prosecutor of Tbilisi, a Regional Prosecutor, a District Prosecutor and their deputies, a Prosecutor of the Specialized Prosecutor's Office, a Senior Prosecutor, a Prosecutor, an Intern Prosecutor, as well as the heads and their deputies of a department, division, section and structural unit equated to them of the Prosecutor's Office, who directly perform the functions provided for by the criminal procedure legislation of Georgia, as well as, in certain cases, an employee of the Prosecutor's Office who does not directly perform the functions provided for by the criminal procedure legislation of Georgia, but has been granted the powers of a prosecutor by a decision of the Prosecutor General.

1¹. Liaison Prosecutor at Eurojust (hereinafter – the Liaison Prosecutor) – a prosecutor seconded to Eurojust by the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, who is appointed by the Prosecutor General and whose powers and rules of activity are determined by the Agreement of 29 March 2019 "On Cooperation between Georgia and Eurojust", this Law and other normative and individual administrative-legal acts of Georgia.

1². Assistant to the Liaison Prosecutor (hereinafter – the Assistant) – a prosecutor seconded to Eurojust by the Prosecutor General in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, who assists the Liaison Prosecutor and whose powers and rules of activity are determined by the Agreement of 29 March 2019 "On Cooperation between Georgia and Eurojust", this Law and other normative and individual administrative-legal acts of Georgia.

1³. Contact Person of the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia with Eurojust – a person provided for by a relevant order of the Prosecutor General, whose functions and powers are determined by the Agreement of 29 March 2019 "On Cooperation between Georgia and Eurojust".

1⁴. National Correspondent of Georgia on Terrorism Matters – a contact person with Eurojust provided for by a relevant order of the Prosecutor General, who is responsible for conducting correspondence on matters related to terrorism.

2. Investigator of the Prosecutor's Office – Senior Investigator for Especially Important Cases, Investigator for Especially Important Cases, Senior Investigator, Investigator, Intern Investigator.

3. Employee of the Prosecutor's Office – a prosecutor, an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office, a professional civil servant of the Prosecutor's Office, an intern of the Prosecutor's Office, a person employed in the Prosecutor's Office under an employment contract.

4. Prosecutor's Office intern – a person with higher legal education appointed as an intern in the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, in the prosecutor's offices of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara, in the Tbilisi, regional, district and specialized prosecutor's offices, to the position of intern or to a vacant position of prosecutor of a structural unit or investigator of the Prosecutor's Office, in accordance with the procedure established by the General Prosecutor.

5. Prosecutor's Office trainee – a person with higher education or a student receiving higher education who meets the requirements established by this Law, admitted as a trainee in the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, in the prosecutor's offices of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara, in the Tbilisi, regional, district and specialized prosecutor's offices, in accordance with the procedure established by the General Prosecutor.

6. Professional public civil servant of the Prosecutor's Office – senior adviser of the Prosecutor's Office, adviser, head of the chancellery, head of the case management department/division, senior specialist of the Prosecutor's Office, specialist, senior coordinator for witnesses and victims of the Prosecutor's Office, coordinator, head of a structural unit or his/her deputy, who is not a prosecutor and is appointed to a position provided for by the staff schedule in the Prosecutor's Office system, whose function is the exercise of public-law powers.

6¹. Personal Data Protection Officer – a person appointed or designated by the General Prosecutor by a relevant order, whose functions and powers are determined by the Law of Georgia on Personal Data Protection.

7. Person employed under an employment contract in the Prosecutor's Office – a person who, on the basis of an employment contract, is vested with the authority to perform auxiliary or non-permanent tasks of the Prosecutor's Office in order to ensure the exercise of public service in the Prosecutor's Office.

8. Representative of a law enforcement body – an employee of the Prosecutor's Office, an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, an employee of the State Security Service of Georgia, an employee of the special law enforcement structural unit of the Defence Forces of Georgia, an employee of the investigative unit of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, an employee of the Special Penitentiary Service – a state sub-agency institution within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, an employee of the Investigative Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia.

9. Civil servant or a person equated with him/her – the subject of a crime provided for by Chapter XXXIX of the Criminal Code of Georgia.

10. Person under effective control of the State – a person who, in accordance with the legislation of Georgia, is detained or whose freedom is otherwise restricted, as well as a person whose freedom of movement and right to leave his/her place of residence in accordance with his/her own will is in fact restricted by a civil servant or a person equated with him/her, regardless of whether the said person is located in the territory of Georgia or outside its borders.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 5077 of 2 October 2019 – website, 07.10.2019.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 665 of 22 June 2021 – website, 24.06.2021.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 3885 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 693 of 24 June 2025 – website, 25.06.2025.

Article 3. Legal basis of the activity of the Prosecutor's Office🔗

The legal basis of the activity of the Prosecutor's Office are: the Constitution of Georgia, international treaties of Georgia, this Law and other legal acts.

Article 4. Tasks of the Prosecutor's Office🔗

1. The Prosecutor's Office, in accordance with the procedure established by law:

a) carries out criminal prosecution;

b) in order to ensure criminal prosecution, carries out procedural guidance of investigation;

c) in cases provided for by law, conducts investigation in full;

d) supervises that part of the activity of operational-search bodies which, under the Law of Georgia on Operational-Search Activity, falls within the scope of prosecutorial powers;

e) responds to facts of violation of the rights of persons deprived of liberty and persons whose liberty is restricted, and performs procedural duties in those institutions which execute punishment or other coercive measures imposed by a court;

f) supports the state prosecution in court;

g) on behalf of the state, as claimant, participates in cases to be considered under civil procedure regarding the confiscation and transfer to the state of the property of a racketeer, an official, a member of the "thieves' world"/a "thief-in-law", a human trafficker, a facilitator of the distribution of narcotic drugs, or a person convicted of a crime provided for by Article 194 and/or 331¹ of the Criminal Code of Georgia, their family member, close relative or connected person;

h) carries out operational-search activity;

i) coordinates the fight against crime and crime prevention.

2. It is prohibited to assign to the Prosecutor's Office any duty that is not provided for by the Constitution of Georgia, this Law and other legislative acts.

Article 5. Principles of the activity of the Prosecutor's Office🔗

The principles of the activity of the Prosecutor's Office are:

a) legality and justice;

b) objectivity and impartiality;

c) professionalism and competence;

d) unity and centralisation, subordination of all subordinate prosecutors and other employees of the Prosecutor's Office to the Prosecutor General;

e) protection of the rights and freedoms of a person and inviolability of dignity;

f) political neutrality.

Article 6. Status and Independence of the Prosecutor's Office🔗

1. The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia is a unified, centralized system which is independent in its activities and subordinate only to the law. Interference in the activities of the Prosecutor's Office, as well as any other action that may infringe its independence, shall be inadmissible.

2. A demand for a report in connection with the activities of the Prosecutor's Office shall be inadmissible unless this is directly provided for by the Constitution of Georgia and this Law.

3. The Prosecutor's Office shall have the right, in accordance with the procedure established by legislation, to conclude a contract, acquire property, own and dispose of it, appear in court as a claimant and a defendant, and perform other rights and obligations imposed by the legislation of Georgia.

Article 7. Subordination and Area of Operation🔗

1. The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia shall, in full scope, conduct investigation into criminal cases of the following crimes:

a) crimes provided for by Articles 1441−144³, subparagraphs "b" and "c" of paragraph 3 of Article 332, subparagraphs "b" and "c" of paragraph 3 of Article 333, Article 335 and paragraph 2 of Article 378 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, if committed by a representative of a law enforcement body, a civil servant or a person equated thereto;

b) other crimes committed by a representative of a law enforcement body, a civil servant or a person equated thereto, which resulted in the deprivation of a person's life and at the time of commission of which that person was in a temporary detention isolator or a penitentiary facility, or in any other place where, by a representative of a law enforcement body, a civil servant or a person equated thereto, he/she was prohibited from leaving the place of location against his/her will, or such person was otherwise under the effective control of the State;

c) crimes provided for by Articles 108, 109, 111, 113−116, 117, 118, 120−124, 126, 126¹, 137−139, 143−144 and 150−151¹ of the Criminal Code of Georgia, if committed by a representative of a law enforcement body;

d) a crime provided for by the relevant article of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which is related to the fact of violation of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms or of its additional protocol, established by a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights that has entered into legal force;

e) crimes provided for by Articles 162−163 and 164⁴ of the Criminal Code of Georgia, if committed by a representative of a law enforcement body;

f) crimes provided for by Articles 147, 332, 333, 341 and 369¹ of the Criminal Code of Georgia, if they were detected by the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia in the course of an investigation initiated in connection with a crime defined by subparagraphs "a"−"e" of this paragraph.

2. If a crime provided for by paragraph 1 of this Article is committed by an employee of the Prosecutor's Office, the investigative subordination and the territorial investigative subordination of the criminal case shall be determined by the Prosecutor General.

3. In a criminal case of a crime provided for by this Article, committed by an employee of the Prosecutor's Office, procedural direction and supervision shall be exercised by the General Inspectorate of the Prosecutor General's Office of Georgia.

4. Except for the case provided for by this Article, the rules of investigative subordination of criminal cases, as well as the areas of operation of the bodies and structural units of the Prosecutor's Office shall be determined by the Prosecutor General.

Organic Law of Georgia of 24 June 2025 No. 693 – website, 25.06.2025.

Article 8. Prosecutor's Office system🔗

1. The Prosecutor's Office system shall comprise:

a) the General Prosecutor's Office of Georgia (hereinafter – the General Prosecutor's Office);

b) the prosecutor's offices of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara;

c) the Tbilisi Prosecutor's Office;

d) regional prosecutor's offices;

e) district prosecutor's offices;

f) specialised prosecutor's offices – in the cases provided for by this Law.

2. The establishment of an extraordinary prosecutor's office or a special prosecutor's office shall be prohibited.

3. The staff units of the Prosecutor's Office and their number shall be determined by the Prosecutor General.

4. A decision on the issue of changing a staff unit or transferring a staff unit from one body/structural unit of the Prosecutor's Office to another body/structural unit of the Prosecutor's Office shall be taken by the Prosecutor General.

Article 9. Subordination and delegation of powers🔗

1. All prosecutors and other employees of the Prosecutor's Office shall be subordinate to the Prosecutor General.

2. The subordination of a subordinate prosecutor to a superior prosecutor shall imply:

a) the mandatory nature of the execution of the instructions given by the superior prosecutor to the subordinate prosecutor on matters of the organisation and activity of the Prosecutor's Office;

b) the accountability of the subordinate prosecutor to the superior prosecutor in the performance of official duty;

c) the exercise by the superior prosecutor, where necessary, of the powers of the subordinate prosecutor or the assignment to the subordinate prosecutor of the exercise of his or her individual powers;

d) the annulment by the superior prosecutor of a decision and act of the subordinate prosecutor, the introduction of amendments thereto, their replacement by another decision or act;

e) the consideration by the superior prosecutor of a complaint against a decision and act of the subordinate prosecutor;

f) the submission by the subordinate prosecutor to the superior prosecutor of a report, information, case and material concerning his or her activity.

3. The Prosecutor General shall be entitled to determine other forms of subordination of a subordinate prosecutor to a superior prosecutor which do not contravene the Constitution of Georgia and this Law.

4. A subordinate prosecutor and another employee of the Prosecutor's Office shall be obliged to comply with all lawful demands and instructions of the superior prosecutor.

5. The structure and powers of the Prosecutor's Office bodies shall be determined by the statute approved by the Prosecutor General.

Article 10. Prosecutor General's Office🔗

1. The Prosecutor General's Office is a body of the prosecution service, which is headed by the Prosecutor General.

2. The Prosecutor General has a first deputy and deputies, who are appointed to and dismissed from office by the Prosecutor General.

3. In the event of the absence of the Prosecutor General or termination of his/her powers, his/her duties are performed by the first deputy of the Prosecutor General, and in the event of the absence of the first deputy of the Prosecutor General or termination of his/her powers − by one of the deputies designated by the Prosecutor General.

4. The structural units of the Prosecutor General's Office are departments and divisions, which have heads and may have their deputies, senior prosecutors, prosecutors, senior investigators for especially important cases, investigators for especially important cases, professional public civil servants of the prosecution service, interns and persons employed under an employment contract.

5. Employees of a department and a division are appointed to and dismissed from office by the Prosecutor General.

Article 11. Prosecution services of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara🔗

1. The prosecution services of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara are bodies of the prosecution service (hereinafter − prosecution services of the autonomous republics), which are headed by the prosecutors of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara.

2. Prosecutors of an autonomous republic are appointed to and dismissed from office by the Prosecutor General.

3. Prosecutors of the autonomous republics have deputies, who are appointed to and dismissed from office by the Prosecutor General.

4. Employees of the prosecution services of the autonomous republics are appointed to and dismissed from office by the Prosecutor General.

5. The territorial area of activity of the prosecution services of the autonomous republics is determined by the Prosecutor General.

6. The prosecution services of the autonomous republics have sections and other structural units, which have heads and may have deputies of the heads of structural units, senior prosecutors, prosecutors, senior investigators, investigators, professional public civil servants of the prosecution service, interns and persons employed under an employment contract.

7. Prosecutors of the autonomous republics, within the scope of their competence, issue individual legal acts – orders, the execution of which is mandatory for employees of subordinate prosecution services.

8. Prosecutors of the autonomous republics are entitled, subject to territorial investigative jurisdiction, to remove a case from one investigative body and transfer it for investigation to another investigative body, in the manner and in the cases determined by the Prosecutor General.

Article 12. Tbilisi Prosecutor's Office and Regional Prosecutor's Offices🔗

1. The Tbilisi Prosecutor's Office and the regional prosecutor's offices are bodies of the prosecutor's office, which are headed by the Tbilisi Prosecutor and regional prosecutors.

2. The Tbilisi Prosecutor and regional prosecutors shall be appointed to and dismissed from office by the Prosecutor General.

3. The Tbilisi Prosecutor and regional prosecutors shall have deputies, who shall be appointed to and dismissed from office by the Prosecutor General.

4. The Tbilisi Prosecutor's Office and the regional prosecutor's offices shall have divisions and other structural units, which shall have heads and may have deputies to the heads of structural units, senior prosecutors, prosecutors, senior investigators, investigators, professional public civil servants of the prosecutor's office, interns and persons employed under an employment contract.

5. Employees of the Tbilisi Prosecutor's Office and the regional prosecutor's offices shall be appointed to and dismissed from office by the Prosecutor General.

6. The Tbilisi Prosecutor and regional prosecutors shall, within the scope of their competence, issue individual legal acts – orders, the execution of which is mandatory for employees of subordinate prosecutor's offices.

7. The area of operation of the Tbilisi Prosecutor's Office and the regional prosecutor's offices shall be determined by the Prosecutor General.

Article 13. District Prosecutor's Offices🔗

1. District prosecutor's offices are bodies of the prosecutor's office, which are headed by district prosecutors.

2. District prosecutors shall be appointed to and dismissed from office by the Prosecutor General.

3. District prosecutors shall have deputies, who shall be appointed to and dismissed from office by the Prosecutor General.

4. Employees of a district prosecutor's office: senior prosecutors, prosecutors, professional public civil servants of the prosecutor's office, interns, persons employed under an employment contract shall be appointed to and dismissed from office by the Prosecutor General.

5. District prosecutors shall, within the scope of their competence, issue individual legal acts – orders, the execution of which is mandatory for employees of the subordinate prosecutor's office.

6. The areas of operation of district prosecutor's offices shall be determined by the Prosecutor General.

Article 14. Specialized Prosecutor's Office🔗

Within the scope of the powers determined by the Constitution of Georgia, this Law and other legal acts, the Prosecutor General may temporarily establish a specialized prosecutor's office and determine the directions of its activity and the term of its functioning.

Article 15. Prosecutor General🔗

1. The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia is headed by the Prosecutor General.

2. The Prosecutor General:

a) appoints, promotes, dismisses and requests the removal from the Prosecutor's Office of employees of the Prosecutor's Office;

b) determines the powers of the First Deputy Prosecutor General and of the Deputy;

c) issues normative and individual administrative-legal acts;

d) delegates certain powers;

e) establishes and abolishes bodies of the Prosecutor's Office, its structural units, determines their area of operation, staffing list and powers;

f) is responsible for the activities of the Prosecutor's Office;

g) represents the Prosecutor's Office in relations with bodies of the authorities of Georgia, as well as with international organizations and law enforcement structures of other states, and, where necessary, grants the authority to represent the Prosecutor's Office;

h) proceeding from criminal policy, determines and approves its guiding principles;

i) in accordance with the procedure established by law, carries out criminal prosecution in the event of the commission of a crime by the President of Georgia, the Prime Minister of Georgia, another member of the Government of Georgia, the Head of the State Security Service of Georgia, the Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia, a member of the Parliament of Georgia, the Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Georgia, a judge of the common courts of Georgia, the Chairperson of the Constitutional Court of Georgia, a member of the Constitutional Court of Georgia, the Public Defender of Georgia, the Auditor General, the President of the National Bank of Georgia, a member of the Board of the National Bank of Georgia, an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and an Envoy of Georgia, an officer holding the highest military rank or the highest special rank or a person equated therewith, a prosecutor, an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office, an adviser of the Prosecutor's Office or a coordinator of witnesses and victims of the Prosecutor's Office;

j) in cases determined by legislation, carries out other procedural actions;

k) considers complaints and applications;

l) determines the investigative and territorial investigative jurisdiction of criminal cases;

m) abolishes unlawful acts issued by subordinate prosecutors;

n) appoints a specially authorized prosecutor who files an application with the court for recognizing an organization as a terrorist organization;

n¹) appoints or determines a personal data protection officer;

o) files a claim with the Constitutional Court regarding a dispute over the powers of the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia;

p) convenes and chairs the Conference of Prosecutors of Georgia;

q) for the purpose of facilitating the activities of the Prosecutor's Office, establishes advisory bodies and determines the rules of their activities;

r) approves the Code of Ethics of employees of the Prosecutor's Office and decides the issue of applying a disciplinary sanction against an employee of the Prosecutor's Office, except for the exception established by this Law;

s) determines the procedure for conferring state special ranks on employees of the prosecutor's office, confers and deprives of state special ranks, and also nominates them for the conferral of honorary titles and state awards of Georgia;

s¹) confers a rank on a prosecutor or an investigator of the prosecutor's office, promotes in rank, demotes in rank or leaves unchanged in rank;

t) within the allocated labour remuneration fund, determines the staffing list, the number of staff units and the amount of official salary of employees of the prosecutor's office;

u) awards employees of the prosecutor's office;

v) develops proposals on the financing and material-technical provision of the prosecutor's office and submits them to the Government of Georgia;

w) approves the strategy and action plan of the activity of the prosecutor's office;

x) ensures statistical reporting, organizes the generalization of prosecutorial and investigative practice, promotes the conduct of criminological research and the process of adaptation and introduction of scientific-technical novelties;

y) approves the rules for the recruitment, competition, internal competition, promotion, demotion, positional transfer (rotation), reorganization, staff reduction and ranking of employees of the prosecutor's office, and the system for the evaluation of prosecutors/investigators of the prosecutor's office;

z) approves the competition requirements and determines the procedure for holding it;

aa) determines the procedure for undergoing internship and practice;

bb) determines the information policy of the prosecutor's office;

cc) determines the appropriate information security measures and the procedure for the operation of electronic systems;

dd) ensures the submission of the report on the activity of the prosecutor's office to the Prosecutorial Council and to the Parliament of Georgia directly, and in the cases provided by law − through the Prosecutor General, his first deputy or deputy;

ee) exercises other powers conferred by the legislation of Georgia.

3. The question of the responsibility of the Prosecutor General may be raised only in accordance with the procedures provided by the Constitution of Georgia and this Law.

4. Unlawful interference in the activity of the Prosecutor General is inadmissible.

5. The State shall be obliged to take the measures provided by law to protect the personal and property security of the Prosecutor General.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 665 of 22 June 2021 – website, 24.06.2021.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 1339 of 30 December 2021 – website, 13.01.2022.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 3885 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 693 of 24 June 2025 – website, 25.06.2025.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 1319 of 17 December 2025 – website, 23.12.2025.

Article 16. Criteria and procedure for appointment to the position of Prosecutor General🔗

1. A citizen of Georgia without a criminal record, with higher legal education, who enjoys high repute by reason of moral and professional qualities and who has at least 5 years of experience working as a judge hearing criminal cases or as a prosecutor or as a defence lawyer in criminal cases, or has at least 10 years of experience working in the legal profession and at the same time is a recognised specialist in the field of criminal law from higher academic circles or from a civil society organisation, may be elected Prosecutor General.

2. The term of office of the Prosecutor General is 6 years. The same person may not be elected Prosecutor General twice in succession.

3. The Prosecutor General is elected to the position by the Parliament of Georgia, in accordance with the procedure established by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia.

4. Not later than 6 months before the expiry of the term of office of the Prosecutor General, and in the event of early termination of his/her term of office – immediately, in order to submit a candidate for the position of Prosecutor General to the Parliament of Georgia, the Prosecutorial Council shall commence the process of submitting a candidate to the Parliament of Georgia, which shall be completed within 1 week. Each member of the Prosecutorial Council shall have the right to nominate a candidate for the position of Prosecutor General. A member of the Prosecutorial Council shall have the right to nominate only 1 candidate for the position of Prosecutor General. 5. A candidate for the position of Prosecutor General shall be voted on at a session of the Prosecutorial Council. The voting shall be open. A candidate for the position of Prosecutor General shall be considered supported by the Prosecutorial Council if he/she is voted for by a majority of the full composition of the Prosecutorial Council. If 1 candidate participated in the process of submitting a candidate for the position of Prosecutor General to the Parliament of Georgia and he/she failed to accumulate the required number of votes, the submission process shall commence anew. If 2 candidates participated in the submission process and neither of them accumulated the required number of votes, the candidate who received more votes shall be voted on again. If in this case too he/she failed to accumulate the required number of votes, the submission process shall commence anew. If more than 2 candidates participated in the submission process and none of them accumulated the required number of votes, a second round shall be held between the 2 candidates who received the most votes. If this time too none of the candidates received the support of the majority of the full composition of the Prosecutorial Council, the Prosecutorial Council shall, within 1 week, commence anew the process of submitting a candidate for the position of Prosecutor General to the Parliament of Georgia in accordance with the procedure established by paragraph 4 of this Article. If 2 or more candidates received an equal, required number of votes, the vote of the Chairperson of the Prosecutorial Council shall be decisive. 6. The Prosecutorial Council shall submit the candidate for the position of Prosecutor General supported by it to the Parliament of Georgia with the relevant reasoning. If the candidate for the position of Prosecutor General submitted to the Parliament of Georgia failed to receive the required number of votes of the members of the Parliament of Georgia, the Prosecutorial Council shall commence anew the process of submitting a candidate to the Parliament of Georgia in accordance with the procedure established by paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Article.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 665 of 12 June 2025 – website, 12.06.2025.

Article 17. Procedure for the early dismissal of the Prosecutor General and termination of powers🔗

1. The removal of the Prosecutor General from office shall be permissible only through the impeachment procedure provided for by the Constitution of Georgia.

2. Other grounds for early termination of the powers of the Prosecutor General are:

a) personal statement;

b) holding a position incompatible with the status of the Prosecutor General or engaging in incompatible activity;

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

d) loss of Georgian citizenship;

e) death.

Article 18. Acts of the Prosecutor General🔗

The Prosecutor General is authorized to issue normative and individual administrative-legal acts – orders.

Organic Law of Georgia of 27 December 2018 No. 4257 – website, 29.12.2018.

Article 19. Prosecutorial Council🔗

1. To ensure the independence, transparency and effectiveness of the Prosecutor's Office, an independent collegial body – the Prosecutorial Council – is established.

2. The Prosecutorial Council shall consist of 15 members:

a) 8 members who are elected by the Conference of Prosecutors of Georgia in accordance with the procedure established by Article 20 of this Law and at least one fourth of whom must be of a different sex;

b) 2 members who are elected by the High Council of Justice of Georgia in accordance with the procedure established by its Rules of Procedure, from among those judges of the common courts of Georgia who have at least 5 years' experience of working as a judge;

c) 2 members from the Parliament of Georgia, one of whom must be a representative of the parliamentary majority and one – a representative of the parliamentary opposition, and who are elected by the Parliament of Georgia in accordance with the procedure established by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia;

d) 1 member who is elected by the Parliament of Georgia, on the basis of a nomination by the Minister of Justice of Georgia, by a majority of the full composition, in accordance with the procedure established by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia. A person who has higher legal education with a master's or an academic degree equivalent thereto and at least 5 years' experience of working in a legal specialty shall be selected as a candidate for membership of the Prosecutorial Council;

e) 2 members who are elected by the Parliament of Georgia by a majority of the full composition, in accordance with the procedure established by the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Georgia. Candidates for membership of the Prosecutorial Council shall be selected under the conditions and in accordance with the procedure determined by paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article 47 of the Organic Law of Georgia "On Common Courts" for the selection of candidates for membership of the High Council of Justice of Georgia.

3. The term of office of a member of the Prosecutorial Council shall be 4 years, and upon expiry of the said term, the powers of a member of the Prosecutorial Council shall terminate.

4. The same person may not be elected as a member of the Prosecutorial Council twice in succession.

5. The Chairperson of the Prosecutorial Council shall be elected by the Prosecutorial Council from among its members, for a term of 2 years, by secret ballot, by a majority of the votes of the members present at the meeting. If the candidates receive an equal number of votes, the voting shall continue until a candidate with more votes is identified.

6. Members of the Prosecutorial Council shall act with personal responsibility and shall not be accountable to the body that elected them. It shall be prohibited to exert influence on them.

7. If a member of the Prosecutorial Council who is a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office has taken any position provided for by paragraph 8 of Article 20 of this Law, his/her powers as a member of the Prosecutorial Council shall be terminated early, and if, before the expiry of the term of membership of the Prosecutorial Council, his/her official powers have been terminated and none of the grounds defined by paragraph 9 of this Article exists, the member of the Council shall retain the status until the expiry of the term and shall act with personal responsibility.

8. If a member of the Prosecutorial Council provided for by subparagraph b of paragraph 2 of this article has had his/her official powers terminated before the expiry of the term and none of the grounds defined by subparagraphs a–e and f of paragraph 9 of this article exists, he/she retains the status of a member of the Prosecutorial Council until the expiry of the term and acts with personal responsibility.

9. Except for the case provided for by paragraph 3 of this article, the grounds for termination of the powers of a member of the Prosecutorial Council are:

a) personal application;

b) recognition by a court as a recipient of support, unless otherwise determined by a court judgment, recognition as a person with limited legal capacity or as a missing person, or declaration as deceased;

c) a guilty verdict that has entered into legal force;

d) holding a position of a state servant;

e) loss of citizenship of Georgia;

e¹) termination of the powers of a member of the Parliament of Georgia;

f) death.

10. A new member of the Prosecutorial Council shall be elected not earlier than 30 calendar days before the expiry of the term of powers of the member to be replaced and not later than 7 calendar days after the expiry of this term, and in the case of early termination of his/her powers – not later than 2 months after the early termination of powers. If, when the Parliament of Georgia elects a new member of the Council, these terms fully or partially coincide with the period between sessions of the Parliament of Georgia, the process of his/her election shall begin or continue immediately upon the beginning of the next session or before the beginning of the next session, at an extraordinary session.

11. A member of the Prosecutorial Council defined by subparagraph a of paragraph 2 of this article may be a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office who has at least 5 years of experience of working as a lawyer, including at least 3 years of experience of working as a prosecutor or investigator of the Prosecutor's Office.

12. The activity of a member of the Prosecutorial Council is not remunerated.

13. The powers of the Prosecutorial Council are:

a) approval of the candidacy of the Prosecutor General within the scope of competence;

b) conducting disciplinary proceedings against the First Deputy Prosecutor General and Deputy Prosecutors General;

c) deciding the issue of the imposition of a disciplinary penalty on, and early removal of the penalty from, a member of the Prosecutorial Council who was elected by the Conference of Prosecutors of Georgia in accordance with the procedure established by this Law;

d) hearing, once every 6 months, and by decision of the majority of the members of the Prosecutorial Council – immediately, of the report of the Prosecutor General, his First Deputy or Deputy on the activities of the Prosecutor's Office, which concerns the results of the implementation of criminal policy, the assessment of the general criminogenic situation in the country, including statistical indicators of widespread crimes, indicating their categories and trends, the protection of human rights and freedoms in the course of legal proceedings, the priority directions of the activities of the Prosecutor's Office, the programmes for professional retraining and development of prosecutors, and does not contain issues related to the investigation of a specific criminal case, its consideration in court and/or individual circumstances of the case;

e) development of recommendations on the issues provided for by subparagraph „d“ of this paragraph and their submission to the Prosecutor General;

f) development, arising from criminal policy, of recommendations conducive to the determination of its guiding principles, the establishment and development of uniform practice of the activities of the Prosecutor's Office, and their submission to the Prosecutor General;

g) adoption of a decision on the issue of early termination of the powers of a member of the Prosecutorial Council.

14. The Prosecutorial Council shall not interfere in the exercise of the prosecutorial and investigative powers of the employees of the Prosecutor's Office.

15. The Prosecutorial Council shall convene once every 6 months, or upon the demand of not less than one third of the full composition of the Prosecutorial Council, which shall be executed immediately. The Prosecutorial Council is competent if more than half of the full composition of members attends the session.

16. Unless otherwise provided by this law, a decision of the Prosecutorial Council shall be considered adopted if it is supported by the majority of the members present at the session.

17. In the event of a disciplinary misconduct committed by the First Deputy or Deputy of the Prosecutor General, the Prosecutorial Council shall adopt a decision on imposing disciplinary liability on him.

18. Before the adoption by the Prosecutorial Council of a decision on imposing disciplinary liability, the First Deputy, the Deputy of the Prosecutor General, and the members elected by the Conference of Prosecutors are entitled to appear before the Prosecutorial Council with an explanation and to submit information confirming their position.

19. The decision on imposing disciplinary liability shall be adopted by the Prosecutorial Council by secret ballot, by not less than two thirds of the full composition of members.

20. The Prosecutorial Council shall issue a decision in the form of an order.

21. The Prosecutor General is entitled to attend a session of the Prosecutorial Council with the right of an advisory vote.

22. The Prosecutorial Council has its own website.

23. The organisational and technical support of the activities of the Prosecutorial Council shall be carried out by the General Prosecutor's Office.

24. The rules of activity of the Prosecutorial Council shall be determined by a regulation approved by the Prosecutorial Council by a majority of the votes of the members of the Prosecutorial Council.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 6704 of 1 July 2020 – website, 7 July 2020.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 546 of 13 May 2025 – website, 14 May 2025.

Article 20. Conference of Prosecutors🔗

1. The Conference of Prosecutors of Georgia (hereinafter – the Conference) is an assembly of prosecutors and investigators of the Prosecutor's Office, whose competence is the election of members of the Prosecutorial Council.

2. The competence of the Conference is regulated by this Law and the Rules of Procedure approved by the Conference.

3. The Chairperson of the Conference is the Prosecutor General, and in case of his/her absence – the First Deputy Prosecutor General.

4. The Chairperson of the Conference convenes the Conference for the exercise of the competence determined by this Law.

5. The Conference considers an issue and is capable of making decisions if more than half of the prosecutors and investigators of the Prosecutor's Office attend the session.

6. The Conference adopts a decision by secret ballot, by a majority of the votes of the members present at the session.

7. Not later than 72 hours before the start of the Conference, initiative groups consisting of not less than 30 members shall register with its Chairperson. One representative of each initiative group, together with the Chairperson of the Conference, forms an Administrative Committee, which, along with the performance of other organizational functions, exercises the competence of an election commission. A prosecutor or an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office has the right to be a member of only one initiative group. An initiative group has the right to nominate no more than 2 candidates for membership of the Prosecutorial Council. In the application for registration of an initiative group, the consent of the candidates for membership of the Prosecutorial Council and the candidates for membership of the Administrative Committee to be nominated as candidates shall also be indicated.

8. A candidate for membership of the Council may not be the Prosecutor General, First Deputy Prosecutor General, Deputy Prosecutor General, Head of a Department of the Prosecutor General's Office, Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Tbilisi Prosecutor or a regional prosecutor.

9. The Conference elects members of the Council according to the following quotas:

a) 3 members – from among the representatives of the Prosecutor General's Office;

b) 1 member – from among the representatives of the prosecutor's offices of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara;

c) 3 members – from among the representatives of the regional prosecutor's offices located in the territory of Eastern Georgia (Kakheti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Shida Kartli and Mtskheta-Mtianeti), the Tbilisi Prosecutor's Office and district prosecutor's offices;

d) 1 member – from among the representatives of the regional and district prosecutor's offices located in the territory of Western Georgia (Western Georgia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti).

10. The Administrative Committee shall determine by lot the sequence of election of members to the vacant positions to be filled according to the quotas, after which, in accordance with the quotas established by paragraph 9 of this Article, voting shall be held for each vacant position of a member of the Council in accordance with the sequence. If, after the election of members to the first six vacant positions, all six members of the Council are representatives of the same sex, only a representative of the opposite sex may be elected to the remaining vacant position.

11. The candidate who receives a majority of the votes of the members present at the conference session shall be considered elected to the vacant position.

12. If the candidates fail to receive the number of votes required for election to the position, in the second round of the elections a vote shall be held on the 2 candidates with the best results for this vacant position. If this time too the candidates fail to receive the required number of votes, the procedure for nominating candidates and voting shall be repeated.

13. In the event that two or more candidates receive an equal number of votes, a repeat vote shall be held for the candidates receiving an equal number of votes.

14. Matters related to the election of the members of the Council that are not regulated by this Law shall be determined by the Rules of Procedure of the conference.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 3885 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023.

Article 21. Advisory Bodies🔗

1. For the purpose of facilitating the activities of the Prosecutor's Office, permanent advisory bodies of the Prosecutor General are established — the Career Management, Ethics and Incentives Council, the Strategic Development and Criminal Policy Council and the Ranking Council, which are headed by the Prosecutor General.

2. The powers of the Career Management, Ethics and Incentives Council are:

a) elaboration of proposals and issuance of recommendations on amendments to the Code of Ethics of Prosecutor's Office employees and to the system of assessment of prosecutors/prosecutor's office investigators, and consideration of issues of compliance of assessors and issuance of recommendations;

b) consideration of and issuance of recommendations on issues of disciplinary misconduct (except for the exceptions established by this Law), incentives and promotion in accordance with the procedure determined by the Prosecutor General;

c) consideration of a complaint against a decision of the Claims Council and adoption of a final decision;

„d) admission of interns of the Prosecutor's Office, general supervision and assessment of the internship process.“;

3. An employee of the Prosecutor's Office has the right to attend a meeting of the Career Management, Ethics and Incentives Council in order to give explanations.

4. The power of the Strategic Development and Criminal Policy Council is consideration of and issuance of recommendations on issues of improvement of the main directions of activity and the development plan of the Prosecutor's Office system, determination and improvement of programmes and other needs, and, proceeding from criminal policy, elaboration and improvement of its guiding principles, strategy and action plan.

4¹. The power of the Ranking Council is consideration of the issue of promotion of prosecutors and prosecutor's office investigators to a rank determined by the rules of ranking of Prosecutor's Office employees.

5. The permanent advisory councils are composed of the persons determined by subparagraph „a“ of paragraph 2 of Article 19 of this Law and other employees of the Prosecutor's Office exercising the relevant powers.

6. The Prosecutor General is entitled, where necessary, to create other advisory councils to consider issues that are not within the powers of the permanent councils and that facilitate the prompt and effective implementation of the tasks of the Prosecutor's Office.

7. Decisions of the advisory bodies are, as a rule, of a recommendatory nature and are not binding on the Prosecutor General.

8. The procedure of activity and composition of the advisory bodies (except for the exceptions directly determined by this Article) shall be determined by the Prosecutor General.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 3885 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023.

Article 22. Criminal Prosecution🔗

1. The Prosecutor's Office shall carry out criminal prosecution in the manner and within the limits established by criminal procedure legislation.

2. To ensure criminal prosecution, the Prosecutor's Office shall exercise procedural guidance of the investigation.

Article 23. Investigation and Operative-Search Activity🔗

The Prosecutor's Office shall, in the cases and in the manner established by criminal procedure legislation, conduct investigation in full scope and may carry out operative-search activity.

Article 24. Support of State Prosecution🔗

1. A prosecutor is a state prosecutor and shall exercise his powers in the name of the state. He shall bear the burden of proving the charge.

2. A prosecutor shall have the right, with the consent of a superior prosecutor, to waive the charge or part of the charge, or to replace the existing charge with a lighter charge. A prosecutor's waiver of a charge must be reasoned.

3. A prosecutor shall be obliged to participate in the consideration of the case.

4. When supporting state prosecution in courts of all three instances, a prosecutor shall enjoy all the powers conferred by criminal procedure legislation.

Article 25. Supervision of Operative-Search Activity🔗

1. A prosecutor shall supervise the lawfulness of those operative-search measures carried out by operative-search bodies and decisions taken that fall within the scope of prosecutorial authority under the Law of Georgia "On Operative-Search Activity".

2. An operative-search measure that does not require the prosecutor's consent is not subject to prosecutorial supervision.

3. The lawfulness and substantiation of a ruling issued by a judge on the conduct, continuation and termination of an operative-search measure is not subject to prosecutorial supervision.

4. Data on a person who provides or provided confidential assistance to an operative-search body, cooperates or cooperated with it, as well as the tactics and organization of obtaining operative-search information, the operative processing case and the secret part of operative-search records cases are not subject to prosecutorial supervision.

5. The right to access the secret materials of the operative processing case and operative-search records cases shall be held by: the General Prosecutor, his First Deputy and Deputies, the heads of the relevant structural units of the General Prosecutor's Office and their deputies, the prosecutors of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara and their deputies, regional prosecutors and their deputies, the Tbilisi Prosecutor and his deputies, and district prosecutors according to their own areas of operation, as well as other prosecutors designated by the General Prosecutor, his First Deputy and Deputies, the prosecutors of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara, regional prosecutors, the Tbilisi Prosecutor and district prosecutors.

Article 26. Protection of the rights of persons deprived of liberty and persons with restricted liberty🔗

1. The prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office has the right to enter without hindrance the institutions for the placement of persons deprived of liberty and persons with restricted liberty, at any time:

a) conduct inspections in those institutions for the placement of persons deprived of liberty and persons with restricted liberty which execute punishment or other coercive measures imposed by a court;

b) interview detained, arrested, convicted persons and persons to whom coercive measures have been imposed;

c) review the documents on the basis of which a person has been deprived of or restricted in the right to freedom of movement;

d) immediately take measures to release a person unlawfully detained, arrested or subjected to other coercive measures.

2. The prosecutor exercises other powers provided for by the legislation of Georgia.

Article 27. Prosecutor's claim in proceedings established by civil procedural legislation🔗

1. The prosecutor is authorized to file a claim for the confiscation and transfer to the State of racketeering property, property of an official, a member of the "thieves' world"/"thief-in-law", a human trafficker, a facilitator of the distribution of narcotic drugs, or a person convicted of a crime provided for by Article 194 and/or 331¹ of the Criminal Code of Georgia, in accordance with the procedure established by the civil procedural legislation of Georgia.

2. The prosecutor is authorized to file a claim for the confiscation and transfer to the State of the property of a racketeer, an official, a member of the "thieves' world"/"thief-in-law", a human trafficker, a facilitator of the distribution of narcotic drugs, or a person convicted of a crime provided for by Article 194 and/or 331¹ of the Criminal Code of Georgia, their family member, close relative or connected person, in accordance with the procedure established by the civil procedural legislation of Georgia.

Article 28. Coordination of the fight against crime, criminal policy and crime prevention🔗

1. The Prosecutor's Office coordinates the fight against crime and the coordinated activity of law enforcement bodies for the purpose of detecting, investigating, solving, suppressing and averting crime, preventing crime, improving the criminogenic situation, and eliminating the causes of crime and contributing conditions.

2. The procedure for coordinating the fight against crime is determined by a regulation approved by the Government of Georgia.

3. Taking into account the priority of human rights and fundamental freedoms, the strengthening of constitutional guarantees of legal protection and the state of the spread of crime, and proceeding from the main directions of criminal policy determined by the Parliament of Georgia, the Prosecutor's Office develops its guiding principles, which are approved by the Prosecutor General.

Article 29. Support for Strategic Development🔗

1. For the development of the Prosecutor's Office system, the Prosecutor General shall approve the Prosecutor's Office Development Strategy and Action Plan for every subsequent 6 years.

2. To implement the Prosecutor's Office Development Strategy and Action Plan, interagency working groups may be created, which are led by the Prosecutor's Office.

Article 30. International Cooperation🔗

1. The Prosecutor's Office is authorized to cooperate with competent authorities of foreign states and international organizations in connection with matters within the competence of the agency.

2. In order to ensure the implementation of the cooperation provided for by paragraph 1 of this article, the Prosecutor's Office is authorized, within the scope of its competence, to conclude an international treaty of an interagency nature with a competent authority of a foreign state or an international organization.

3. The Prosecutor's Office shall ensure the implementation of international cooperation in the field of criminal law in accordance with the procedure established by Georgian legislation.

4. In the cases provided for by paragraph 3 of this article, the Prosecutor's Office is authorized to:

a) ensure the implementation of the relevant procedures provided for by legislation in connection with declaring an international search through INTERPOL channels in respect of a person for the purpose of detention and extradition;

b) apply by request to the relevant authorities of a foreign state for the provision of legal assistance in connection with criminal cases pending in the proceedings of the competent authorities of Georgia, and ensure the execution of their request in the territory of Georgia;

c) in accordance with the procedure established by Georgian legislation, apply by request to the competent authorities of a foreign state for the detention for the purpose of extradition and/or extradition or temporary surrender of a person wanted by Georgian law enforcement authorities, and, in the case of identification/detention in the territory of Georgia of a person wanted by a foreign state, ensure participation in extradition proceedings at the admissibility stage;

d) in accordance with the procedure established by legislation, ensure the transmission to a foreign state of the materials of a criminal case or duly certified copies thereof for the purpose of further proceedings in respect of a person, or the execution in the territory of Georgia of similar requests initiated by the competent authorities of a foreign state;

e) in accordance with the procedure established by legislation, cooperate with the relevant authorities of a foreign state in connection with the confiscation of property and its subsequent distribution (division).

5. In the absence of a relevant international treaty, in order to implement the cooperation provided for by paragraph 4 of this article, the Prosecutor General is authorized to conclude an individual agreement with a competent authority of a foreign state or an international organization.

6. In the case of concluding the individual agreement provided for by paragraph 5 of this article for the purpose of detention and extradition of a person, the Prosecutor General shall hold preliminary consultations with the Minister of Justice.

Article 30¹. Liaison Prosecutor and Assistant🔗

1. The international cooperation provided for by Article 30 of this Law may be carried out through a liaison prosecutor or an assistant, under the Agreement of 29 March 2019 “On Cooperation between Georgia and Eurojust”, by this Law and other normative and individual administrative-legal acts of Georgia.

2. The Prosecutor General shall, in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, appoint as liaison prosecutor and assistant the persons provided for by paragraph 1 of Article 2 of this Law.

3. The liaison prosecutor and the assistant shall be part of the staff of the diplomatic representation of Georgia and, within the scope of their competence in the field of international legal cooperation, shall represent Georgia.

4. The liaison prosecutor and the assistant shall be under the administrative subordination of the Prosecutor General.

5. The powers and rules of activity of the liaison prosecutor and the assistant, the duration of a work mission and the recall procedure shall be determined by order of the Prosecutor General.

6. The Prosecutor General shall be entitled, where necessary, in agreement with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, to extend by up to 1 year the term of the rotational work mission of a liaison prosecutor or assistant sent on a rotational work mission to a diplomatic representation of Georgia.

7. Material, technical and financial support for the liaison prosecutor and the assistant shall be provided by the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia. The official salaries of the liaison prosecutor and the assistant and the expenses of their work missions shall be determined by order of the Prosecutor General.

8. For the purpose of the initial household arrangement of the liaison prosecutor, the assistant and their family members, the reimbursable one-time amount, its purpose and size, taking into account the peculiarities of the host State, shall be determined by order of the Prosecutor General.

9. In the event of the death of the liaison prosecutor, the assistant or a family member living with him or her, the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia shall cover all expenses, including the expenses of transporting the deceased to Georgia.

10. In cases of service by the liaison prosecutor and the assistant and of their recall, the social protection guarantees provided for by this Law and other normative and individual administrative-legal acts of Georgia shall apply, and shall also extend to the liaison prosecutor, the assistant and their family members.

Organic Law of Georgia of 2 October 2019 No. 5077 – website, 07.10.2019.

Article 31. Relations with the legislative, executive and judicial authorities🔗

In relations with the executive, legislative and judicial authorities, the Prosecutor's Office shall be represented by the Prosecutor General or a person authorized by him or her.

Article 32. Relations with organizations, institutions, representations🔗

1. In relations with organizations, institutions, representations, the Prosecutor's Office shall be represented by the Prosecutor General or a person authorized by him.

2. For the purpose of strengthening cooperation, the Prosecutor General shall be entitled to conclude a memorandum of mutual cooperation with organizations, institutions, representations on individual issues.

Article 33. Secretary for Public Relations🔗

The Secretary for Public Relations is an employee of the Prosecutor's Office vested with representative authority by the Prosecutor General, who ensures coordinated relations of the Prosecutor's Office with state authorities, other organizations, institutions and representations and facilitates prompt and effective communication, ensures the preparation of proposals relating to legislative amendments, coordinates and, where necessary, participates in the activities of inter-agency working groups, and performs other functions determined by the Prosecutor General.

Article 34. Procedure and criteria for holding a position🔗

1. A vacant position of a prosecutor/prosecutor's office investigator may be filled through a competition or internship, the procedure for which shall be determined by the Prosecutor General.

2. By a reasoned decision of the Prosecutor General, a vacant position of a prosecutor/prosecutor's office investigator may be filled without a competition or internship, if the person meets the relevant criteria established by this Law.

3. A citizen of Georgia who has a higher legal education, is proficient in the language of legal proceedings, has passed the prosecutor's office qualification exam, has completed an internship in the prosecutor's office bodies, has taken the oath of a prosecutor's office employee, and who, by his/her business and moral qualities, as well as by his/her state of health, is able to perform the duties of a prosecutor/prosecutor's office investigator, may be appointed as a prosecutor or prosecutor's office investigator.

4. A person to be appointed as a prosecutor/prosecutor's office investigator must have passed the prosecutor's office qualification exam in the following disciplines: constitutional law, international human rights law, including the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, criminal law, criminal procedure law, administrative law, penitentiary law and the fundamentals of operative-investigative activity.

4¹. The written stage of the competition for prosecutor's office interns must include examination disciplines identical to the disciplines provided for by the prosecutor's office qualification exam.

5. The following shall be exempt from passing the prosecutor's office qualification exam:

a) the Prosecutor General, his/her first deputy and deputies;

b) a person who has passed the judicial or bar qualification exam;

c) a person to be appointed as a prosecutor's office intern, as well as, in the case of successful completion of the internship, a person to be appointed as a prosecutor or prosecutor's office investigator.

6. The following shall be exempt from completing an internship in the prosecutor's office bodies: the Prosecutor General, his/her first deputy and deputies, as well as a person who, along with the criteria established by paragraph 3 of this Article, meets one of the following requirements:

a) has at least 2 years of experience of working as a judge, prosecutor, investigator or defence lawyer in criminal cases;

b) has at least 5 years of service of working in the legal profession;

c) has passed the judicial qualification exam.

7. A person to be appointed through a competition to a vacant position of a prosecutor/prosecutor's office investigator, along with the criteria established by paragraph 3 of this Article, must meet one of the following requirements:

a) has at least 2 years of experience of working as a judge, prosecutor, investigator or defence lawyer in criminal cases;

b) has at least 5 years of service of working in the legal profession.

8. In accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, a person to be appointed without a competition to a vacant position of a prosecutor/prosecutor's office investigator, along with the criteria established by paragraph 3 of this Article, must meet one of the following requirements:

a) has at least 2 years of experience of working as an investigator, a judge, or a defence lawyer in criminal cases;

b) has at least 2 years of experience of working as a prosecutor/prosecutor's office investigator and has been dismissed from the prosecutor's office system within the last 10 years on the grounds of a personal application, deterioration of health, staff reduction, or transfer to another service;

c) is a person included in the personnel reserve of the prosecutor's office system;

d) has successfully completed an internship in the prosecutor's office system and no more than 3 years have passed since the completion of the internship;

e) is a recognised specialist in the field of criminal law from the highest academic circles.

9. A person to be appointed to a vacant position of a prosecutor/prosecutor's office investigator through a competition or in the case provided for by paragraph 2 of this Article shall be exempt from completing an internship.

10. A person who meets the requirements established for exemption from completing an internship may, at his/her own will, complete an internship in the prosecutor's office bodies.

11. A person to be appointed to a vacant position of a prosecutor/prosecutor's office investigator through a competition or in the case provided for by paragraph 2 of this Article shall, before appointment, undergo a professional retraining course of no more than 2 months, upon the successful completion of which he/she shall be appointed to the vacant position.

12. A professional civil servant of the prosecutor's office shall be appointed to a position, dismissed from a position, or dismissed from the prosecutor's office by the Prosecutor General in accordance with the procedure established by this Law.

13. An employment contract with a person employed under an employment contract in the prosecutor's office shall be concluded or terminated by the Prosecutor General, taking into account the specifics defined by this Law, in accordance with the rules established by the Organic Law of Georgia "Labour Code of Georgia".

Organic Law of Georgia of 18 October 2022 No. 1915 – website, 24.10.2022.

Organic Law of Georgia of 30 November 2023 No. 3885 – website, 19.12.2023.

Organic Law of Georgia of 24 June 2025 No. 693 – website, 25.06.2025.

Article 35. Grounds for refusal of employment🔗

The following shall not be admitted as an employee of the prosecutor's office:

a) a person with a criminal record;

b) a person suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction, substance abuse, mental or other severe chronic illness;

c) a person whom the court has recognised as having limited legal capacity or has recognised as a recipient of support, unless otherwise determined by a court judgment;

d) a person who, as a result of a verification, does not meet the requirements established by this Law.

Article 36. Promotion of a Prosecutor/Investigator of the Prosecutor's Office🔗

1. The promotion of a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office to the positions of heads of departments of the General Prosecutor's Office and their deputies, prosecutors of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara and their deputies, the prosecutor of Tbilisi and his/her deputy, regional prosecutors and their deputies, and district prosecutors is possible if the person has at least 3 years of experience working as a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office.

2. The promotion of a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office to the positions of heads of divisions of the General Prosecutor's Office and their deputies, heads of sections of the prosecutor's offices of the Autonomous Republics of Abkhazia and Adjara, Tbilisi and the regions and their deputies, heads of the investigative unit and their deputies, and deputies of district prosecutors is possible if the person has at least 2 years of experience working as a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office.

3. When taking a decision on the promotion of a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office, the results of the performance evaluation of the prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office shall be taken into account.

4. The procedure and criteria for the promotion of a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office shall be approved by the Prosecutor General.

Article 36¹. Ranking of a Prosecutor and an Investigator of the Prosecutor's Office🔗

1. The first rank, the second rank and the third rank shall be established in the Prosecutor's Office.

2. The ranking system shall be uniform for prosecutors and investigators of the Prosecutor's Office of the General Prosecutor's Office, the prosecutor's offices of the autonomous republics, and the Tbilisi, regional, district and specialised prosecutor's offices.

3. A prosecutor and an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office shall be subject to ranking.

4. When taking a decision on the ranking of a prosecutor or an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office, the results of the performance evaluation of the prosecutor or the investigator of the Prosecutor's Office shall be taken into account.

5. The conferral or change of a rank shall be carried out sequentially, in order, without skipping a rank.

6. The Prosecutor General shall be entitled, in an exceptional case, on the basis of a recommendation of the permanent advisory body of the Prosecutor General – the Ranking Council, by a reasoned decision, to confer or change a rank on a prosecutor or an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office while skipping the respective rank.

7. Prosecutors and investigators of the Prosecutor's Office holding the first rank and the second rank shall receive the allowance for the respective rank.

8. Heads of the bodies and structural units of the Prosecutor's Office and their deputies, a liaison prosecutor and an assistant, an intern of the Prosecutor's Office, a trainee of the Prosecutor's Office, a professional civil servant of the Prosecutor's Office and a person employed in the Prosecutor's Office under an employment contract shall not be subject to ranking.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 3885 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 693 of 24 June 2025 – website, 25.06.2025.

Article 37. Grounds for dismissal🔗

1. An employee of the prosecutor's office may be dismissed from the prosecutor's office:

a) by personal application;

b) due to deterioration of health, injury or chronic illness, if he/she is no longer able to perform official duties;

c) due to alcoholism, drug addiction, substance abuse, mental or other severe chronic illness, or due to being recognised as a person with limited legal capacity in accordance with the procedure established by the Civil Code of Georgia;

d) due to recognition by a court as missing, declaration as deceased, or recognition as a recipient of support, unless otherwise determined by a court judgment;

e) due to non-performance or improper performance of duties imposed by law;

f) due to transfer to another service;

g) due to gross or systematic violation of official discipline;

h) due to unsuitability for service;

i) due to conflict of interest or incompatibility of office;

j) due to reorganisation and/or staff reduction;

k) due to disclosure of professional secrets or commission of other inappropriate conduct;

l) due to failure to satisfy the critical threshold of competence as a result of evaluation;

m) in the case of failure to satisfy the minimum threshold of competence as a result of evaluation, due to a negative result obtained in the suitability examination of a prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office;

n) twice in a row, due to failure to satisfy the minimum threshold of competence as a result of evaluation;

o) due to a guilty verdict that has entered into legal force;

p) due to the commission of a new misconduct by a person on whom a disciplinary penalty has been imposed;

q) due to expiry of the term provided for by the employment contract;

r) due to non-performance or improper performance of the requirements provided for by the employment contract;

s) due to loss of Georgian citizenship;

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

u) due to retirement age;

u¹) due to death;

v) due to other grounds provided for by the Law of Georgia "On Public Service" or the Organic Law of Georgia "Labour Code of Georgia".

2. An employee of the prosecutor's office may be dismissed from the prosecutor's office due to long-term incapacity for work confirmed by a relevant medical conclusion, in the case of absence from service for 4 consecutive months or for 6 months during a calendar year, and there is a relevant medical conclusion according to which he/she will not be able to exercise his/her powers in the future either.

Organic Law of Georgia of 30 November 2023 No. 3885 – website, 19.12.2023.

Article 38. Transfer to another position🔗

1. A prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office may, on the basis of his/her request or consent, be transferred to another position.

2. Transfer of a prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office to a lower position, notwithstanding his/her consent, is permissible if:

a) transfer to a position corresponding to his/her rank and position is impossible;

b) demotion is provided for as a type of disciplinary sanction;

c) based on the results of the assessment, he/she fails to meet the threshold of competence required for his/her position;

d) there exist the cases provided for by Article 39 of this Law.

Article 39. Release upon reorganisation and/or reduction of staff🔗

1. In the event of reorganisation and/or reduction of staff, a prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office shall be released from the position held and may be offered transfer to a corresponding vacant position in another structural unit of the prosecutor's office system.

2. In the event of refusal by a prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office to exercise the authority under the procedure established by paragraph 1 of this Article, or in the absence of a corresponding vacant position, he/she shall be released from the position held and, with his/her written consent, shall be placed in the personnel reserve.

3. In the case provided for by this Article, a prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office in the personnel reserve shall retain the authority to receive the official salary for 3 months from being placed in the personnel reserve, unless within this period he/she has taken a position incompatible with the position of prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office or is engaged in such activity. A prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office in the personnel reserve may, with his/her written consent, be appointed within the prosecutor's office system.

4. After 3 months from being placed in the personnel reserve, the person placed therein shall be kept in the personnel reserve without remuneration for the following 9 months, until he/she takes a position or engages in activity incompatible with the position of prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office, or until he/she is removed from the reserve on the basis of a personal application.

Article 40. Grounds for suspension of authority🔗

1. The grounds for suspension of the authority of an employee of the prosecutor's office are:

a) leave;

b) temporary incapacity for work, confirmed by the relevant hospital certificate;

c) detention or administrative imprisonment;

d) being held criminally liable, until termination of criminal prosecution or entry into legal force of the judgment;

e) other cases provided for by law.

2. During the period of suspension of authority, an employee of the prosecutor's office shall retain the official salary, the class supplement, the salary established for the rank and the supplement for years of service. A prosecutor and an investigator of the prosecutor's office shall also retain the rank supplement.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 3885 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 693 of 24 June 2025 – website, 25.06.2025.

Article 41. Appeal Procedure🔗

An employee of the Prosecutor's Office, in accordance with the procedure established by legislation, has the right, within one month, to apply to court in connection with appointment to a position, demotion, dismissal and suspension of powers.

Article 42. Specialization of Prosecutors🔗

In cases determined by the legislation of Georgia and in accordance with the established procedure, a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office may be granted a specialization, the procedure for granting which shall be determined by the Prosecutor General.

Article 43. Verification of a Candidate🔗

1. A person to be appointed to a vacant position of an employee of the Prosecutor's Office shall be subject to verification, the procedure for which shall be approved by the Prosecutor General.

2. The following types of information about a person shall be subject to verification:

a) criminal record and ongoing administrative penalty;

b) information related to income and financial obligations;

c) information related to the holding and disposal of shares in entrepreneurial and non-entrepreneurial legal entities;

d) information related to health status, education, work experience, academic degree, and educational activities.

3. The verification shall be conducted on the basis of the candidate's written consent. If he/she refuses consent, his/her candidacy shall be withdrawn from consideration.

4. In the event of the deliberate submission of incorrect information by a candidate, the candidacy shall be withdrawn from consideration.

Article 44. Oath of an Employee of the Prosecutor's Office🔗

1. An employee of the Prosecutor's Office shall, upon appointment to a position, take the following oath in writing: "I (name, surname), before God and the nation, swear to conscientiously perform the duties of an employee of the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia and, in the performance thereof, to obey only the Constitution and the law of Georgia."

2. The oath may be taken without taking a religious oath. The oath signed by the person taking the oath shall be kept in his/her personal file.

Article 45. Conflict of interest and incompatibility with office🔗

1. The position of an employee of the prosecutor's office is incompatible with any position in another state institution or municipal body, as well as with entrepreneurial activity or other remunerated activity, except for scientific, creative and pedagogical activities. The requirement of incompatibility with office provided for by this paragraph shall apply to a person employed in the prosecutor's office under an employment contract if this requirement is provided for by his/her employment contract.

2. An employee of the prosecutor's office has the right to simultaneously perform other remunerated work and/or concurrently hold another position in the prosecutor's office system.

3. An employee of the prosecutor's office (except a person employed in the prosecutor's office under an employment contract) may not be a member of a political union or engage in political activity.

4. An employee of the prosecutor's office shall not have the right to use his/her position or the opportunity related thereto for the purpose of receiving property or other benefit, and to receive such benefit.

5. An employee of the prosecutor's office shall not have the right to be a representative or attorney of any natural or legal person, or to carry out representation or defence in a criminal, civil or administrative case, except where he/she is the guardian, curator or supporter of that natural person or a representative of the relevant body.

6. An employee of the prosecutor's office (except a person employed in the prosecutor's office under an employment contract) is prohibited from participating in an assembly, organising a strike or participating in a strike.

Organic Law of Georgia of 15 July 2020 No. 6869 - website, 28.07.2020.

Organic Law of Georgia of 30 November 2023 No. 3885 – website, 19.12.2023.

Article 46. System of prosecutor's acts🔗

A prosecutor, in exercising his/her powers, within the scope of his/her competence, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, issues the following prosecutor's acts:

a) request;

b) submission;

c) protest;

d) resolution;

e) consent;

f) instruction;

g) complaint.

Article 47. Request🔗

1. For the exercise of his/her powers, the prosecutor has the right to request:

a) the transfer of necessary documents, materials, cases, data and other information;

b) the assignment of a specialist, expert, interpreter;

c) conducting an audit of settlements with the budget or another type of inspection.

2. The requested information shall be submitted to the prosecutor no later than 10 days, regardless of the regime of this information.

3. A document and other information may be examined, at the prosecutor's request, at their location, by the prosecutor or, on his/her instruction, by a specialist, expert or another person.

4. At the prosecutor's request, a document and other information shall be submitted to the place indicated by him/her.

5. The prosecutor shall, in cases provided for by the legislation of Georgia, ensure the protection of state or other secrets contained in the requested information.

6. Interference with the court's competence and the request of any material or case from the court are prohibited, except in cases provided for by legislation.

Article 48. Submission🔗

1. Within the scope of his/her competence, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, the prosecutor submits a submission to the participants of legal relations specified in Articles 22, 23, 25 and 26 of this Law, in order to eliminate violations of legislation, their causes and contributing conditions, who are obliged to notify the prosecutor of the measures taken within 10 days.

2. The prosecutor shall be notified of the date of consideration of the submission and has the right to participate in the consideration.

Article 49. Protest🔗

1. The prosecutor submits a written protest regarding the inconsistency with the law of the acts and actions of the persons specified in Articles 25 and 26 of this Law.

2. In the protest, the prosecutor may request:

a) the annulment, in whole or in part, of an unlawful act or ensuring its compliance with the law;

b) the termination of an unlawful action;

c) the restoration of a violated right;

d) the application of appropriate liability measures against the violator of the law.

3. The prosecutor submits a protest against an unlawful act to the body that issued it or to a superior body. The protest against an unlawful action of an official shall be made in the same manner.

4. The prosecutor's protest shall be considered no later than 10 days after its receipt. The results of the consideration shall be immediately notified to the prosecutor.

5. The date of consideration of the protest shall be notified to the prosecutor. He/she has the right to support the protest in person or through his/her representative.

6. The protest may be withdrawn before the start of consideration by the person who submitted it or by a superior prosecutor.

7. A superior prosecutor has the right, before the start of consideration of the protest, to make changes to it or replace it with a new protest.

Article 50. Resolution🔗

The prosecutor issues a resolution within the scope of the powers determined by legislation and in accordance with the established procedure.

Article 51. Consent🔗

In cases provided for by law, the prosecutor gives written consent to the actions of state bodies and officials.

Article 52. Instruction🔗

The prosecutor shall be entitled, in cases provided for by law, to give a written instruction to the investigating body, which shall be binding for execution.

Article 53. Complaint🔗

1. The prosecutor shall be entitled, in accordance with the procedure established by the criminal procedure legislation of Georgia:

a) to appeal to a higher court a judgment rendered by a court and to participate in the consideration of the case as a party;

b) to appeal a judgment rendered by a court on the ground of newly discovered circumstances and to participate in the consideration of the case as a party.

2. A complaint may be withdrawn before a summary judgment is rendered by the person who filed it or by a higher prosecutor.

Article 54. Appeal against Prosecutorial Acts🔗

1. A prosecutor's submission, protest, resolution, instruction may be appealed to a court in accordance with the procedure established by law or appealed once to a higher prosecutor within 10 days, unless otherwise provided by the criminal procedure legislation.

2. An appeal shall not suspend the execution of prosecutorial acts, except in cases provided for by the criminal procedure legislation.

Article 55. Official Sources for Receiving and Posting Information🔗

1. The prosecution service uses telephone and electronic services for receiving information and a system for receiving information in documentary form.

2. The prosecution service uses a website and a social network as official sources for the proactive posting of public information.

Article 56. Digital-Electronic Systems and Services🔗

1. For the organisation of its activity, the prosecution service uses electronic systems and digital-electronic services of internal communication, the rules and standards for the management and security of which are determined by the Prosecutor General.

2. The prosecution service ensures the administration and management of databases, computer networks and software modules installed on digital-electronic servers.

Article 57. Archive Management🔗

1. The prosecution service independently ensures the maintenance of the archival fund (regardless of the type of their carrier) in accordance with the procedure established by legislation.

2. The archival fund of the prosecution service consists of the archives of the prosecution bodies and structural units.

Article 58. Rule and procedure of activity assessment🔗

1. A prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office, as a rule, is subject to assessment once every 2 years, the results of which are not public.

2. A prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office is assessed in accordance with the criteria defined by this Law and approved by the Prosecutor General.

3. The main criteria for the assessment of a prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office are:

a) assessment of the quality of prosecutorial activity/investigation;

b) workload of the prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office;

c) assessment by the supervisor;

d) encouragement and disciplinary sanction.

4. A prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office whose assessment results fail to meet the minimum threshold of competence is subject to a compliance examination of the prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office. In the event of receiving a positive assessment in the compliance examination of the prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office, the prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office is subject to an extraordinary assessment within 1 year after passing the examination. In the event of failure to meet the minimum threshold of competence as a result of assessment twice consecutively, the prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office may be dismissed from the position.

5. The assessment of the activity of a prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office is carried out by the authorized units of the General Prosecutor's Office.

6. The rule and procedures for assessing the activity of a prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office are approved by the Prosecutor General.

Article 59. Non-interference in the assessor's activity🔗

Unlawful interference in the assessor's activity and the exercise of undue influence on him/her shall be inadmissible.

Article 60. Rule for appealing the assessment results🔗

1. A prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office is entitled to appeal the assessment results within 10 days from familiarization.

2. A prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office is entitled to review the materials on the basis of which the assessor determined the threshold of his/her competence.

3. The complaint of a prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office is considered by a temporary advisory body − the Claims Council, and it adopts one of the following decisions:

a) grants the complaint and changes or annuls the assessment result. In the event of annulment of the assessment result, the prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office is subject to re-assessment within 60 days;

b) does not grant the complaint and leaves the assessment result unchanged.

4. The decision of the Claims Council may be appealed within 10 days from its delivery to the Career Management, Ethics and Encouragement Council, which within 2 months adopts one of the following decisions:

a) does not grant the complaint and leaves the decision of the Claims Council unchanged;

b) grants the complaint and changes the decision of the Claims Council.

5. The author of the complaint and the assessor are entitled to attend the sessions of the councils considering the complaint in order to give explanations.

Article 61. Personnel Reserve System🔗

1. The Prosecutor's Office shall ensure the formation of a one-year personnel reserve system, in which the following shall be enrolled:

a) persons who successfully complete an internship or a competition, but are not appointed to a vacant position of a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office;

b) a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office who is dismissed from office due to staff reduction or reorganisation.

2. The grounds for removal from the personnel reserve system are:

a) expiry of the period of stay in the reserve;

b) personal application;

c) appointment to the relevant vacant position;

d) the existence of any of the grounds provided for by Article 37 of this Law;

e) any other ground provided for by the legislation of Georgia.

Article 62. Support for Professional Development and Advanced Training🔗

1. At the intra-agency level, the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia shall ensure the enhancement of the professional skills of the employees of the Prosecutor's Office and the promotion of their professional development.

2. Employees of the Prosecutor's Office shall improve their qualifications at relevant scientific and educational institutions.

3. In cases provided for by international treaties, as well as by international programmes, employees of the Prosecutor's Office shall be entitled to improve their qualifications at educational institutions, law enforcement bodies and research centres of other states.

Article 63. Rules and Conditions for Conducting the Prosecutor's Office Qualification Examination and the Compliance Examination of a Prosecutor/Investigator of the Prosecutor's Office🔗

1. The Prosecutor's Office shall ensure the conduct of the Prosecutor's Office qualification examination and the compliance examination of a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office.

2. The Prosecutor's Office qualification examination shall be conducted:

a) for a candidate wishing to be appointed through a competition to a vacant position of a prosecutor or an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office, who has not passed the qualification examination for advocates or for judges;

b) for persons with higher legal education.

3. The compliance examination of prosecutors/investigators of the Prosecutor's Office shall be conducted for those who fail to meet the minimum competency threshold determined by the assessment system.

4. The Prosecutor's Office qualification examination and the compliance examination of a prosecutor/investigator of the Prosecutor's Office shall be conducted by the test method.

5. Successful passing of the Prosecutor's Office qualification examination shall be confirmed by a certificate.

6. The rules and programme for conducting the examinations shall be approved by the Prosecutor General.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 3885 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023.

Article 64. Rules and Conditions for Undertaking Internship🔗

1. A citizen of Georgia who has not been convicted, knows the language of legal proceedings and has higher education or is a student receiving higher education may be admitted as an intern of the Prosecutor's Office.

2. The position of an intern of the Prosecutor's Office shall not be remunerated and shall not be counted towards the person's work experience.

3. The rules for undertaking the internship shall be approved by the Prosecutor General.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 3885 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023.

Article 65. Seal, service certificate and distinguishing marks🔗

1. The form and rules of use of the seal, logo, service certificate and badge of the prosecution bodies shall be determined by the Prosecutor General.

2. A service certificate of a prosecution employee shall be issued by the Prosecutor General, his/her First Deputy or Deputy.

Article 66. Procedures for receiving citizens and reviewing correspondence🔗

1. The prosecution, within the scope of its competence, in accordance with the procedure established by law, shall review incoming applications and complaints and shall receive citizens.

2. An application and a complaint concerning a crime shall be reviewed immediately.

Article 67. Access to state secrets🔗

1. Access of the Prosecutor General of Georgia to state secrets is ensured upon his/her election to the position.

2. The procedure for access of a prosecution employee to state secrets shall be regulated by the Law of Georgia "On State Secrets" and other acts.

3. A prosecutor shall have the right, in cases established by law and in accordance with the established procedure, to declassify documents and materials reflecting operative-investigative activity and covert investigative action.

Article 67¹. Personal Data Protection Officer🔗

1. The personal data protection officer is a person appointed or designated by the Prosecutor General by a relevant order in accordance with the requirements of the Law of Georgia "On Personal Data Protection".

2. The functions and powers of the personal data protection officer shall be determined by the Law of Georgia "On Personal Data Protection".

3. The rules of activity of the personal data protection officer shall be determined by a regulation approved by the Prosecutor General.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 3885 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023

Article 68. Parliamentary control🔗

1. Parliamentary control of the activities of the prosecutor's office shall be exercised through hearing the annual report on the activities of the prosecutor's office.

2. The report on the activities carried out by the prosecutor's office in the previous year, which concerns the results of the implementation of criminal policy, the assessment of the general criminogenic situation in the country, including statistical indicators of prevalent crimes, indicating their categories and trends, the protection of human rights and freedoms in the course of legal proceedings, the priority directions of the activities of the prosecutor's office, and the programmes for professional retraining and development of prosecutors, shall be submitted to the Parliament of Georgia by the Prosecutor General of Georgia once a year, no later than 15 May. The report shall not contain issues related to the investigation of a specific criminal case, a court hearing and/or the individual circumstances of a case.

3. The Prosecutor General of Georgia, his First Deputy or Deputy shall be entitled, and upon request – obliged, to attend sittings of Parliament, its committee and commission, to answer the questions posed at the sitting and to present a report on the activities carried out. The said request shall contain comprehensive information on the issue(s) to be considered. The Prosecutor General, his First Deputy or Deputy invited to the sitting shall have the right not to speak on the issues that were not previously known to him. Also, the Prosecutor General, his First Deputy or Deputy may not be asked questions on issues related to the investigation of a specific criminal case, a court hearing and/or the individual circumstances of a case.

4. In the case of a request for a report on the activities carried out, the Prosecutor General, his First Deputy or Deputy shall be obliged to present the report within 2 weeks of the request.

Article 69. Judicial control🔗

The conduct by the prosecutor's office of investigative and other procedural actions that restrict human rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of Georgia shall be permitted by a court judgment, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

Article 70. Control over the use and expenditure of state funds🔗

Control over the use and expenditure of the budgetary funds and other material assets allocated to the prosecutor's office shall be exercised by the State Audit Office.

Article 71. Financing and material-technical support of the Prosecutor's Office🔗

1. Financing of the Prosecutor's Office shall be carried out through state budget allocations. The expenses of the Prosecutor's Office shall be provided for in the state budget under a separate organizational code, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

2. A reduction of the allocations earmarked for the Prosecutor's Office in the state budget, as compared with the amount determined by the approved budget of the previous year, may be made only with the prior consent of the Prosecutor General.

3. Material-technical support of the Prosecutor's Office shall be carried out centrally.

4. Funds recovered by the Prosecutor's Office for the purpose of compensating damage caused to the State shall be transferred to the state budget.

5. Representation expenses of the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia shall be reimbursed in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

6. In addition to the matters provided for by this Law, matters related to the material-technical support and financing of the Prosecutor's Office may be regulated by a relevant act of the Prosecutor General.

Article 72. Property of the Prosecutor's Office🔗

1. Property in the possession and/or use of the Prosecutor's Office shall be the property of the State.

2. The Prosecutor's Office shall be responsible for the protection and purposeful use of the state property in its possession and/or use.

3. The Prosecutor General shall be entitled to apply to the Government regarding the transfer of property necessary for the functioning of the Prosecutor's Office.

4. The Prosecutor's Office shall be entitled, for the temporary use of property necessary for its functioning, to conclude relevant contracts in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia.

Article 73. Management and organization of state procurement🔗

1. For the purpose of material-technical support of the Prosecutor's Office and facilitation of its activities, state procurement shall be carried out centrally, in accordance with legislation.

2. The decision on carrying out state procurement shall be made by the Prosecutor General or a person authorized by him/her.

[Article 73. Management and organization of public procurement

1. For the purpose of material-technical support of the Prosecutor's Office and facilitation of its activities, public procurement shall be carried out centrally, in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.

2. The decision on carrying out public procurement shall be made by the Prosecutor General or a person authorized by him/her. (shall enter into force from 1 January 2027)]

Organic Law of Georgia No. 2579 of 9 February 2023 – website, 27.02.2023

Organic Law of Georgia No. 4428 of 5 September 2024 – website, 23.09.2024

Article 74. Legal Protection🔗

1. An employee of the Prosecutor's Office has the right, in accordance with the procedure established by legislation, to apply to a court for the protection of his/her own rights and freedoms.

2. An employee of the Prosecutor's Office is independent in his/her official activities. He/she may not be dismissed from the position held, except in the cases provided for by this Law and in accordance with the established procedure.

3. Obstruction of an employee of the Prosecutor's Office in the performance of his/her official duties, insult to his/her dignity, threat, resistance, violence against him/her, encroachment upon the life, health and property of a member of his/her family shall entail liability provided for by law.

4. In the event of receipt of a statement or information concerning encroachment upon the life, health and property of an employee of the Prosecutor's Office or a member of his/her family, the State shall be obliged to take the measures provided for by law to protect their personal and property security.

5. An employee of the Prosecutor's Office has the right, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of Georgia, to keep and carry firearms, as well as special means of individual defence.

6. The Prosecutor General shall determine the procedure for the keeping, registration and issuance of service-staff firearms, as well as the list of those professional public civil servants of the Prosecutor's Office who have the right to keep and carry service-staff firearms.

7. The Prosecutor General is authorized to grant the status of a service-staff firearm to a firearm in the ownership of an employee of the Prosecutor's Office and to grant him/her the right to carry it.

Article 75. Inadmissibility of Interference in Activities🔗

Interference in the activities of an employee of the Prosecutor's Office by officials, public and political associations, their representatives or other persons who are not authorized by law to interfere in the activities of an employee of the Prosecutor's Office or to exert influence on him/her in any form, as well as obstruction of the activities of an employee of the Prosecutor's Office, shall be punishable by law.

Article 76. Liability of an employee of the Prosecutor's Office🔗

1. An employee of the Prosecutor's Office shall be liable for the commission of a crime and an administrative offence under the general procedure.

2. Criminal prosecution against a prosecutor, an investigator of the Prosecutor's Office, an adviser of the Prosecutor's Office or a coordinator of witnesses and victims of the Prosecutor's Office shall be initiated by the Prosecutor General.

3. A crime committed by an employee of the Prosecutor's Office shall be investigated by the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia in accordance with investigative jurisdiction.

4. An employee of the Prosecutor's Office who is detained, taken into custody or convicted shall be placed or shall serve the sentence in isolation from other special contingents.

5. In the event of the initiation of criminal prosecution against an employee of the Prosecutor's Office, the issue of suspension of powers shall be decided by the Prosecutor General.

6. For a violation of official discipline, the commission of inappropriate conduct, or the failure to perform or the improper performance of an obligation imposed by law by an employee of the Prosecutor's Office, a disciplinary penalty shall be applied to him/her.

7. A disciplinary misconduct shall be divided into categories:

a) minor misconduct;

b) medium misconduct;

c) grave misconduct.

8. By an employee of the Prosecutor's Office:

a) improper performance of an obligation imposed by law shall, taking into account the circumstances, be assessed as a minor misconduct;

b) a violation of official discipline shall, taking into account the circumstances, be assessed as a minor or medium misconduct;

c) the commission of conduct inappropriate for an employee of the Prosecutor's Office shall be assessed as a grave misconduct;

d) failure to perform an obligation imposed by law shall be assessed as a grave misconduct.

9. The types of disciplinary penalty are:

a) reprimand;

b) censure;

c) withholding of up to 30% of the official salary for a period of 1 to 6 months;

d) transfer to a lower rank;

e) demotion;

f) dismissal.

10. By an employee of the Prosecutor's Office:

a) improper performance of an obligation imposed by law shall, taking into account the circumstances, be assessed as a minor misconduct and a reprimand or a censure shall be applied as a type of disciplinary penalty;

b) a violation of official discipline shall, taking into account the circumstances, be assessed as a minor or medium misconduct and a reprimand, a censure or withholding of up to 30% of the official salary for a period of 1 to 6 months shall be applied as a type of disciplinary penalty;

c) the commission of inappropriate conduct shall be assessed as a grave misconduct and, taking into account the circumstances, a censure, transfer to a lower rank, withholding of up to 30% of the official salary for a period of 1 to 6 months or dismissal from the Prosecutor's Office shall be applied as a type of disciplinary penalty;

d) failure to perform an obligation imposed by law shall be considered a grave misconduct and, taking into account the circumstances, a censure, transfer to a lower rank, withholding of up to 30% of the official salary for a period of 1 to 6 months or dismissal from the Prosecutor's Office shall be applied as a type of disciplinary penalty.

11. For the same misconduct committed by an employee of the Prosecutor's Office, only one disciplinary penalty may be applied.

12. Before the disciplinary penalty is expunged, in the event of the commission of a new disciplinary misconduct, a disciplinary penalty heavier than that specified in paragraph 10 of this Article may be applied.

13. For the commission of two or more disciplinary misconducts by a prosecutor's office employee, dismissal from the prosecutor's office may be applied as a type of disciplinary penalty.

14. The Prosecutor General is entitled to revoke a disciplinary penalty applied to a prosecutor's office employee.

15. A disciplinary penalty shall be applied no later than 1 year from the day of establishing (discovering) the fact of the misconduct. The time of illness and of being on leave of the prosecutor's office employee shall not be included in this period. A disciplinary penalty shall not be applied if 3 years have elapsed since the day of the commission of the misconduct.

16. In the event of the commission of an intentional or negligent crime by a prosecutor's office employee, the issue of his dismissal from the prosecutor's office shall be decided by the Prosecutor General, regardless of the time elapsed since the commission of that act, except for the cases provided by the legislation of Georgia.

17. The imposition of a disciplinary penalty shall be effected by an order of the Prosecutor General, except for the cases established by this Law when this decision is taken by the Prosecutorial Council. The order of the Prosecutor General / the decree of the Prosecutorial Council shall be made known to the prosecutor's office employee to whom the disciplinary penalty was imposed. The order of the Prosecutor General / the decree of the Prosecutorial Council on the imposition of a disciplinary penalty shall be kept in the personal file of the prosecutor's office employee.

18. A prosecutor's office employee shall be considered as having no disciplinary penalty if 1 year has elapsed since the imposition of the penalty and no new disciplinary penalty has been applied to him.

19. In the case of the application of demotion or transfer to a lower rank as a type of disciplinary penalty, the expiry of the term of serving the penalty shall not result in the restoration of the official position and rank existing before the imposition of the penalty.

20. The order of the Prosecutor General / the decree of the Prosecutorial Council on the imposition of a disciplinary penalty may be appealed to a court within 1 month from being made known, in accordance with the procedure established by legislation for an order/decree.

21. Appealing an order/decree on the imposition of a disciplinary penalty shall not result in the suspension of the execution of the applied penalty.

22. Incentive measures shall not be applied to a prosecutor's office employee on whom a penalty has been imposed, except for the measure provided by subparagraph „e“ of Article 78 of this Law.

23. A prosecutor's office employee on whom a penalty has been imposed:

a) shall not be awarded the next special state rank;

b) shall not be increased in rank or class;

c) shall not be given a salary supplement.

24. Promotion of a prosecutor's office employee on whom a penalty has been imposed shall be inadmissible.

25. A disciplinary penalty may be lifted early from a prosecutor's office employee in the cases provided by Article 78 of this Law. A disciplinary penalty shall be lifted by a respective order/decree. This order/decree shall be made known to the prosecutor's office employee to whom the disciplinary penalty was imposed.

26. The order/directive on the early removal of a disciplinary sanction shall be kept in the personal file of the employee of the Prosecutor's Office.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 665 of 22 June 2021 – website, 24.06.2021.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 1339 of 30 December 2021 – website, 13.01.2022.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 693 of 24 June 2025 – website, 25.06.2025.

Article 77. Disciplinary Proceedings🔗

1. In the event of a violation of official discipline, the commission of inappropriate conduct, or the failure to perform or improper performance of a duty imposed by law by an employee of the Prosecutor's Office, the General Inspectorate of the General Prosecutor's Office (hereinafter – the General Inspectorate) shall conduct an official inquiry.

2. The General Inspectorate shall be accountable to the Prosecutor General.

3. Any information of any kind on the commission of a disciplinary misconduct or other offence by an employee of the Prosecutor's Office may be the ground for an official inquiry.

4. Within the framework of the official inquiry, the General Inspectorate shall be entitled to:

a) summon an employee of the Prosecutor's Office or any person and receive an explanation regarding the fact being checked;

b) explain to the person his/her right to refuse to give an explanation;

c) request all materials, documents or information necessary for the examination of the matter;

d) in case of need for special knowledge, summon and receive consultation from a specialist;

e) draw up a conclusion on the official inquiry;

f) exercise other powers provided for by legislation.

5. The conclusion on the application of a disciplinary sanction based on the results of the official inquiry shall be submitted to the Prosecutor General.

6. The Prosecutor General shall submit the conclusion on the application of a disciplinary sanction in respect of an employee of the Prosecutor's Office to the Council for Career Management, Ethics and Incentives for consideration.

7. An employee of the Prosecutor's Office whose issue of disciplinary liability is being considered shall be entitled to attend the Council meeting in order to give an explanation.

8. By decision of the Council and with the consent of the persons present, audio/video recording of the Council meeting may be carried out.

9. The Council's decision shall be adopted by majority vote, by open ballot. The Prosecutor General shall not participate in the voting. A member of the Council shall be entitled to abstain from participating in the voting.

10. The Council's decision, which is of a recommendatory nature, shall be submitted to the Prosecutor General.

Article 78. Forms of Incentives🔗

For exemplary performance of official duties and other achievements, the following measures shall be applied to encourage a Prosecutor's Office employee:

a) declaration of gratitude;

b) awarding a monetary prize or awarding with a valuable gift;

c) granting additional paid leave of 10 calendar days;

d) early conferral of the next special state rank;

e) early removal of a disciplinary penalty;

f) transfer of a firearm as an award;

g) conferral of the title "Honorary Employee of the Prosecutor's Office" and awarding with the corresponding badge;

h) nomination for the highest special state rank;

i) nomination for a state award of Georgia.

Article 79. Reorganisation🔗

1. To ensure better governance, the decision on reorganisation shall be taken and the rules of reorganisation shall be approved by the Prosecutor General.

2. Reorganisation may not become grounds for dismissal of a Prosecutor's Office employee from the Prosecutor's Office, except in cases provided by this Law.

Article 80. Social protection🔗

1. Social protection of a prosecutor's office employee is guaranteed by the Constitution of Georgia, this Law and other legal acts of Georgia.

2. Social protection of a prosecutor's office employee shall be ensured by the State.

3. Life and health insurance of a prosecutor's office employee, as well as health insurance of his/her family member (spouse and minor child/adopted children) is mandatory, which is funded by the prosecutor's office, from the assignments determined for the prosecutor's office, on the basis of a contract concluded with an insurance organisation in accordance with the procedure established by legislation.

4. The expenses for medical services of a prosecutor/prosecutor's office investigator, which are not subject to reimbursement under the insurance contract, in exceptional cases, by decision of the Prosecutor General, shall be reimbursed by the prosecutor's office.

5. A prosecutor/prosecutor's office investigator who exercises official authority in a territorial unit different from his/her permanent place of residence, where he/she does not have a residential apartment, may be provided by the State with the necessary living space or reimbursed for the expenses necessary for that purpose.

6. A prosecutor's office employee shall enjoy annual paid leave of 30 calendar days.

7. A prosecutor's office employee shall be entitled, once every 5 years, to take paid leave of not more than 3 months for participation in a professional development programme existing outside the prosecutor's office system.

7¹. A prosecutor's office employee shall be entitled, once every 5 years, to take unpaid leave of not more than 1 year for participation in a professional development programme existing outside the prosecutor's office system.

8. A prosecutor, a prosecutor's office investigator and an adviser shall enjoy all the benefits of a judge of the corresponding level court, while the Prosecutor General, his first deputy and deputies – respectively the benefits provided for the Chairperson of the Supreme Court of Georgia and his deputies.

9. The procedure for providing a prosecutor's office employee with fuel, a motor vehicle and other benefits shall be established by the Prosecutor General.

10. A prosecutor's office employee shall be granted State compensation in accordance with the procedure and in the amount established by the Law of Georgia "On State Compensation and State Academic Scholarship".

Organic Law of Georgia No. 3885 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023.

Article 81. Remuneration of labour🔗

1. The remuneration of labour of an employee of the prosecutor's office (except a prosecutor and an investigator of the prosecutor's office) includes the official salary, the salary supplement and, in the case provided for by the Law of Georgia "On Public Service", the class supplement and a monetary award. The remuneration of labour of a professional public civil servant of the prosecutor's office may also include the salary established for a rank and the supplement for years of service, the amount of which is determined by the Prosecutor General.

2. The remuneration of labour of a prosecutor and an investigator of the prosecutor's office includes the official salary, the salary supplement and a monetary award. It may also include a rank supplement, the salary established for a rank and the supplement for years of service, the amount of which is determined by the Prosecutor General.

3. The amount of the salary supplement of an employee of the prosecutor's office, taking into account overtime work and/or additional functions, as well as a particularly responsible functional workload, is determined by the Prosecutor General within the allocated labour remuneration fund.

4. The salary supplement of an employee of the prosecutor's office (except a prosecutor and an investigator of the prosecutor's office) shall be paid in accordance with the Laws of Georgia "On Public Service" and "On Remuneration of Labour in Public Institutions".

5. A prosecutor/an investigator of the prosecutor's office who performs the functions of an employee of the prosecutor's office temporarily absent from the position and is released from the performance of his/her official duties (performance of other functions) shall be given the official salary of the absent person, if it exceeds his/her official salary. If the official salary of an employee of the prosecutor's office temporarily absent from the position is less than the official salary of the prosecutor/investigator of the prosecutor's office replacing him/her, the replacing person shall retain his/her official salary. A prosecutor/an investigator of the prosecutor's office who performs the functions of an employee of the prosecutor's office temporarily absent from the position without release from the performance of his/her official duties (performance of additional functions) shall, in addition to his/her official salary, be given a salary supplement.

6. Reduction of the official salary of a prosecutor/an investigator of the prosecutor's office during the term of his/her powers shall be inadmissible, except for the case provided for by subparagraph "c" of paragraph 9 of Article 76 of this Law.

7. The amount of the official salary of a prosecutor/an investigator of the prosecutor's office (except an intern of the prosecutor's office) may not be less than the product of the base official salary by a coefficient of 1.2.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 3885 of 30 November 2023 – website, 19.12.2023.

Article 82. Assistance in the event of death or injury🔗

1. In the event of the death of an employee of the prosecutor's office in the performance of official duty, his family (parents, spouse, child/adopted children or, in the absence thereof, an heir) shall be given one-time compensation in the amount of 15,000 GEL from the state budget.

2. In the event of bodily injury or other deterioration of health of an employee of the prosecutor's office in the performance of official duty, as a result of which he was recognised as a person with limited capabilities status, or in the event of injury, he shall be given one-time compensation in the amount of 7,000 GEL. The procedure for awarding compensation shall be regulated in accordance with the procedure established by paragraph 10 of Article 80 of this Law.

3. In the event of an attack on a prosecutor/an investigator of the prosecutor's office in the performance of official duty or in connection with official activity, in the event of his death or death as a result of the injuries received, his family (parents, spouse, child/adopted children or, in the absence thereof, an heir) shall be given one-time compensation in the amount of 100,000 GEL from the state budget.

4. Damage caused to an employee of the prosecutor's office (a member of his family) in connection with the performance of official duties shall be compensated in full from the state budget, in accordance with the procedure established by law, the right to claim which the employee of the prosecutor's office (a member of his family) has within 1 year from the infliction of the damage.

Article 83. State special ranks and the procedure for conferring them🔗

1. A prosecutor, an investigator of the prosecutor's office and a professional public civil servant of the prosecutor's office shall be conferred state special ranks for the position held, qualification, work experience, exemplary performance of the assigned duty or special merit.

2. The procedure for conferring and depriving state special ranks shall be determined by the legislation of Georgia.

3. The state special ranks of a prosecutor and an investigator of the prosecutor's office are equated with the state special ranks of employees of the agencies provided for by paragraph 2 of Article 1 of the Law of Georgia "On State Special Ranks".

Article 84. Transitional provisions🔗

1. The state sub-agency institution within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia − the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia shall be reorganized and established as an independent body − the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia.

2. The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia is the legal successor of the state sub-agency institution within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia.

3. The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia shall ensure the completion of the cases pending in the proceedings of the state sub-agency institution within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia.

4. The Prosecutor's Office of Georgia shall ensure that the relevant subordinate acts are brought into compliance with this Law.

5. Before the implementation of the measures provided for by paragraph 4 of this article, the normative acts issued by the Minister of Justice of Georgia shall retain legal force.

6. By the day of entry into force of this Law, the Government of Georgia shall ensure the transfer to the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia, of the budgetary appropriations of the state sub-agency institution within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia.

7. By the day of entry into force of this Law, the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia shall ensure the transfer to the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, in the manner established by the legislation of Georgia, of the property necessary for the functioning of the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia (including the property recorded on the balance sheet of the state sub-agency institution within the system of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia – the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia).

8. Upon the entry into force of this Law, the Chief Prosecutor appointed at the time of the entry into force of this Law shall acquire the powers of the Prosecutor General for the term of the remaining powers.

9. The Minister of Justice shall retain the position of the Chairperson of the Prosecutorial Council until the election of a new chairperson, who shall be elected in the manner established by this Law, within 1 month from the entry into force of this Law.

10. Upon the entry into force of this Law, the members of the Prosecutorial Council shall retain their powers for the term of their powers as members of the Prosecutorial Council.

11. The entry into force of this Law shall not result in the termination of the powers of the workers of the prosecutor's office; they shall be referred to as employees of the prosecutor's office and shall be reassigned to the respective positions.

12. A crime committed by an employee of the prosecutor's office before 1 November 2019 shall be investigated by the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia in accordance with investigative jurisdiction.

Organic Law of Georgia No 4257 of 27 December 2018 – website, 29.12.2018

Organic Law of Georgia No 4902 of 28 June 2019 – website, 28.06.2019

Article 84¹. Liquidation of the Special Investigation Service and abolition of the position of the Head of the Special Investigation Service, their consequences and measures to be implemented in the transition period🔗

1. From 1 July 2025, the Special Investigation Service shall be liquidated and the position of the Head of the Special Investigation Service shall be abolished. Before 1 July 2025, the Government of Georgia shall ensure the liquidation of the Special Investigation Service in accordance with the Law of Georgia on Public Service. An employee of the Special Investigation Service holding a position in the Special Investigation Service as of 14 May 2025 shall, on the basis of written consent, be appointed by the Prosecutor General from 1 July 2025 to a position equivalent to his/her position in the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, and in the absence of such a position – to a position lower than his/her position, taking into account his/her competence. If an employee of the Special Investigation Service does not submit written consent to the Prosecutor General, the mobility rule provided for by the Law of Georgia on Public Service shall not apply to him/her from 1 July 2025. Such a person shall not have the right to demand reinstatement to a position equivalent to his/her position/to a workplace equivalent to his/her workplace after 30 June 2025. From 1 July 2025, he/she shall be paid compensation in the amount of 3 months' remuneration in accordance with the law and, if he/she so wishes, shall be enrolled in the reserve of civil servants. Interns of the Special Investigation Service shall, on the basis of written consent, continue their internship from 1 July 2025 at the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, in accordance with the procedure established by the Prosecutor General. The 10-year validity period established by the relevant legislation for the certificate confirming the passing of the judicial or bar qualification examination, as defined by subparagraph „b“ of paragraph 5 of Article 34 of this Law, shall not apply to an employee of the Special Investigation Service who is appointed to the position of prosecutor, investigator of the prosecutor's office or intern at the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia.

2. The Government of Georgia shall ensure the implementation of the measures necessary for the disposal, from 1 July 2025, of the property, financial resources, material and technical base recorded on the balance sheet of the Special Investigation Service and of the documentation belonging to the Special Investigation Service. The Government of Georgia shall be entitled to ensure, from 1 July 2025, the direct transfer of one part of the property, financial resources, material and technical base recorded on the balance sheet of the Special Investigation Service and of the documentation belonging to the Special Investigation Service to the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, and of the other part − to the respective service. The staff number of the General Prosecutor's Office may exceed the staff number approved for it by the Law of Georgia “On the State Budget of Georgia for 2025” by not more than the amount of the staff number determined for the Special Investigation Service by the same Law. The procedure for implementing the measures provided for by this paragraph shall be established by the Government of Georgia.

3. The Government of Georgia shall take a decision on the termination of private-law and administrative transactions concluded with the Special Investigation Service from 1 July 2025. The procedure for the fulfilment of the obligations arising as a result of such transactions shall be established by the Government of Georgia in accordance with law.

4. Civil and administrative disputes existing in respect of the Special Investigation Service shall continue in accordance with the legislation of Georgia.

5. The Prosecutor General shall, before 1 July 2025, in accordance with this Law, ensure the determination of the investigative subject-matter jurisdiction and territorial investigative jurisdiction of criminal cases provided for by the Law of Georgia “On the Special Investigation Service”.

6. The Prosecutor General shall ensure the distribution of ongoing and completed criminal cases in accordance with the procedure established by this Law and other legislative acts.

7. The activities of the Special Investigation Service in 2025 shall be financed from the programme code (51 00) approved for the Special Investigation Service by the Law of Georgia “On the State Budget of Georgia for 2025”. The Government of Georgia, upon the submission of the Minister of Finance of Georgia, shall ensure the targeted distribution of the appropriations allocated for the Special Investigation Service to the respective service.

8. The respective bodies/officials shall immediately, but not later than 1 July 2025, adopt/issue the subordinate normative acts necessary for the implementation of this Law.

Organic Law of Georgia of 24 June 2025 No. 693 – website, 25.06.2025.

Article 85. Final provisions🔗

1. This Law shall enter into force upon the oath taken by the President of Georgia elected in the next elections of the President of Georgia.

1¹. (Removed – 30.12.2021, No. 1339).

2. Upon the entry into force of this Law, the Law of Georgia of 21 October 2008 "On the Prosecutor's Office" (Legislative Herald of Georgia, No. 27, 27.10.2008, Art. 170) shall be declared invalid.

3. From 1 July 2025, the Law of Georgia of 21 July 2018 "On the Special Investigation Service" (Legislative Herald of Georgia (www.matsne.gov.ge), 09.08.2018, registration code: 080240000.05.001.019099) shall be declared invalid.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 4257 of 27 December 2018 – website, 29.12.2018.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 1339 of 30 December 2021 – website, 13.01.2022.

Organic Law of Georgia No. 693 of 24 June 2025 – website, 25.06.2025.

President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili

Kutaisi,

30 November 2018

N3794-Is