Constitution of Georgia
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Chapter One – General Provisions
- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
- Provision
- 1
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source1. The following shall fall within the exclusive competence of the supreme state authorities of Georgia:
a) legislation on human rights, Georgian citizenship, migration, entry into and exit from the country, and the temporary or permanent stay of aliens and stateless persons in Georgia;
b) criminal, penitentiary, civil, intellectual property, administrative, labour and procedural legislation; legislation pertaining to land, minerals, and other natural resources; pharmaceutical legislation; legislation on obtaining the status of educational institution, and on accreditation, and academic degrees; and legislation on the National Academy of Sciences;
c) foreign policy and international relations; foreign trade, customs and tariff regimes;
d) state defence, military industry and arms trade; issues relating to war and truce; determining and introducing the legal regime of a state of emergency and martial law; the armed forces; courts and prosecution; state security; criminal police and investigation; the status, regime and protection of the state border; and a cordon sanitaire on the border;
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e) state finances and state loans; the printing and emission of money; and legislation on banking, credit, insurance, tax and trade of national significance;
f) railways and motor roads of national significance; the integrated energy system and regime; communications; the status and protection of territorial waters, airspace, the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone; aviation; the merchant fleet; ensigns; harbours of national significance; fishing in oceans and high seas; meteorology; environmental monitoring systems; standards and models; geodesy and cartography; determining the precise time; and state statistics.
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Constitution of Georgia · wipo.int · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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