Conducting a referendum

1. The President of Georgia shall, upon the request of the Parliament of Georgia, the request of the Government of Georgia, the request of not less than 200 000 voters or on his/her own initiative, call a referendum within 30 days after the receipt of the request.

2. A Referendum cannot be held in the case of:

a) an armed attack on Georgia
b) martial law
c) public disorder, military takeover, armed rebellion, ecological disasters and epidemics or in other cases when state bodies are unable to duly apply their constitutional powers.

3. A Referendum cannot be appointed on the same issue within one year after the date when the results of a referendum conducted on the same issue were officially published.

4. Referenda shall be organised and held in the Georgian language in Georgia, and also in the Abkhazian language in Abkhazia.