Conducting a referendum

1. The President of Georgia may, at the request of the Parliament of Georgia, the Government of Georgia, or not less than 200 000 voters, set referendum within 30 days after receiving the request to set it.

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.

Organic Law of Georgia No 1019 of 6 September 2013 – website, 23.9.2013

Organic Law of Georgia No 3266 of 21 July 2018 – website, 13.8.2018