§ Article 46Campaign materials

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Campaign materials

1. Campaign materials may be displayed on buildings and premises and other facilities with the consent of their owners or possessors.

2. It is prohibited to place/post campaign materials on cultural buildings, premises of cultural heritage, in the interior and exterior of premises of state
authorities, local self-government bodies, courts, the Prosecutor’s Office, military units, and police, as well as on traffic signs.

3. Bookmaking regarding any election-related issue is prohibited.

4. Local self-government bodies shall determine the list of premises, as provided for by the second paragraph of this article, where the campaign
materials are prohibited to be placed, as well as shall determine the places and/or install stands for posting and displaying campaign materials. Stands
must be of such a size that all electoral subjects are provided with equal conditions for the display of campaign materials.

5. Local self-government bodies shall publish the information about places and/or installed stands designated for posting and displaying campaign
materials according to this article not later than 10 days before calling elections.

6. Printed campaign materials shall specify the names and addresses of organisations that manufactured and ordered them, as well as information of
circulation, sequence number, and date of issue. It is prohibited to disseminate printed campaign materials without indicating the above information. An
electoral subject shall be required to indicate the sequence number on printed campaign materials only after having been assigned that number.

7. Copies of printed campaign materials shall be submitted to the election commission, where an electoral subject was registered for elections, not later
than the fifth day after the day of issuing the campaign materials referred to in the sixth paragraph of this article.

71. Removal, tearing off, covering, or damaging campaign materials, unless they are located in a forbidden place, shall be prohibited and punishable by
this Law.

8. The relevant electoral subject shall, within 15 days after the official publication of final results of elections, ensure the removal of campaign materials.
Otherwise, the electoral subject shall be held liable under the legislation of Georgia.

Organic Law of Georgia No 6571 of 28 June 2012 – website, 28.6.2012

Organic Law of Georgia No 878 of 27 July 2013 – website, 7.8.2013

Organic Law of Georgia No 2093 of 7 March 2014 – website, 14.3.2014

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