§ Article 46Signature and promulgation of a law

Signature and promulgation of a law

1. A law passed by Parliament shall be submitted to the President of Georgia within 10 days.

2. The President of Georgia shall sign and promulgate the law or return it to Parliament with justified remarks within 2 weeks.

3. If the President of Georgia returns the law, Parliament shall put the President’s remarks to a vote. The adoption of the remarks
requires the same number of votes as for the initial adoption of the type of law in question. If the remarks are adopted, the final
version of the law shall be submitted to the President of Georgia within 5 days, and the President of Georgia shall sign and
promulgate the law within 5 days.

4. If Parliament rejects the President’s remarks, the initial version of the law shall be put to a vote. An organic law or a law shall be
considered adopted if it is supported by a majority of the total number of the Members of Parliament, except in the case of an
organic law provided for by Article 19(4) of the Constitution, which shall be considered adopted if it is supported by at least two
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thirds of the total number of the Members of Parliament. A constitutional law shall be considered adopted if it is supported by at
least three fourths of the total number of the Members of Parliament. Such a law shall be submitted to the President of Georgia
within 3 days, and the President of Georgia shall sign and promulgate the law within 5 days.

5. A constitutional law on amending the Constitution that was adopted by a majority of at least two thirds of the total number of
the Members of Parliament shall be signed and promulgated by the President of Georgia within 5 days of its submission, without
the right to return it to Parliament with remarks.

6. If the President of Georgia does not promulgate the law, return it to Parliament with justified remarks within the time frame
established by paragraph 2 of this article, or promulgate it within the time frame established by paragraphs 3, 4 or 5 of this article,
then the Chairperson of Parliament shall sign and promulgate the law within 5 days after this time frame expires.

7. A law shall enter into force on the 15th day after its promulgation in the official body unless another date is established by the
same law.

Constitutional Law of Georgia No 1324 of 13 October 2017 – website, 19.10.2017

Constitutional Law of Georgia No 2071 of 23 March 2018 – website, 2.4.2018