§ Article 65Prosecutor's Office

Prosecutor's Office

1. The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia shall be independent in its activity and shall only comply with the Constitution and law.

2. The Prosecutor’s Office shall be led by the General Prosecutor, who is elected for a term of 6 years upon nomination by the
Prosecutors’ Council by a majority of the total number of the Members of Parliament, in accordance with the procedures
established by the organic law.

3. The Prosecutors’ Council shall be established to ensure the independence, transparency and efficiency of the Prosecutor’s
Office. The Council shall consist of 15 members elected in accordance with the procedures established by the organic law. The
Chairperson of the Prosecutors’ Council shall be elected by Council members for a term of 2 years.

4. The Prosecutor’s Office shall submit a report on its activities to Parliament on an annual basis.

5. The competences, structure and procedure for the activity of the Prosecutor’s Office shall be determined by the organic 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

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Article 66 – State Budget

1. The Parliament of Georgia shall annually adopt the Law on the State Budget by a majority of the total number of its members.

2. Only the Government of Georgia shall have the right to present a draft State Budget to Parliament after the Basic Data and
Directions have been examined with the committees of Parliament. The Government shall submit to Parliament a draft State
Budget for the following year no later than 3 months before the end of a budget year. Together with a draft State Budget, the
Government shall submit a progress report on the execution of the State Budget for the current year. The Government shall
submit a report on the execution of the previous year’s State Budget to Parliament for approval no later than 5 months after the
end of the budget year.

3. Amending a draft law on the State Budget shall be inadmissible without the consent of the Government. The Government may
request that Parliament meets additional state expenses if it indicates the sources used to cover those expenses.

4. Parliament may adopt a law on increasing the expenditures or on reducing the revenues of a State Budget, or on introducing
new financial obligations for the State for the current budget year, only with the consent of the Government. Laws related to the
following budget year may be adopted with the consent of the Government or within the scope of the document on Basic Data
and Directions of the country submitted by the Government to Parliament.

5. If Parliament does not adopt a State Budget by the beginning of a new budget year, expenses shall be covered in accordance
with the procedures established by law, based on the State Budget of the previous year.

6. A reduction of the funds allocated for Parliament in the State Budget, as compared to the amount budgeted for the previous
year, shall be possible only with the prior consent of Parliament. Parliament shall decide independently how to distribute the
funds allocated for Parliament in the State Budget.

7. The Law on the State Budget shall be signed and promulgated by the President of Georgia in accordance with Article 46 of the
Constitution. The remarks of the President on the Law on the State Budget may be accepted by Parliament only with the consent
of the Government.

8. The procedures for drafting and adopting a State Budget shall be determined by 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