THE LAW on the institution of the Mediating Judges

1.  To introduce the position of the mediating judges in the cities and districts (Okrugs); each Okrug, together with the cities within their boundaries represent one mediating district.

16.  The language of proceedings with the district mediating judge, as well as at the Judges’ Congress shall be Georgian.

17.  In the districts where the majority of citizens belong to the non-Georgian nations, the proceedings shall be carried out in Georgian and in the language of the majority population of the district.  The Georgian text shall be considered as the official one.

18.  In the Okrug or district where non-Georgian citizens represent the significant part of the population (not less than 20 percent) – any application or verbal information can be delivered in the language of minority; they also have the right to obtain the copies of the document upon established rules without any charge.  If a person convicted in criminal offence or the sides involved in civil action ask to carry out proceedings not in Georgian language and the judge or the Congress of Judges have command in this language, the verbal proceedings shall be carried out in that language.

24 September 1918

Chairman of the National Council of Georgia N. Chkheidze

Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Georgia N. Zhordania

(Central State Historical Archive of Georgia, f. 1836, desc. 1, file 85, p.116-119)

 

THE LIST

of the mediating institutions and organizations

 

 

 

 

 

The Congress

of the Judges

 

 

Chair of

Congress

 

 

 

District

med.

Judge

 

 

 

Congress

Secretary

 

 

 

Assistants

 

 

 

Mediating

Judge

       

 

Congress

interpreter

 

 

Mediating

 Judge

 

 

 

Police

Officer

 

 

 

Court

Officers

 

 

Honorary

Judges

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

Sukhumi District

Court

(Sukhumi City)

 

1

 

7

 

1

 

1

 

7

 

1

 

7

 

1

 

7

 

3

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

(...)

 

Chairman of the National Council of Georgia N. Chkheidze

Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Georgia N. Zhordania

24 September 1918

(Newspaper “Sakartvelos Respublika”, N 58, 5 October 1918; Collection of the legal acts of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, p. 71-78)