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.
Chairman of the
National Council of Georgia N. Chkheidze
Chairman of the
Government of the
(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 |
(...) |
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Court ( |
1 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
7 |
3 |
(...) |
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Chairman of the
National Council of Georgia N. Chkheidze
Chairman of the
Government of the
(Newspaper “Sakartvelos Respublika”, N 58, 5 October
1918; Collection of the legal acts of the Democratic Republic of Georgia, p.
71-78)