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title: "Assessment of evidence and doubt resolved in the person's favour (Art. 237)"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/administrative-and-public-law-en/assessment-of-evidence-and-doubt-resolved-in-the-persons-favour-art-237-en"
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description: "Art. 237 — assessment of evidence: no predetermined force; unresolved doubt decided in the person's favour. Lawyer consultation on Legal.ge."
updated: "2026-10-14"
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# Assessment of evidence and doubt resolved in the person's favour (Art. 237)

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## What Article 237 governs

Article 237 of the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia defines how evidence is assessed in an administrative case. It is a procedural norm without a sanction — its point is that the conclusion of the examining authority on the evidence arises from free assessment, but that freedom does not release the authority from responsibility: the assessment must rest on a comprehensive, complete and objective examination of all the circumstances of the case.

For the defence in an administrative case this is one of the most important norms: it is here that the rule is formulated that unresolved doubt is decided in favour of the person.

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### What does „no evidence has predetermined force“ mean?

That no piece of evidence — a record, a conclusion, a statement — is decisive by itself. All are assessed equally, and their final weight comes from the reasoned conviction of the examining authority.

### How is doubt resolved?

Unresolved doubt is resolved in favour of the person. If the authority resolved a doubt against the person, that is a breach of the norm.

### Is anyone punished under this article?

No — it is a procedural rule. Its breach becomes a ground for appealing the decision.

### What does this norm give me in an appeal?

An anchor: each unresolved doubt is fixed separately in the complaint, with a demand that it be resolved in your favour.