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title: "Breach of the time limit for registering and re-registering a civilian weapon (Art. 182)"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/administrative-and-public-law-en/breach-of-the-time-limit-for-registering-and-re-registering-a-civilian-weapon-art-182-en"
field: "Administrative & Public Law"
description: "Article 182: missing the civilian weapon registration deadline draws a fine of 100 GEL for individuals, 200 GEL for businesses — Legal.ge."
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Breach of the time limit for registering and re-registering a civilian weapon (Art. 182)

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## What Article 182 actually penalises

Article 182 of the Georgian Code of Administrative Offences does not punish holding a civilian weapon. It punishes missing a deadline — the deadline set for registering a civilian weapon, or the one set for re-registering it. That distinction matters a great deal in practice, because a weapon acquired entirely lawfully can still bring its owner within this article if the registration or re-registration step was not completed in time.

The article does not itself say how long those periods are. It refers to time limits fixed elsewhere in Georgian legislation and attaches a penalty to letting them expire. In any individual case, therefore, the first thing to establish is which period is said to have run out and from which date it was counted. The article was amended by Law of Georgia No. 3101 of 31 May 2023 and by Law of Georgia No. 452 of 4 April 2025.

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### Does the fine depend on how late I was?

No. Article 182 names a specific sum in each part rather than a range — 100 GEL, 200 GEL, 1,000 GEL, 3,000 GEL. The text draws no distinction based on the length of the delay, so a few days late and several months late attract the same figure under the same part.

### The weapon was acquired lawfully. Why am I being fined at all?

Because this article is about timing, not about lawful possession. Part 1 penalises a natural person for breaching the time limit set for re-registering a civilian weapon, and provides a fine of 100 GEL. Lawful acquisition does not take the case outside that part.

### I paid the 1,000 GEL fine. Is the matter closed?

Parts 4 and 5 tie the next step to whether the obligation was performed within 30 days of the warning, not to whether the fine was paid. Payment does not substitute for performance, so the chain can continue even after a fine has been settled.

### Can a weapon really be confiscated over a missed deadline?

Part 5 does provide for confiscation, but only at the end of the sequence: a penalty under part 3 with a warning, then a penalty under part 4 with a further warning, and only then confiscation if the obligation remains unperformed 30 days after that second warning.

### The decision does not tell me which obligation I failed to perform.

Article 182 does not describe the obligation itself — part 3 points to Article 35² and Article 35³ of the Law "On Weapons". Until you know which of those provisions is in issue, you cannot answer the allegation on the merits. Establishing that is the first step in the case.