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title: "Carrier's failure to fulfil its obligation to transport a foreign national (Art. 139⁵)"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/administrative-and-public-law-en/carriers-failure-to-fulfil-its-obligation-to-transport-a-foreign-national-art-1395-en"
field: "Administrative & Public Law"
description: "Art. 139⁵: carrier's failure to fulfil obligations on transporting foreigners — fine 300, 1,000 or 1,500 GEL depending on transport type. Legal.ge."
updated: "2026-10-14"
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---

# Carrier's failure to fulfil its obligation to transport a foreign national (Art. 139⁵)

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## What Article 139⁵ regulates

Article 139⁵ of the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia establishes administrative liability for a carrier company's failure to fulfil an obligation established by the Georgian Law on the Legal Status of Foreigners and Stateless Persons. The norm concerns organisations involved in the carriage of persons: a carrier company that transports foreigners or stateless persons is itself responsible for the performance of its transport and documentary obligations. The purpose of the law is clear — the state receives information about persons entering the country and being carried across it, and the carrier is the link that ensures the completeness of that information. The norm thus embraces all three principal modes of carriage — land, sea and air — and attaches a separate fine to each of them.

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### What fine is imposed on a carrier company in the case of land transport?

Under Article 139⁵, in the case of land transport the carrier company or its representative is fined 300 GEL.

### How large are the fines for sea and air transport?

In the case of sea transport the fine is 1,000 GEL, and in the case of air transport — 1,500 GEL.

### Who is the liable person?

The fine is imposed on the carrier company or on the representative of the carrier company.

### Does the norm cover all obligations?

No — one specific obligation provided for by law is excluded from the scope of this norm.

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