Legal.geLegal.geLegal.ge
SpecialistsCompaniesLibraryBlog
More
AboutPricingContact
LegalTools
Loading accountLog in
AboutSpecialistsCompaniesLibraryBlogPricingContact
LegalTools
Loading accountLog in
Legal.ge

Georgia’s legal platform.

Download on the App StoreLegal.ge for iPhone

Quick Links

  • About Us
  • Specialists
  • Open tasks
  • Services
  • Laws & Codes
  • Firms
  • Organisations
  • Events
  • Blog
  • Contact

Legal

  • Legal library
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Cookie Policy

Contact

contact@legal.ge+995 551 911 961Need a lawyer? Find a specialist

Tbilisi, Georgia

© 2026 Legal.ge. All rights reserved.

Made with in Georgia

Loading…
  1. Services
  2. Administrative & Public Law
  3. Administrative Offences
  4. Public Administration Order, State Demands & Registration
  5. Deliberately damaging or tearing off a stamp, seal or security seal (Art. 195)

Services

0 services available

Loading...

Public Administration Order, State Demands & Registration

Deliberately damaging or tearing off a stamp, seal or security seal (Art. 195)

The seal was damaged accidentally, yet I was fined under Article 195?

Article 195 covers only deliberate damage or removal — accident does not fit its description. Whether the act was deliberate is a question of fact, and it can be challenged. If you consider the act accidental, that is the central disputed issue of your case.

How much is the fine?

The article provides a fine of up to 100 lari — an upper limit is written, a lower one is not. The concrete amount is the authority's assessment and should be explained or reasoned in the decision document.

A private company sealed something and I removed it. Is that punishable under Article 195?

No — Article 195 extends only to seals placed by an authorised official. The status of the person who placed the seal is therefore the first fact to verify in your case.

Does damaging a seal come under other provisions too?

Article 195 itself states that it does not extend to certain cases provided for by other articles of the Code. That means the same factual situation may be more precisely assessed under a different norm. Checking the classification is a lawyer's task.

3 min·22 Aug 2026

What Article 195 is and what it protects

Article 195 of the Georgian Administrative Offences Code protects a seal — a plomb or a lock — placed by an authorised official. The norm contemplates two acts: its deliberate damage and its deliberate removal. In both formulations, two details carry decisive weight: the seal must have been placed by an authorised official, and the act must have been deliberate — accidental damage does not fit the description of this article.

If you have been fined under this article, this page helps you understand what the norm says, what fine it provides for, and where the case deserves to be disputed. Even where the amount is small, a recorded breach stays in the documents, and assessing it correctly matters later as well.

Updated: 14 Oct 2026