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Communications, Media & Digital Space

Giving children access to a harmful print publication (Art. 172⁹)

The fine is 500 lari. Can it be reduced?

Part 1 of Article 172⁹ sets a fixed sum of 500 lari, not a range, so there is no scope under this provision to argue the amount down. The only available route is to challenge whether the offence occurred at all. If the protocol is factually wrong, the mechanism is an appeal, not a request for leniency on quantum.

Why was I fined 1,000 lari rather than 500?

1,000 lari is the part 2 sanction and applies only where the same act was committed repeatedly. If you do not accept that a qualifying earlier instance exists, that is the specific point to challenge. The difference between the two parts is 500 lari.

The magazine was on an open shelf and nothing was sold to a child. Is that still an offence?

Alongside selling, the article covers gifting and making a publication accessible in any other form. The text does not define what accessibility means in practice, so it is assessed on the facts of the individual case. That is usually where the real argument lies.

How long do I have to appeal?

Article 172⁹ does not set the deadline. It comes from the general provisions of the Code and is stated in the decision served on you. Check that document first, and record the date you received it in writing.

Does it matter that I did not know what the publication contained?

The text of Article 172⁹ says nothing about intent or knowledge. You therefore cannot read this provision as making a lack of knowledge a defence, nor as making it irrelevant — the question is resolved under the general provisions of the Code and on the facts of the case.

4 min·22 Aug 2026

What Article 172⁹ actually prohibits

Article 172⁹ of the Georgian Code of Administrative Offences deals with newspapers, magazines and other print media publications that contain information harmful to a child. It prohibits three things done in relation to such a publication: selling it to a child, giving it to a child as a gift, and making it accessible to a child in any other form. All three are treated identically. The law does not require that money changed hands, and it does not require that anyone physically handed the publication over. The third limb, making a publication accessible in another form, is by far the broadest of the three, and in practice it is where most disputes sit. The article itself does not define what counts as making a publication accessible, so that question is settled on the facts of each individual case rather than by a rule you can look up in the text.

Updated: 14 Oct 2026