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title: "Unlawful fitting and misuse of a special flashing or audible signal (Art. 120)"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/administrative-and-public-law-en/unlawful-fitting-and-misuse-of-a-special-flashing-or-audible-signal-art-120-en"
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description: "Art. 120: unlawful fitting of a special flashing or audible signal — a 2 000 GEL fine with confiscation, 2 500 GEL on repeat. Legal.ge."
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# Unlawful fitting and misuse of a special flashing or audible signal (Art. 120)

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Article 120 of the Administrative Offences Code of Georgia establishes administrative liability for breaches of the rules on fitting a special loudspeaker, light or audible device on a vehicle, and for the misuse of such devices. Special signals are intended for the vehicles of operational and special services, and their unlawful fitting or use misleads other participants in road traffic. On this page we describe in detail what Article 120 covers, in which cases fines and confiscation are prescribed, and what consequences follow from the non-payment of a fine within the established time limits.

## Unlawful fitting of a special device and repeat commission

Under the first part of the article, fitting a special flashing signal and/or an audible signal and/or a special loudspeaker on a vehicle, or using a colour scheme designated for the vehicles of operational or special services, in breach of the rules determined by the Minister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, entails a fine of 2 000 GEL, together with the confiscation of the special flashing signal and the audible signal and/or the special loudspeaker. A repeated commission of this offence within one year is punished more severely — with a fine of 2 500 GEL. It is important that, under a note to the article, a special light device is considered unlawfully fitted even where it is placed on the vehicle or in its saloon, in a place visible to other road users, in breach of the rules — whether or not it is in working condition.

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### What fine is provided for the unlawful fitting of a flashing or audible signal?

A first offence entails a 2 000 GEL fine together with confiscation of the special device; a repeat within one year — a 2 500 GEL fine.

### What happens for misusing a special device?

Such conduct entails a fine of 30 GEL.

### What fine applies to obstructing an ambulance or police vehicle?

Obstructing an emergency medical, fire-rescue or police vehicle bearing identification marks and moving with an activated special signal entails a 300 GEL fine; obstructing another vehicle with an activated special signal — a 100 GEL fine.

### What are the consequences of not paying the fine?

After the deadline, a surcharge of double the fine, but not more than 500 GEL, is charged; further non-payment leads to replacement of the fine with a 6-month suspension of the driving licence.