---
title: "False Advertising Defense"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/crim-criminal-law-en/false-advertising-defense-en"
field: "Criminal Law"
description: "False advertising defense: deliberateness and significant damage — sanction up to a year. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-05"
updated: "2026-11-03"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# False Advertising Defense

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/crim-criminal-law-en/false-advertising-defense-en

## The Single-Article Practice of False Advertising Defence

The criminal defence of false advertising in Georgia is a single-norm practice: Article 201 of the Criminal Code — false advertising — is the only criminal provision addressed to advertising, and the whole defensive architecture of the case therefore unfolds on its three elements: who the actor was, how deliberate the misleading was, and whether significant damage stands. Boundaries should be noted as well: the administrative regime of placement and clearance of advertising belongs to separate legislation, and the comparative-broadcasting standards existing in other systems create no liability in Georgian criminal law — the criminal boundary stands on this article alone — and precisely for that reason, command of the three elements of one norm is the foundation of the whole defence: the position of both the accused and the victim is assembled on the same three pillars.

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### What penalty for false advertising?

From a fine up to one year; house arrest six months to two years.

### Who is the subject?

The customer, producer or distributor.

### What is decisive?

Deliberateness and significant damage.