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Georgia’s Constitution allows immediate promulgation with a three‑quarters vote, otherwise requiring next‑Parliament two‑thirds confirmation.

The Claim

Under the Constitution of Georgia (country), a constitutional law revising the Constitution enters into force upon signature if adopted by at least three-quarters of the full membership of the Parliament of Georgia (e.g., 113 votes), but enters into force only after confirmation by the next convocation of the Parliament of Georgia if adopted by only two-thirds of the full membership (e.g., 100 votes).

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The Short Version

The core description is correct: Georgia’s Constitution uses a dual-track amendment procedure, with immediate effect for revisions backed by a three-quarters supermajority and delayed effect for those backed only by a two-thirds supermajority until the next Parliament confirms them. The main inaccuracies are legal wording. The Constitution refers to presidential promulgation, not merely signature, and the next Parliament’s confirmation must itself reach a two-thirds supermajority.

Caveats

  • “Signature” is not the constitutional term; Article 102 makes entry into force depend on presidential promulgation, which is a distinct legal act.
  • Confirmation by the next convocation is not automatic and not by simple majority; it must also be approved by at least two-thirds of the full membership of the newly elected Parliament.
  • Several listed sources concern the U.S. state of Georgia and are irrelevant; the controlling authority is the current Constitution of Georgia (country), especially Article 102.

The Receipts

  1. Constitution - Parliament of Georgia (Article 102 – Amendment of the Constitution)

    Parliament of Georgia

  2. Georgia 1995 (rev. 2018) Constitution

    Constitute Project

  3. CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA (as of 16 December 2023)

    Refworld

  4. THE CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA (English translation, 1995 Constitution with earlier amendments)

    University of Minnesota Human Rights Library

  5. The Mechanism for Revising the Constitution

    Constitutional Court of Georgia

  6. OPINION ON THREE DRAFT CONSTITUTIONAL LAWS AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA

    European Commission for Democracy through Law (Venice Commission)

  7. CDL-AD(2017)013: Georgia – Opinion on the draft revised Constitution

    Venice Commission (Council of Europe)

  8. საქართველოს კონსტიტუცია (Constitution of Georgia) – consolidated text after 2018 amendments

    საკანონმდებლო მაცნე (Legislative Herald of Georgia)

  9. Explanatory note to the draft constitutional law on revision of the Constitution of Georgia

    საქართველოს პარლამენტი (Parliament of Georgia)

  10. Georgia 1995 (rev. 2004) – Constitution of Georgia

    Constitute Project

+ 16 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

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