The Special General Meeting of members of the Notaries’ Chamber was opened by Deputy Minister of Justice Lana Morgoshia. She noted that the involvement of notaries and consideration of their views are important in the process of drafting and discussing amendments to the Charter. Notaries were given the opportunity to submit their proposals and comments.

Under the amendments to the Charter, candidates for the positions of Deputy Chair of the Board and Board member will be required to submit an application and an action program to the Chamber no later than 10 calendar days before the General Meeting. Following discussion, the proposed amendments to the Charter were approved by a majority vote.

At the meeting, alongside the amendments to the Chamber’s Charter, the notaries also discussed amendments to the Instruction on the Procedure for Performing Notarial Acts. Under the proposed changes, the number of Board members will be reduced from 11 to 7. The Board will include one member representing the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, one representing the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, one member representing municipalities in western Georgia, one representing municipalities in eastern Georgia, and three members representing notaries practicing in Tbilisi.

The meeting was attended by notaries and employees of the Notaries’ Chamber.