Chapter I
General provisions

Article 1

1. The Constitutional Court of Georgia (hereinafter the Constitutional Court) shall be the judicial body of constitutional review, which shall guarantee the supremacy of the Constitution of Georgia, constitutional legality and the protection of the constitutional rights and freedoms of individuals.
2. The jurisdiction of the Constitutional Court shall extend to the whole territory of Georgia.

Article 2

The Constitutional Court shall perform its activity based on the principles of legality, collegiality, publicity, equality of arms and adversarial nature of the proceedings, independence, immunity and irremovability of the members of the Constitutional Court for the whole term of their office.

Article 3

1. Organization, competence and functioning procedure of the Constitutional Court shall be determined by the Constitution and the present law. Other rules of the organization of the Constitutional Court and the constitutional legal proceedings shall be determined by law and the Rules of the Constitutional Court.
2. It shall be obligatory to finance the Constitutional Court in such an amount that secures discharge of its functions and independence of a judge. Financing of the Constitutional Court shall be envisaged by a separate article of the State Budget of Georgia. The expenditure related to the organization and functioning of the Constitutional Court may not be less than that of the previous year. The scopes and structure of the financing shall be determined on the ground of the draft submitted by the President of the Constitutional Court to the Ministry of Finance in accordance with the procedure prescribed by law. Reduction of the statutory budgetary expenditure of the Constitutional Court shall be impermissible. ( 12.02.02 №1264)
3. The Constitutional Court shall be conveyed the premises and other assets necessary for its functioning.
4. With the view of ensuring the functioning of the Constitutional Court, the Staff of the Constitutional Court shall be set up. Structure, competence, formation and functioning procedure of the Staff of the Constitutional Court shall be determined by the by-law of the Staff approved by the Plenum of the Constitutional Court. (12.02.02 №1264)

Article 4