Translated by IRIS Georgia Updated as of March 2004 Article 166. Administrative proceeding regarding the issuance of the decision on ensuring the enforcement 1. Articles 95 and 98 of this Code shall not apply to the administrative proceeding regarding the issuance of the decision on ensuring the enforcement. 2. In urgent cases, when state or public security and health or life of a person is undermined, or if the offense cannot be otherwise prevented, the decision on ensuring the enforcement may be issued orally. 3. The decision on ensuring the enforcement shall be issued in writing within three days after taking applicable measure for the enforcement, as prescribed by Chapter 4 of this Code. Article 167. The term for voluntary compliance with an administrative act 1. The person, in regard to whom the measure for ensuring the enforcement is taken, shall be granted a certain term for voluntary compliance with the administrative act. 2. The administrative agency shall clearly determine actions that the person shall perform for the purpose of enforcing the administrative act. 3. The person may fulfill his obligation in a manner that is the most convenient to him. 4. The measure for ensuring the enforcement may not be taken in regard to the person, who fulfills the obligations stipulated by the decision on ensuring the enforcement within the fixed term. The fulfillment of the above-referenced obligation by the person within the fixed term shall result in the termination of validity of the decision on enforcement. 5. In urgent cases stipulated by Article 166 of this Code the term may not be determined. Article 168. Reimbursement of the expenses related to enforcement 1. Unless otherwise prescribed by the law or applicable administrative act, the costs of enforcement of an administrative act shall be paid by the person who is in charge of the enforcement. 2. If in cases stipulated by Paragraph 5 of Article 167 of this Code no term was set for the person to voluntarily comply with an administrative act, the expenses related to the enforcement shall be covered by the state or local self-government and government agency, except when the urgent necessity was caused by the action of the person, who was in charge of enforcement of the administrative act. Article 169. The measure for ensuring enforcement 1. After the expiration of the term for voluntarily compliance with an administrative act, an administrative agency may take one of the following measures to enforce the administrative act: (a) assign another person to the enforcement of the administrative act, (b) impose a fine, or (c) direct coercion. Page 40 of 54