Armenian-english translation

Article 19. Sale or transfer of weapons by state military organizations

State militarized organizations have the right to sell or transfer their military weapons in the
manner prescribed by the Government of the Republic of Armenia, as well as to sell civilian and
service weapons and their bullets through legal entities licensed to trade them.

The leaders of militarized state organizations in the manner established by the Government of
the Republic of Armenia have the right to transfer and store firearms to certain categories of
military personnel, as well as retired state military personnel, and they also have the right to
temporarily transfer them to state officials authorized by law to carry weapons, issuing an
appropriate permit in the manner established by the Police of the Republic of Armenia.

(Amendment to Article 19, Law TC-170 of 17.09.09)

Article 20. Arms rewards, arms sales, donations and inheritance

1. The following persons have the right to donate arms in the Republic of Armenia:
a) (Clause (a) is repealed from 09/04/2018 under the law TC -277 of 23/03/18)
b) Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia
c) The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia to the military servicemen providing
outstanding services in the defense and military construction of the Republic of Armenia
d) The Chief of the Police of the Republic of Armenia to the Police Officers for excellent
performance of long exemplary and impeccable service, as well as for well-doing their official
duties and / or special tasks
e) Director of National Security Service to National Security Officers for many years of
exemplary and impeccable service, as well as for significant and exceptional services rendered
to the Republic of Armenia
2. Weapons handed to citizens of the Republic of Armenia on the basis of documents on
remuneration from heads of foreign states or their governments are also considered as
donated arms.
3. Weapons that allow shooting from continuous arms, as well as arms whose use is prohibited
on the territory of the Republic of Armenia, cannot be issued as a reward.
3.1 The arms given as a gift is given to the person with the right of ownership with the
permission to hold or to bear the arms.
3.2 Permits to store or carry and arms as a gift should include a note on the surrender of arms to
the police of the Republic of Armenia in the event of withdrawal of the permit by that
person or through an authorized person, and notice of criminal liability for illegal possession
or possession of a weapon in case of failure to fulfill this obligation
4. The procedure for the delivery of weapons and the rules for using weapons as a reward are
established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
5. Citizens of the Republic of Armenia have the right to sell their legal weapons on the basis of
the right to trade in civilian and official weapons, to legal entities or organizations authorized
at that time, which are authorized to create or demonstrate weapons, informing in advance
the appropriate police authority that issued the right to possess or carry weapons, as well as
citizens authorized to acquire, collect or demonstrate weapons after re-registration with the
appropriate police authority at the place of registration of weapons.
5.1 The owner of a firearm provided as a gift may not transfer it to another person for
possession, use or possession, with the exception of cases provided for in paragraph 7 of this
article.
6. Donations of civilian weapons registered with the appropriate police authority are made in
the manner prescribed by law, after the donor receives permission to purchase civilian
weapons.
7. In the case of the inheritance of a firearm as a gift, it is transferred to the heir with
permission to hold it after redemption. As a gift, firearms are given to the heir with
permission to keep it without extinguishing, if the heir has permission to collect weapons.
8. In the event of the death of the owner of the weapon, until the heir receives permission to
acquire the weapon, the registered body is responsible for the storage of the weapon. The
inheritance of weapons is carried out in the manner prescribed by Article 1250 of the Civil
Code of the Republic of Armenia.
9. (Amendment to Article 20, Law TC -509 of 26.12.02, TC -122 22.02.07, TC -170 17.09.09,
(the law has transitional provisions), TC -46 19.03.12, TC -277 23.03.18)

Article 21. Sale of civil and service weapons and ammunition by others

Persons referred to in paragraphs 2-7 of Article 10 of this Law who are entitled to acquire
weapons may sell civilian and service weapons and their bullets legally owned to legal entities
licensed to trade in civilian and official weapons, informing the Police of the place of registration
of the weapon in advance.

(Amendment to Article 21, Law TC -170 of 17.09.09)

Article 22. Preservation of civil and service weapons and their ammunition

The preservation of civil and service weapons and their ammunition is permitted to legal
entities and citizens authorized to carry weapons by the police of the Republic of Armenia in the
prescribed manner.
 Foreign citizens who have acquired civilian and service weapons in the manner established in
the Republic of Armenia are allowed to hold no more than five days.

Legal entities and citizens are prohibited from storing or using firearms that they find or those
weapons are illegally transferred to them by other persons. The specified weapon must be
immediately transferred to the nearest police of the Republic of Armenia.

Weapons should be stored in such a way as to ensure their safety, security and to prevent
access by unauthorized persons.

The Government of the Republic of Armenia defines the requirements regarding the
conditions of possession of weapons.

(Amendment to Article 22, Law TC -170 of 17.09.09)

Article 23. Procedure for the Issuance of Licenses, Permits and Certificates, procedure for
collecting relevant fees to extend their validity

For issuing licenses, permits, certificates and extending their validity period provided for by
this Law, a state duty shall be levied in the manner and amount established by law.

Article 24. The use of weapons by the citizens of the Republic of Armenia

Citizens of the Republic of Armenia may use the weapons at their disposal only to protect life,
health and property if necessary or absolutely necessary. The use of weapons must precede a
clear warning to the person against whom the weapon is used, except that a delay in use could
endanger human lives or lead to other serious consequences. If necessary, the use of weapons
should not cause harm to others.

It is forbidden to use firearms against women, persons with disabilities and minors, if their age
is obvious or known to the manufacturer of the firearm, except in cases of armed or group attack
or armed resistance, as well as significant crowds when using firearms, when it is possible to
injure other people. In any case, the use of weapons that cause harm to human health, the person
carrying the weapons must immediately, but not later than within twenty-four hours, notify the
police about the place of use of the weapon.

The rules for the use of sport and hunting weapons shall be established by law.

(Amendment to Article 24, Law TC-170 of 17.09.09)

Article 25. Weapons, carrying, moving, destroying, collecting and showing collections
 The Government of the Republic of Armenia establishes the rules for registration, carrying,
moving and destruction of weapons.

Legal entities and citizens have the appropriate permission and the right to collect and
demonstrate collections of weapons, not provided for by this Law, in the territory of the
Republic of Armenia.

The Government of the Republic of Armenia determines the rules for the manufacture and
demonstration of collections of weapons similar to weapons of production, the procedure for
production, trade, sale, transfer, acquisition, demonstration, storage and transportation.

(Amendment to Article 25, Law TC-122 of 22.02.07)

Article 26. Revocation of licenses and permits and termination of ownership of weapons

Licenses for the production, trade, collection or demonstration of weapons, as well as for the
storage and carrying of weapons of civil and service weapons, are canceled if:

a) an individual or legal entity voluntarily waives any of these licenses or permits, or the legal
entity dissolves, or the owner of the weapon or a citizen with legal or military weapons dies
b) an individual or legal entity has repeatedly (at least twice a year) violated or failed to
comply with the requirements of this Law or other legal acts regulating the use of weapons
c) Circumstances arose that exclude the right to obtain licenses or permits provided for by this
Law
d) an individual or legal entity made structural changes in the weapon and its bullets, as a
result of which its technical characteristics changed
e) The person was registered with the police of the Republic of Armenia on the basis of
regular and constant violations in the field of family and family relations
f) the person was convicted of a deliberate commission of a crime, and the sentence entered
into legal force
g) The decision was made in violation of the conditions provided for in Article 20 of this Law

The decision to revoke the license or permit on the grounds provided for in paragraph (b) of
this article shall be preceded by a prior written notice issued by the licensing or authorizing
body to an individual or legal entity indicating, in particular, which legal norms or rules have
been violated, as well as the deadline for eliminating violations.

After revoking a license or permit, legal entities can apply for a re-license or permit three
years after the date of revocation of the license or permit, and individuals after 5 years.
 A voluntary refusal to issue a license or permit does not establish time limits for such
repeated admission.

In the cases stipulated by part 1 of this article, a citizen’s right to own a weapon is terminated
on the grounds provided for in Article 282 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Armenia.

Until the revocation of licenses or permits and until the court decision to terminate
possession of weapons comes into force, weapons are seized and stored by the Police of the
Republic of Armenia.

(Amendment to Article 26, TC-122 of 22.02.07 Law TC-46 of 19.03.12)

Article 27. Weapons and ammunition

(Article 27 is repealed with effect from 28.04.2012, TC-46 law 19.03.12)

Article 28. Ammunition registration

A preliminary control shot is fired for each unit located on the territory of the Republic of
Armenia, with the results being transferred to the Republican registry for recording a bullet.

The organization and functioning of the Republican library of registration cards for
ammunities is determined by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

Article 29. Control of the use of weapons

The Government of the Republic of Armenia, the Police of the Republic of Armenia, the
Authorized Body for Standardization, Metrology and Certification shall supervise the
circulation and use of civil and official weapons in the Republic of Armenia.

The control over the circulation and use of weapons of state militarized organizations is
carried out in accordance with the procedure established by the Government of the Republic
of Armenia.

Officials with authority to supervise the circulation and use of civil and official weapons shall
have the right to:

a) To test weapons at the places of their production, trade, storage and destruction
b) to seize and destroy in accordance with the procedure established by law, prohibited
weapons in the territory of the Republic, with the exception of those that had and illegally
owned weapons that existed before the entry into force of this Law
c) require legal entities and citizens to provide the necessary documents and copies, written
or oral, in order to fulfill their supervisory functions
 d) Issue binding executive orders to Armenian citizens and officials in case of violation of
established rules
e) take other measures provided for by the legislation.

Procedure for the circulation and use of civilian and service weapons and its ammunities is
established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

The procedure for accepting confiscated, voluntary surrendered and found weapons and
ammunition shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Armenia.

(Amendment to Article 29, Law TC-170 of 17.09.09, TC -277 of 23.03.18, TC -48 of 31.05.19
etc.)

President of the Republic of Armenia – R. Kocharyan

Yerevan, 3 / August / 1998

TC -246

The number N 751-L Type - Incorporation

Type – Local decision Status – Active

30.06.2018

Accepting authority – The Prime-Minister of RA Accepting date – 11.06.2018

Signature authority - The Prime-Minister of RA Signature date – 11.06.2018

The ratifying authority Ratification date –

Effective Date – 01.07.2018 Date of repeal of law –

Relation to other documents

Modifiers and incorporations

Source published on site, Place of reception Yerevan

 Decision of the Prime-Minister of RA Minister on the approval of the RA Police Charter

Prime-Minister of RA

Decision

on Approval of the Charter of the Police of the Republic of Armenia of June 11, 2018 N 751-L

Subject to Part 10 of Article 7 of the Law of the Republic of Armenia on Public

Administration Bodies:

approve the Charter on Police of the Republic of Armenia in accordance with the Appendix.

Prime-Minister of RA

N. Pashinyan

2018 / June / 11, Yerevan

Appendix to

Decision N 751-L of the

RA Prime Minister

dated June 11, 2018

Charter

of the Police of the Republic of Armenia

I. General Provisions
1. The Police of the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as the Police) is a body
subordinate to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia (hereinafter referred to as
the Prime Minister).
2. The police were created, reorganized, and their activities were suspended by law.
3. Police act in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Armenia, Armenia

Based on international treaties, laws, other legal acts of the republic and this Charter.

4. The police name is:

1) In Armenian - Հայաստանի Հանրապետության ոստիկանություն
2) In Russian - Полиция Республики Армения
3) In english - Police of the Republic of Armenia
4) In French - Police de la République d’Arménie
5. The police have a round seal and letterhead depicting the coat of arms of the Republic of
Armenia and its names in Armenian, Russian and English. The police may have a symbol
and other means of identification.
6. The composition of the police includes the posts of chief of police, deputy chief of
police, adviser to the chief of police, assistant to chief of police, assistant to deputy chief
of police and structural units.
7. State non-profit organizations may be subordinate to the police without transferring
authority to the founder, unless otherwise provided by law.
8. The police may be authorized to own state shares or shares in the manner prescribed by
the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.
9. The police station is located at 130 Nalbandyan str., Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.

II. Goals and tasks of the police

10. The goals of the police are:
1) protection of human and civil rights and freedoms, the interests of the public and the
state against unlawful encroachment;
2) maintaining and protecting the law and order within its powers.
11. The tasks of the police are to ensure:
1) human security in cases provided by law
2) pre-prevention and prevention of crimes and administrative offenses
3) disclosure of crimes, criminal investigations
4) public order protection and public safety
5) equal protection of all forms of property
6) Assistance to individuals and legal entities in protecting their rights and legitimate
interests to the extent provided by law.

III. The functions of the police

12. These are the functions of the police
1) Determination of the main areas of police activity in the field of constitutional human
rights and freedoms, protection of all forms of ownership, public order and public safety,
participation in the development and implementation of state policy in the fight against
crime;
2) Organization and execution of registration and registration of crimes and other offenses,
statements and reports on accidents, their proper processing, preservation of the crime
scene
3) Implementation of operational intelligence, criminal administrative and administrative
activities within its competence;
4) conducting forensic investigations in cases of criminal and administrative offenses,
materials of operational investigative activities;
5) Development and implementation within its competence of departmental lines and
tactics to combat terrorism, corruption, transnational and organized crime and ensuring
international cooperation in these areas;
6) Organization and conduct of investigation, trial, punishment, search for stolen property,
identification of missing persons, identification of unidentified corpses;
7) the detention of persons who refrain from forced examination and treatment or
involuntary hospitalization, in the manner and in the cases provided for by law, of a
medical or psychiatric organization;
8) Ensuring joint control with health authorities to prevent crimes related to mental illness,
drunkenness, drug addiction and other diseases that pose a threat to the environment;
Submission of petitions to health authorities for persons suspected of suffering or mental
illness, for hospitalization or examination in accordance with the law;
9) Organization and implementation of detention of persons and accompanying persons
arrested and detained in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Armenia;
10) Taking measures stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia to protect the
life, health and property of witnesses, victims, other participants in the criminal process,
judges, prosecutors, investigators and other persons protected by law;
11) To ensure the identification and support of persons who have been trafficked and
exploited within their jurisdiction, as well as the protection of potential victims, victims
and victims of a certain category;
12) ensuring the protection of persons subject to state protection, as well as other objects
and property of legal entities and individuals, including on a contractual basis;
13) take urgent measures to protect property, finds and treasures before handing them over
to the appropriate state bodies or officials, take measures to protect the remaining
animals and find the owner;
14) storage of documents, items, valuables and other property discovered and transferred to
the police, and taking measures to return them to their rightful owner in the manner
prescribed by law;
15) Act on behalf of the legal owner of the land, building or structure or other real estate on
the basis of a power of attorney to prevent or eliminate entry into real estate;
16) maintenance of public order in the streets, squares, in parks and at railway stations, in
airports, constituencies, other public places, during court hearings (through judicial
mediation);
17) ensuring public order and road safety on a contractual basis during sporting, cultural and
other public events (except for charitable and state bodies);
18) until disciplinary supervision or submission to another competent authority without the
supervision of minors left unattended;
19) - within its competence, the application of measures to protect and supervise persons
who have committed domestic violence, the prophylactic registration of persons who
have committed domestic violence, and the monitoring of registered minors, as well as
referral to a rehabilitation center for a minor who has been subjected to domestic
violence;
20) traffic regulation, supervision of compliance with the requirements of the legislation of
the Republic of Armenia on road safety, organization and implementation of road patrol
services, escort of vehicles in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of
Armenia;
21) conducting state registration and state registration of vehicles, providing registration
numbers, re-equipping vehicles with changing registration data and re-registering
unauthorized vehicles; Passing exams for obtaining a driver’s license and issuing a
national driver’s license and, on their basis, an international driver’s license;
22) Organization, implementation and control of the activity of the passport system of the
Republic of Armenia, issue (exchange) of identity documents to citizens of the Republic
of Armenia; Providing a public service number, registering in the state register of
citizens and citizenship, registering persons at the place of residence, maintaining the
state register of voters and the register of voters, compiling voter lists;
23) Drawing up conclusions on applications for citizenship or termination of citizenship of
the Republic of Armenia and presenting them to the Interdepartmental Commission on
Citizenship;
24) Documentation of stateless persons and refugees, visas to foreigners and stateless persons
of the Republic of Armenia, issuance of residence permits, organization and monitoring
of their entry, transit, departure from the territory of the Republic of Armenia according
to the rules of the Republic of Armenia.
25) deportation of foreign citizens and stateless persons who entered the Republic of
Armenia in violation of the procedure established by law, as well as the detention of
such persons for the purpose of deportation or extradition to another state;
26) within the limits of its competence, licenses, permits (recall), as well as control over the
circulation of items (weapons, ammunition, explosives, drugs, psychotropic, highly
 active and toxic substances, as well as their components, etc.) of limited circulation
provided for by law;
27) unauthorized confiscation of prohibited weapons in the territory of the Republic in the
manner prescribed by law, and destruction in accordance with the legislation of the
Republic of Armenia;
28) supervision of the activities of private security organizations in accordance with the law;
29) Ensuring the legal regime of martial law or a state of emergency declared in the territory
of the Republic of Armenia or its part, implementation of unified state measures for the
prevention and liquidation of emergency situations, participation in quarantine
measures during epidemics;
30) elimination of the consequences of man-made and natural disasters, major accidents and
fires, riots, other emergency situations, as well as ensuring the rescue of the population
during other emergency situations and special events; Involving police and military
personnel in the protection of unregulated property and ensuring public order, taking
urgent measures
31) the organization of mobilization tasks and civil defense activities within its competence,
the development and implementation of comprehensive measures to improve the
efficiency of the police in martial law and emergency situations;
32) Ensuring the participation of the police in the defense of the Republic of Armenia in the
manner prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.
33) analysis of crimes and other offenses, identifying the causes and contributing factors,
taking measures to eliminate them, predicting the development of a criminal situation;
33.1 Development of recommendations on how to develop a police structure and its
changes to increase the effectiveness of the police;
34) Collaboration with the public administration system and local self-government bodies,
other organizations, as well as with individuals in the fight against crime and
administrative offenses, ensuring public order and public safety;
35) Implementation of state registers established by the legislation of the Republic of
Armenia, including the creation, maintenance and use of operational, intelligence,
criminal, statistical and other information databases; the information service of the
structural units of the police and the transmission of information to bodies of state
administration in cases provided for by law;
36) Registration of objects, equipment and documents subject to special registration related
to administrative offenses, convicted persons, as well as citizens and organizations, as
provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Armenia;
37) Organization and control of the educational process in the police educational institution
in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Armenia;
38) The selection, placement, certification, service, combat and physical fitness, training and
professional development of police officers;
39) oversees the maintenance of the legitimacy of the activities of police officers, military
personnel, civil servants and persons providing technical services; Implementation of
measures to prevent, detect violations of the law in the police system;
40) Organization and maintenance of the police department and archives in accordance
with the legislation of the Republic of Armenia;
41) discussion and adoption of relevant decisions and complaints of citizens on proposals,
statements and complaints, as well as publications and reports on the activities of the
police system;
42) Organization of coverage of police activities in the fight against crime, public order and
public safety, as well as legal campaigning; Organization in accordance with the
legislation of the Republic of Armenia;
43) Development and implementation of comprehensive treatment, prophylactic,
sanatorium, rehabilitation measures for police officers, military personnel and members
of their families, retired police officers; organization of activities of medical institutions
of the police system;
44) Implementation of other functions stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of
Armenia.

(Clause 12 is supplemented on 10.30.19 N 1568-L)

IV. Police management

13. The police are led by the prime minister.
14. The prime minister
1) The Prime Minister approves the police charter, including structure, and amends the
charter, unless otherwise provided by law;
2) The Prime Minister determines the number of police officers (employees)
3) The Prime Minister determines the main areas of police activity in accordance with the
scope, goals and objectives of the activity provided for by law, other legal acts.
4) The Prime Minister exercises control over police activities.
5) PM listens to police reports, examines results of inspection
6) The Prime Minister oversees the protection of state property endorsed or used by the
police.
7) The Prime Minister shall approve the annual balance sheet unless otherwise provided by
law.
15. Police activities are managed by the Chief of Police.
16. The President of the Republic of Armenia appoints and dismisses the chief of police
upon the recommendation of the Prime Minister.
17. The Head of Police during his activities is guided by the Constitution of the Republic of
Armenia, international treaties, laws, this Charter and other legal acts of the Republic of
Armenia.
18. Police Chief reports to the Prime Minister
19. The head of the police is the head of the police, the head of organizations subordinate to
the police, the head of his advisers and assistants, the general head of the structural units
of the central police apparatus, the head of the Yerevan police and regional branches.
20. Chief of Police:
1) The chief of police is responsible for fulfilling the goals, tasks and functions of the police.
2) The chief of police manages organizations subordinate to the police.
3) The chief of police approves internal disciplinary rules
4) The chief of police is the commander of the budget allocation for the police (including
foreign currency) and approves the estimated cost of maintaining the police;
5) The chief of police leaves himself or the deputy chiefs of police coordination of activities
in certain areas of the police, the functions and structural units providing them, as well
as activities entrusted to the police.
6) The chief of police exercises the powers stipulated by the Law of the Republic of
Armenia on the Regulation of Administrative Law, or assigns them to the deputy head of
the police.
7) The chief of police distributes duties between his advisers and assistants:
8) The chief of police, within the limits of his authority, shall adopt legal acts, including
jointly with other bodies:
9) The chief of police defines departmental standards for evaluating police performance.
10) The chief of police suspends or cancels orders, instructions, orders, and other
instructions of his deputies of the structural units of the police, heads of police units,
which contradict the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.
11) The Chief of Police submits to the Prime Minister, in the manner established by the
legislation of the Republic of Armenia, amendments to the Police Charter, including
changes to the structure of the RA Police
12) The Chief of Police approves the Police Staff List
13) The Chief of Police approves the statutes of the structural units of the police, including
the internal structure;
14) The chief of police confirms the job description of his adviser, police officers, military
personnel, civil servants
15) The chief of police can create advisory bodies (collegium), committees, working groups,
etc. to discuss the most important issues related to the activities of the police system, to
solve problems existing in certain areas; The chief of police determines their individual
composition, scope and scope of jurisdiction;
16) The police chief presides over the meetings of the police advisory council (collegium),
conducts operational consultations convened by him;
17) The Chief of Police may establish a Consultative Body for Public Oversight, a Public
Council, to approve its composition and working procedure with the aim of involving
civil society in the development of the main directions of state policy in the police sector
and ensuring transparent and accountable police practice.
18) The Chief of Police may, together with the heads of the police departments of other
states, create collegial bodies to solve problems existing in the field of international
crime.
19) The Chief of Police submits to the Prime Minister for discussion draft laws and proposals
on legal acts relating to the activities of the police and the organization of labor,
participates in the discussion of issues related to the police in state bodies;
20) Police chief signs contracts on behalf of the police
21) The Chief of Police within his jurisdiction acts on behalf of the Republic of Armenia
without permission, and also issues a power of attorney on behalf of the Republic of
Armenia, including credential powers of attorney, without permission
22) The chief of police appoints and dismisses his adviser, his assistants and assistants to his
advisers
23) In cases stipulated by law or the Charter of the Police, the Chief of Police appoints and
dismisses police officers, military personnel, and civil servants
24) The chief of police authorizes the heads of police structural units, police subordinate
organizations to appoint citizens of the Republic of Armenia to the junior police post,
appoint junior, middle managers, dismiss them from the police service, recruit and
dismiss civil servants and persons performing technical services, as well as mid-level
police officers, military personnel and civil servants, with the right to transfer to another
position in the same group;
25) The chief of police confers police and military ranks in the manner prescribed by the
legislation of the Republic of Armenia, submits to the Prime Minister a petition for
conferring police and higher military ranks:
26) The police chief, in accordance with the procedure established by law, encourages or
imposes disciplinary sanctions on police officers, military personnel, civil servants, and
maintenance personnel, authorizing individual police officers to apply incentives and
disciplinary sanctions;
27) The police chief calls on the heads of government bodies of the Republic of Armenia and
foreign countries or other officials, citizens, as well as stateless persons to provide
assistance in the work of the police.
28) The police chief establishes police medals, badges, diplomas and the title “Honorary
Servant of the Police of the Republic of Armenia” and approves their descriptions and
order of rewarding.
29) The chief of police permits business trips of police officers, military personnel, civil
servants and technicians;
30) The chief of police receives visits from police officers, military personnel, civil servants,
personnel officers and citizens, The chief of police organizes the consideration of
proposals, statements and complaints of citizens, as well as reports of police officers,
military personnel, public servants and technicians;
31) The police chief hears reports of the deputy police chief, his advisers and assistants,
structural units and organizations subordinate to the police, and considers the results of
their activities, unless otherwise provided by law;
32) The police chief performs other functions stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of
Armenia.
21. In the absence of the chief of police, he shall be replaced by the first deputy, and in the
absence of the deputy chief, the highest rank of deputy chief of police, and in the case of
the same rank, the oldest deputy chief of police.
22. Deputies of the Chief of Police are appointed and dismissed by the President of the
Republic of Armenia at the proposal of the Prime Minister.
23. Deputy Chief of Police:
1) acts by the power delegated by the Chief of Police and coordinates the activities assigned
to him
2) The Deputy Chief of Police shall, within the limits of his coordination powers, transmit
to the Police Structural Units, organizations subordinate to the Police, the instructions of
the Chief of Police; The Deputy Chief of Police ensures that the instructions of the Chief
of Police are followed up by the police units subordinate to the police organizations,
distributes tasks within his or her coordination authority and monitors their
implementation, reporting the results to the Chief of Police.
3) The deputy chief of police cooperates with other bodies and organizations within the
framework of their coordination powers.
4) The deputy chief of police shall submit proposals to the chief of police within the
framework of his coordination powers:
5) The deputy police chief follows the instructions given by the police chief.
24. The deputy chief of police may have an assistant.
 The deputy chief of police is the immediate chief of his assistant.

The Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Police is directly accountable to the Deputy Chief of
Police.

25. Advisor to the Chief of Police:

1) Police chief advisor coordinates work in areas of particular importance to the police
system:
2) Based on the polls, the Advisor to the Chief of Police gives recommendations on how to
effectively resolve its coordination issues.
3) The advisor to the chief of police ensures that certain tasks are fulfilled:
4) The adviser to the police chief reports directly to the police chief.
26. Assistant to the Chief of Police:
1) Assistant to Chief of Police Assists in Chief of Police
2) Assistant to Chief of Police performs separate assignments of Chief of Police:
3) The assistant police chief reports directly to the police chief.
27. Assistant to the Deputy Chief of Police
1) Assistant Deputy Chief of Police Helps the Deputy Chief of Police
2) The assistant to the deputy chief of police fulfills separate instructions of the deputy
chief of police:
3) The Assistant Deputy Chief of Police is directly subordinate to and accountable to the
Deputy Chief of Police.

V. Structural units of the police

28. The police consist of the central police apparatus, its structural subordinate units, the
Yerevan city and regional police departments and their subordinate units.
29. The main specialized structural units of the central police apparatus are:

1) Police Headquarters;

2) The Main Police Department of the Criminal Police;

3) General Directorate of Public Security of the Police;

4) General Directorate of State Security;

5) police forces;

6) the operational investigative department of the police;

7) National Central Bureau of Interpol in the Republic of Armenia;

8) Department of expert criminal police;

9) Road Police Service (hereinafter - Road Police);

10) Department of passports and visas of the police;

11) Department of internal security of the police.

(Clause 29 edited 30.10.19 N 1568-L)

30. Specialized structural units supporting the central police force:

1) Legal Department of Police;

2) Financial and budget police department;

3) the economic department of the police;

4) police personnel department;

5) Police Information Center;

6) a military and physical alert police unit;

7) Police Enforcement and Confidentiality Department;

8) Department of Public Relations and Police Information;

9) Department of Police Communications and Information Technology;

10) Medical department of the police.

(Clause 30 edited 30.10.19 N 1568-L)

31. The main professional structural units subordinate to the central police apparatus are:

1) regiments, battalions subordinate to the police;

2) regiments, divisions, paramilitary units subordinate to the Main Directorate of State

Guard of Police;

3) a separate police quarantine subordinate to the General Directorate of Public Security of

the Police;

4) units, battalions, units subordinate to the traffic police;

5) Departments, departments, groups subordinate to the department of passports and visas of
the police.

(Clause 31 edited 30.10.19 N 1568-L)

32. Specialized units supporting direct subordination to central police forces:

1) hospital, clinic, epidemiological surveillance center, police medical commission,
2) Departments subordinate to the economic police department.
33. The heads of units subordinate to the central police apparatus are the heads of the
respective higher structural units.
34. The police department of the city of Yerevan and the region and their units are the main
professional structural units. They are:

1) Yerevan city police department;

2) Central Division of the Yerevan City Police Department;

3) Arabkir department of Yerevan city police department;

4) Shengavit department of Yerevan city police department;

5) Erebuni department of Yerevan city police department;

6) Nor Nork Division of Yerevan City Police Department

7) Malatia Division of Yerevan City Police Department;

8) Mashtots Division of Yerevan City Police Department;

9) Kanaker-Zeytun Division of Yerevan City Police Department;

10) Line Division of Zvartnots Airport, Yerevan City Police Department;

11) Yerevan Metro Police Department of the Yerevan Metro Service after K. Demirchyan;

12) Aragatsotn regional police department;

13) Ashtarak Division of Aragatsotn Regional Police Department;

14) Aparan Division of Aragatsotn Regional Police Department;

15) Aragatsotn police department of Aragatsotn marz;

16) Talin Division of Aragatsotn Regional Police Department;

17) Ararat Regional Police Department;

18) Artashat Division of Ararat Regional Department of Police;

19) Ararat Division of Ararat Regional Police Department;

20) Masis Division of Ararat Regional Police Department;

21) Armavir Regional Police Department;

22) Armavir Division of Armavir Regional Police Department;

23) Vagharshapat Division of Armavir Regional Police Department;

24) Baghramyan Division of Armavir Regional Police Department;

25) Metsamor Division of Armavir Regional Police Department;

26) Gegharkunik Regional Police department;

27) Gavar Division of Gegharkunik Regional Police Department;

28) Chambarak division of Gegharkunik regional police department;

29) Martuni Department of Gegharkunik Regional Police Department;

30) Sevan Division of Gegharkunik Regional Police Department;

31) Vardenis department of Gegharkunik regional police department;

32) Lori regional police department;

33) Taron Division of Lori Regional Police Department;

34) Bazum Division of Lori Regional Police Department

35) Gugark Division of Lori Regional Police Department;

36) Tumanyan Division of Lori Regional Police Department

37) Spitak division of Lori Regional Police Department

38) Tashir division of Lori Regional Police Department;

39) Stepanavan Division of Lori Regional Police Department;

40) Kotayk Regional Police Department;

41) Hrazdan Division of Kotayk Regional Police Department;

42) Kotayk Division of Kotayk Regional Police Department;

43) Nairi Division of Kotayk Regional Police Department;

44) Charentsavan Division of Kotayk Regional Police Department;

45) Shirak Regional Police Department;

46) Kumayri Division of Shirak Regional Police Department;

47) Moush Division of Shirak Regional Police Department;

48) Amasia Division of Shirak Regional Police Department;

49) Ani Division of Shirak Regional Police Department;

50) Ashotsk department of Shirak regional police department;

51) Artik Division of Shirak Regional Police Department;

52) Akhuryan Division of Shirak Regional Police Department;

53) Syunik Regional Police Department;

54) Kapan Division of Syunik Regional Police Department;

55) Goris Division of Syunik Regional Police Department;

56) Meghri Division of Syunik Regional Police Department;

57) Sisian Division of Syunik Regional Police Department

58) Vayots Dzor Regional Police Department;

59) Yeghegnadzor Division of Vayots Dzor Regional Police Department;

60) Vayk Division of Vayots Dzor Regional Police Department;

61) Jermuk Division of Vayots Dzor Regional Police Department;

62) Tavush regional police department

63) Ijevan Division of Tavush Regional Police Department;

64) Noyemberyan Division of Tavush Regional Police Department;

65) Tavush Division of Tavush Regional Police Department;

66) Dilijan Division of Tavush Regional Police Department.

VI. Police property

35. The police have their own balance.

36. Police property is formed from property transferred to the police for storage and use in
accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Armenia.
37. The composition and size of property transferred to the police shall be determined by
the Government of the Republic of Armenia.
38. The police owns, uses, and in cases provided for by other legal acts, also owns the
property transferred to her.

VII. Accounting and Reporting

39. The police keep accounting records, prepare and submit financial statements in
accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Armenia, which
regulates the field of accounting in the public sector.
40. Police keep records through the fiscal department and accounting.
41. Police are financed from the state budget of the Republic of Armenia, receipts for
services provided on a contractual basis, as well as by other means not prohibited by the
legislation of the Republic of Armenia.

(Appendix supplemented, edited on 10.30.19 N 1568-L)

Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia

E. Aghajanyan