Article 220. Implications of failure to appear in court of persons participating in the case

In the event if any of the persons participating in the case — in respect of whom there is no information about the service (delivery) of court summons or other notices — does appear in the court session, the court shall postpone the trial of the case.

If the persons participating in the case are properly notified of the time and place of the court session and have not appeared for reasons considered valid by the court, the court shall postpone the proceedings.

The parties shall be obliged to notify the court about the reasons for their failure to appear and provide evidence for the validity of those reasons. The court shall have the right to consider the case in the absence of the defendant, if there is no information about the reasons for his/her failure to appear, or if the court finds the reasons for the failure to appear invalid, or if the defendant deliberately delays the proceedings on the case.

The parties shall have the right to request the consideration of the case in their absence and send them a copy of the court decision. The court may consider obligatory the participation of the parties in the court session, if it is necessary due to the circumstances of the case.

Non-appearance of the representative of a person, participating in the case — who was notified about the time and place of the court trial — shall not be an obstacle to consideration of the case.

The court shall render a special ruling about the failure to appear without valid reasons of the prosecutor or the lawyer notify respectively a higher public prosecutor or the qualification commission under the territorial branch of the Chamber of Lawyers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.