Article 11. Registration of Statutes of Public Associations

The statutes of international public organizations operating in the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as republican and interregional associations, shall be registered by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The procedure for registering the statute of a public association in the Republic of Karakalpakstan shall be determined by the legislation of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.

The statutes of public associations operating within a region, district, city, settlement, or village, or in the territory of two or more districts, cities, settlements, or villages, shall be registered by the departments of justice of the regional and Tashkent city khokimiyats.

In order to register the statute of a public association, within one month from the date of its adoption, an application signed by the members of the governing body of that public association, indicating the surname, first name, patronymic, year of birth, and place of residence of each member, shall be submitted. The application shall be accompanied by the statute, the minutes of the founding congress (conference) or general meeting at which the statute was adopted, and other materials confirming compliance with the requirements of Articles 6 and 8 of this Law.

The application for registration of the statute shall be reviewed within one month from the date of its submission.

Amendments and additions to the statutes of public associations shall also be registered in accordance with the procedure and within the time limits established for the registration of statutes.

The authorities registering statutes of public associations shall maintain a register of such associations.

A public association or its organizations (bodies) shall begin to carry out their activities in accordance with this Law and may be recognized as legal entities in accordance with civil legislation from the day their statutes are registered.

International public associations, their branches and representative offices, including mass movements and their subdivisions, as well as republican and local public associations (including mass movements) shall not be permitted to operate in the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan if they have not registered their statutes with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan or its local bodies.