Article 22. Persons who may not be appointed as a guardian or trustee

The following persons may not be appointed as a guardian or trustee:

persons deprived of parental rights or with restricted parental rights;

persons declared by a court to be legally incapable or with limited legal capacity;

former adoptive parents, if the adoption was annulled because they evaded or improperly performed their duties, abused parental rights, treated the adopted child cruelly, or suffered from chronic alcoholism or drug addiction;

persons removed from performing the duties of a guardian or trustee for failure to perform or for improper performance of their duties, or for abuse of their rights;

persons previously convicted for crimes against life or health; crimes dangerous to life or health; crimes against sexual freedom, the family, youth and morality; crimes against personal liberty, honor and dignity (except for slander and insult); crimes against the constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens (except for violations of legislation on appeals of individuals and legal entities and violations of copyright or inventorsʼ rights); crimes against peace and the security of mankind; crimes against the Republic of Uzbekistan; crimes involving embezzlement or robbery of othersʼ property; acquisition or transfer of property obtained by criminal means; commercial bribery or inducement of an employee of a non-governmental commercial organization or other non-governmental organization to accept a bribe; crimes against the procedure of governance; crimes against the administration of justice; torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; crimes against public safety (except for the unlawful import, transfer, acquisition, storage or use of unmanned aerial vehicles; dissemination of knowingly false information about the spread of quarantinable and other dangerous infectious diseases for humans; violation of the rules for storing and using unmanned aerial vehicles; violation of safety rules in research activities; violation of labor protection rules; violation of sanitary legislation or anti-epidemic rules; violation of safety rules in mining, construction or blasting operations; violation of fire safety rules); crimes involving the unlawful circulation of narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances; crimes against public order; and military service-related crimes;

persons previously convicted for grave or especially grave crimes not included among the crimes listed in the sixth indent of this paragraph;