Article 5. State bodies providing protection

State bodies providing protection shall include:

bodies making a decision on providing protection;

bodies providing security measures;

bodies providing social protection measures.

A decision on providing protection shall be made by bodies that perform pre-investigation check, inquiry, preliminary investigation, and by court that perform criminal proceedings.

Protection measures in relation to protected persons under criminal cases in proceedings of internal affairs bodies or bodies of the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be provided by such bodies.

Protection measures in relation to protected persons under criminal cases in proceedings of a court or a prosecutorʼs office shall be provided under decision of a court or a prosecutor by internal affairs bodies located at the location of protected persons.

Protection measures in relation to protected persons from among military servants shall be provided by command of corresponding military bases and superior command of military units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Protection measures in relation to protected persons detained in detention facilities shall be provided by internal affairs bodies and bodies of the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan, accordingly.

Protection measures in relation to protected persons detained in places of service of sentence shall be provided by institutions of the Main Directorate of Corrections of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

Authorities in charge of social protection of population and other bodies shall be responsible for provision of social protection measures to protected persons according to the procedure established by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan.