Article 24. Transportation of civil and service weapons and their ammunition

Legal entities shall have the right to transport the civil and service weapons and their ammunition belonging to them based on permits from internal affairs bodies for the transportation of civil and service weapons and their ammunition with a validity period of three months.

For the transportation of civil and service weapons and their ammunition, legal entities must:

allocate technically sound vehicles whose design excludes the possibility of viewing and accessing the cargo by unauthorized persons;

transport the weapons and their ammunition in factory packaging or in special containers sealed or plumbed;

ensure the escort of a batch of more than ten fireweapons or more than five hundred rounds of their ammunition on the route of transportation by weaponed guards of the internal affairs bodies, the National Guard of the Republic of Uzbekistan, or departmental military guard bodies.

Civil and service weapons must be unloaded and separate from ammunition during transportation.

In the event that signs of the opening of the vehicle transporting civil and service weapons and their ammunition, damage to the container, or broken seals or plumbs are detected, the head of the weaponed guards must immediately notify the internal affairs bodies, draw up an act, take necessary measures to determine the causes of the incident, and ensure the guarding of the incident location.

The transportation of civil and service weapons and their ammunition is carried out without permits from internal affairs bodies:

by legal entities within the territory of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, regions, and the City of Tashkent, at the place where these weapons and their ammunition are registered by the internal affairs bodies;

by individuals for hunting weapons, smooth-bore sporting weapons, and their ammunition for participation in hunting and sports events, based on permits from internal affairs bodies for the storage and carrying of these types of weapons;

by individuals for self-defense weapons, based on permits from internal affairs bodies for the storage and carrying of these types of weapons;

for civil and service weapons and their ammunition that are not registered with the internal affairs bodies in accordance with part four of Article 11 of this Law.

The transportation of civil and service weapons belonging to individuals shall be carried out in cases, sheaths, or special holsters.