Article 8. Combat weapons

Combat weapons include weapons intended for conducting combat operations and performing service tasks, which are adopted for weaponament or intended to be adopted for weaponament by the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Security Service of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the State Security Service of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the National Guard, the State Customs Committee, the Center for the Development of Electronic Technologies of the Republic of Uzbekistan, military formations of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and the Ministry for the Development of Information Technologies and Communications of the Republic of Uzbekistan (hereinafter — special bodies and military formations).

The acquisition, storage, and use of combat weapons and their ammunition shall be carried out exclusively by special bodies and military formations, as well as by legal entities with special service tasks, provided for by paragraph seven of Article 12 of this Law.

The procedure for the circulation of combat weapons and their ammunition shall be established by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.