Article 18. Correlation of Normative Legal Acts

The correlation of various normative legal acts in terms of their legal force shall be determined in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the powers and status of the bodies that adopted normative legal acts, the types of these acts, as well as the date of adoption of the normative legal act.

The normative legal act must comply with the normative legal acts, that have a higher legal force.

In the event of discrepancies between normative legal acts, the normative legal act with a higher legal force shall be applied.

In the event of discrepancies between normative legal acts having equal legal force, the provisions of the normative legal act adopted later shall apply, with the exception of the case provided for in part five of this article.

A normative legal act adopted by a ministry, state committee or department shall have a higher legal force in relation to a normative legal act adopted by another ministry, state committee or department of the same status, if the body that adopted such an act is specially authorized to ensure legal regulation of a certain area of public relations.

The Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall have supreme legal force, shall apply directly throughout the entire territory of the country, and shall form the basis of the unified legal space.