Article 28. Time Limits of Legal Expertise of Draft Normative Legal Acts and State Registration of Normative Legal Acts of Ministries, State Committees and Departments by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its Territorial Divisions

Legal expertise of draft laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan, decrees and resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall be carried out by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan within ten days from the date of their receipt.

Legal expertize of normative legal acts of ministries, state committees and departments and state registration of normative legal acts of ministries, state committees and departments shall be carried out by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan within thirty days from the date of their receipt.

In the event the drafts specified in part one of this article and normative legal acts specified in part two of this article require additional study, the time limit for consideration of draft laws, decrees and resolutions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as well as resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan may be extended up to five days, and the normative legal acts of ministries, state committees and departments - up to fifteen days.

The territorial divisions of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall carry out legal expertise in relation to:

draft decisions of the regional, district (city) Kengashes of people's deputies — within two working days;

draft decisions of the khokim of the region, district (city) — within five working days.

The anti-corruption expertise of normative legal acts and their drafts shall be conducted in the manner established by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On the anti-corruption expertise of Normative Legal Acts and their drafts."