Article 38. Requirements for the Publication of Normative Legal Acts

Normative legal acts must be published in official publications. No one can be convicted, punished, deprived of property or any rights on the basis of a law that has not been officially published.

The official publication of a normative legal act in the statement shall not be allowed.

When a normative legal act is officially published, all its details shall be indicated.

Electronic versions of the texts of normative legal acts of ministries, state committees, departments and local government bodies shall be subject to mandatory publication on the official websites of the bodies that adopted them within one day after the official publication of the normative legal act. The procedure for publishing electronic versions of the texts of normative legal acts of ministries, state committees, departments and local government bodies shall be determined by legislation.

The publication of normative legal acts in unofficial publications, as well as their distribution through electronic reference systems of legislation shall be allowed after the publication of the normative legal act in official sources, indicating all the details, official publications in which they are published, and the date of their entry into force. In this respect, accurate reproduction of the text of the normative legal act published in official publications must be ensured.

The publication of normative legal acts shall be a mandatory prerequisite for their application.