Article 17. Documents required for registration of a religious organization

Within six months from the date of holding the constituent assembly (conference) on the creation of a religious organization, an electronic application for its registration is sent to the registering authority.

The electronic application for registration of the central management body shall be accompanied by electronic copies of the following documents:

decisions of the constituent assembly (conference) containing information on the creation of a central governing body, the approval of its charter and the election of governing bodies;

the charter of the central governing body in the state language;

a document confirming the right of ownership or use of real estate, the location of which is supposed to be used as a postal address of a religious organization;

documents on the founders of the central management body and on the members of its governing body;

a document confirming that the head of the central administrative body has a religious vocational education, with the exception of confessions whose doctrine does not provide for a system of religious vocational education;

conclusions of the authorized body.

An electronic application for registration of a religious educational institution shall be accompanied by electronic copies of the following documents:

decisions of the central governing body containing information on the establishment of a religious educational institution, the approval of its charter and the election (appointment) of governing bodies;

the charter of a religious educational institution in the state language;

documents on members of the governing body of a religious educational institution;

conclusions of the authorized body.

Electronic copies of the following documents are attached to the electronic application for registration of a local religious organization:

a document containing the signatures of citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan who have reached the age of eighteen, in the amount of at least fifty people, at the initiative of which a local religious organization is being created;

decisions of the constituent assembly containing information on the creation of a local religious organization, the approval of its charter and the election of governing bodies;