Article 3. General definitions

The following general definitions are applied in this Law:

religious educational institution – an institution belonging to a certain confession, created by the central governing body of religious organizations in the Republic of Uzbekistan to train professional ministers of religious organizations and the necessary religious personnel for them;

religious organization – a voluntary association of citizens registered in accordance with the established procedure, created for the purpose of joint confession of faith, worship, religious rites and ceremonies, not pursuing the extraction of income (profit) as the main goal of its activity and not distributing the income (profit) received among its participants (members) (local religious organization, religious educational institution and the central governing body of a religious organization in the Republic of Uzbekistan);

the central governing body of religious organizations in the Republic of Uzbekistan – a religious organization created by registered local religious organizations operating in at least eight administrative-territorial units of the Republic of Uzbekistan (region, Tashkent city, Republic of Karakalpakstan), in order to coordinate the activities of local religious organizations, and also religious educational institutions of one confession;

local religious organization – a religious organization (mosques, churches, synagogues, monasteries and others) operating in the regions, the Republic of Karakalpakstan and the city of Tashkent, district or city, created on the initiative of at least fifty citizens of the Republic of Uzbekistan permanently residing in the territory of the corresponding district (cities) of the Republic of Uzbekistan who have reached the age of eighteen;

missionary work – activities for the forced imposition of religious views and the dissemination of religious teachings by purposefully exerting ideological influence on a person (group of persons) with the aim of converting him (them) to his religion;

illegal religious activity – activity without registration as a religious organization, the implementation by a religious organization of activities outside its location, including places of worship and prayer buildings and territories belonging to a religious organization, as well as engaging in religious educational activities in private outside religious educational institutions;