Article 79. Prematurely Termination of the Powers of Judge

The powers of a judge shall be terminated prematurely in the following cases:

1) they violate the judge's oath;

2) submission of a written application by him;

3) continuation by them of activities incompatible with the position of a judge, after a warning or suspension of their powers by the relevant qualification board of judges;

4) recognition by the court as incapable or partially incapacitated;

5) exit and loss of citizenship of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

6) the entry into force of a guilty verdict of the court against them;

7) death or declaration them as death by a court decision;

8) inability, for health reasons or other valid reasons, to perform the duties of a judge for a long time;

9) expiration of the term of office of the chairperson of the court, if they do not agree to occupy another judicial position;

10) commission by a judge of the actions provided for by part one of Article 74 of this Law, for which, by decision of the relevant qualification board of judges, a disciplinary sanction in the form of termination of powers was imposed on the judge.

In the presence of the grounds provided for in this article, the powers of a judge shall be prematurely terminated in the following order:

judges of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan — by the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the proposal of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the regional and Tashkent city courts, administrative courts of the regions and the city of Tashkent, the Military Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan — by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan on the proposal of the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

judges of regional and Tashkent city courts, administrative courts of regions and the city of Tashkent, the Military Court of the Republic of Uzbekistan, chairperson and judges of inter-district, district, city, military courts — by the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan upon the conclusion of the relevant qualification board of judges;

judges of the Court of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the Administrative Court of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, inter-district, district, city courts — by the Jokargy Kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan on the proposal of the Chairperson of the Jokargy Kenes of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, made on the basis of the conclusion of the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan.