Adopted by the Legislative Chamber on February 25, 2022 Approved by the Senate on March 17, 2022
Chapter 1. General provisions
Article 1. Purpose of this Law
The purpose of this Law is the regulation of relations in the sphere of cybersecurity.
Article 2. Legislation on cybersecurity
The legislation on cybersecurity consists of this Law and other acts of legislation.
Ensuring the cybersecurity of the system for operational-search activities on telecommunication networks and communication channels is carried out in the manner established by separate acts of legislation.
If an international treaty of the Republic of Uzbekistan establishes rules other than those stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan on cybersecurity, the rules of the international treaty shall apply.
Article 3. Basic concepts
The following basic concepts are used in this Law:
object of informatization — information systems of various levels and purposes, telecommunication networks, technical means of information processing, and premises where these means are installed and operated.
cybercrime — a totality of crimes carried out in cyberspace using software and technical means, with the aim of seizing information, modifying it, destroying it, or hacking information systems and resources.
cyberspace — a virtual environment created with the help of information technologies
cyber threat — a complex of conditions and factors in cyberspace that pose a threat to the interests of the individual, society, and the state.
cybersecurity — the state of protection of the interests of the individual, society, and the state from external and internal threats in cyberspace.
cybersecurity incident — an event in cyberspace that resulted in failures in the operation of information systems and (or) violations of the accessibility of information in them, the integrity, and its free use.
cybersecurity object — a complex of information systems used in the activity of ensuring cyber protection of information and cybersecurity of national information systems and resources, including critical information infrastructure objects.
cybersecurity subject — a legal entity or individual entrepreneur having certain rights and duties related to the possession, use, and disposal of national information resources and the provision of informational electronic services for their use, information protection, and cybersecurity, including critical information infrastructure subjects.
cyber protection — a complex of legal, organizational, financial-economic, engineering-technical measures, as well as measures for cryptographic and technical data protection, aimed at preventing cybersecurity incidents, detecting and protecting against cyberattacks, eliminating the consequences of cyberattacks, and restoring the stability and reliability of the operation of telecommunication networks, information systems, and resources.
cyberattack — an action posing a threat to cybersecurity, deliberately carried out in cyberspace using hardware, hardware-software, and software tools.
critical information infrastructure — a complex of automated control systems, information systems, and resources of networks and technological processes that have important strategic and socio-economic significance.
critical information infrastructure objects — informatization systems applied in the sphere of state administration and the provision of state services, defense, ensuring state security, law and order, the fuel and energy complex (nuclear energy), the chemical, petrochemical industries, metallurgy, water use and protection, water supply, agriculture, healthcare, housing and communal services, the banking and financial system, transport, information and communication technologies, ecology and environmental protection, the extraction and processing of strategically important minerals, the production sphere, as well as in other sectors of the economy and the social sphere.
critical information infrastructure subjects — state bodies and organizations, as well as legal entities that own critical information infrastructure objects on the rights of ownership, lease, or other legitimate grounds, including legal entities and (or) individual entrepreneurs ensuring the operation and interaction of critical information infrastructure objects.
Article 4. Basic principles of ensuring cybersecurity
The basic principles of ensuring cybersecurity are:
legality;
the priority of protecting the interests of the individual, society, and the state in cyberspace;
a unified approach to the regulation of the cybersecurity sphere;
the priority of participation of domestic producers in the creation of the cybersecurity system;
the openness of the Republic of Uzbekistan to international cooperation in ensuring cybersecurity.
Article 5. Principle of legality
In ensuring cybersecurity, the strict observance and fulfillment of the requirements of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, this Law, and other acts of legislation is mandatory.
Any deviation from the exact execution and observance of the requirements of legislation, regardless of the motives that caused it, is a violation of legality and entails established responsibility.
Article 6. Principle of priority of protecting the interests of the individual, society, and the state in cyberspace
The protection of the interests of the individual, society, and the state from external and internal threats in cyberspace is a priority in ensuring the state's cybersecurity.
Article 7. Principle of a unified approach to the regulation of the cybersecurity sphere
A unified approach to the regulation of the cybersecurity sphere is ensured by the introduction of a unified state system for cyber protection of information systems and resources, aimed at the organization, monitoring, and control of the process of developing and implementing software and technical means for data processing and protection.
The assurance of cybersecurity must be carried out on the basis of unified approaches in forming the system of legal, administrative, and technical regulation of relations in this sphere.
Article 8. Principle of priority of participation of domestic producers in the creation of the cybersecurity system
When purchasing goods (works, services) necessary for ensuring the cybersecurity of state and economic management bodies, and local state authorities, goods (works, services) produced on the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan enjoy priority over products manufactured abroad.
Article 9. Principle of openness of the Republic of Uzbekistan to international cooperation in ensuring cybersecurity
The Republic of Uzbekistan carries out international cooperation in the field of ensuring cybersecurity within the framework of international treaties with international organizations, foreign states, and their competent departments.
Chapter 2. State regulation of the cybersecurity sphere
Article 10. Unified state policy in the sphere of cybersecurity
The unified state policy in the sphere of cybersecurity is determined by the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Article 11. Authorized state body in the sphere of cybersecurity
The state security service of the Republic of Uzbekistan is the authorized state body in the sphere of cybersecurity (hereinafter — the authorized state body).
The powers of the authorized state body in the sphere of cybersecurity include:
development of normative legal acts and state programs in the sphere of cybersecurity;
exercising control over the execution of acts of legislation on cybersecurity;
carrying out operational-search activities, preliminary inquiries, and investigative actions on cybersecurity incidents;
prevention, detection, and preclusion of cybersecurity incidents and taking corresponding measures regarding them, including organizational and technical measures to eliminate their consequences;
cyber protection of information systems and resources during emergency situations and the development of plans containing measures on other issues in the sphere of cybersecurity;
organization of works to ensure cybersecurity, as well as works on the prevention, detection, and elimination of the consequences of cyberattacks on critical information infrastructure objects;
organization of works on the certification of hardware, hardware-software, and software tools in information systems and resources in accordance with cybersecurity requirements;
organization of conducting research and monitoring in the sphere of cybersecurity;
formation of a unified register of critical information infrastructure objects, as well as the organization and assurance of its maintenance;
adoption of a decision on the inclusion of objects in the unified register of critical information infrastructure objects based on information submitted by cybersecurity subjects;
determination of requirements for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects;
determination of the procedure for conducting the attestation of informatization objects and critical information infrastructure objects in accordance with cybersecurity requirements;
licensing of activity for the development, production, and realization of means of cryptographic information protection;
taking measures to protect the rights and legitimate interests of users of information systems and resources;
conducting studies and inspections of information systems and resources of cybersecurity subjects, as well as at critical information infrastructure objects;
development of plans for preventing attempts at cyberattacks on critical information infrastructure objects and their direct implementation;
regulation of the activity of cybersecurity subdivisions, services, and groups of independent experts, interaction with law enforcement bodies in the sphere of counteracting cyber threats;
informing state and economic management bodies, and local state authorities about vulnerabilities, cyber threats, cyberattacks, and other subversive actions detected in information systems and resources;
involvement of law enforcement bodies and critical information infrastructure subjects in the joint investigation of cybersecurity incidents at critical information infrastructure objects;
implementation of international cooperation in the sphere of cybersecurity and the development of common approaches for counteracting cyber threats, the unification of efforts in conducting investigative actions and preventing cybercrime, as well as taking measures to prevent the use of the cyberspace of the Republic of Uzbekistan for terrorist, extremist, and other illegal activity;
organization of works on the introduction of means for detecting, preventing, and eliminating the consequences of cyberattacks, as well as taking measures regarding cybersecurity incidents at critical information infrastructure objects;
organization of works on the detection, collection, and analysis of data on existing vulnerabilities and possible threats at critical information infrastructure objects;
creation of a classifier for the level of cybersecurity assurance in information systems and resources;
classification of cybersecurity objects by the level of cybersecurity assurance;
implementation of activity for the training of personnel in the sphere of cybersecurity;
determination of mechanisms for conducting expertise for compliance with cybersecurity requirements;
determination of methods for assessing and the assessment of the implementation of cybersecurity of cybersecurity objects and critical information infrastructure;
determination of criteria for categorization and the categorization of critical information infrastructure objects;
conducting the attestation of employees involved in ensuring the cybersecurity of cybersecurity subjects, in the manner established by legislation.
the fulfillment of the legitimate requirements (instructions) of the authorized state body is mandatory.
Article 12. Rights of the authorized state body
The authorized state body, when exercising powers in the sphere of cybersecurity, has the right to:
lease technical, software, and hardware-software tools intended for the detection of cyberattacks, the prevention and elimination of their consequences, as well as taking measures regarding cybersecurity incidents;
use technical installations and services free of charge for taking urgent measures to eliminate cyberattacks;
visit state bodies and other organizations, get acquainted with necessary documents and materials, as well as request and receive from state bodies and other organizations, and citizens, information and other necessary documents and materials, conduct their identification, and use them in investigative actions on cybersecurity incidents;
create a working body for ensuring cybersecurity, as well as transfer a part of its powers to it;
issue prescriptions and instructions, mandatory for execution, to cybersecurity subjects regarding the elimination of causes and conditions that contributed to the commission of offenses posing a threat to cybersecurity;
have unobstructed access and connection, in the established manner, to the information systems and resources of state bodies and organizations, and critical information infrastructure objects, for the purpose of exercising the function of state control and verification of the cybersecurity status, as well as studying data regarding the implementation and operation of means for ensuring the cybersecurity of the information systems and resources of these objects;
have access to monitoring systems or critical information infrastructure objects for the implementation of organizational and technical measures when conducting monitoring works to ensure cybersecurity;
enter residential premises and other objects of physical and legal entities without hindrance, with damage to locking devices and other items if necessary, and inspect them when pursuing persons suspected of committing crimes in the sphere of information technologies, or when there are sufficient grounds to believe that such a crime is being committed or has been committed there, or a person who has escaped from law enforcement bodies is located there, or if delay may threaten the life and health of citizens, with subsequent notification of the prosecutor about this within twenty-four hours, as well as with compensation for the caused harm in the manner established by legislation.
Article 13. Duties of the authorized state body
The authorized state body, when exercising the assigned powers in the sphere of cybersecurity, is obliged to:
take all necessary measures for the prevention, detection, and preclusion of cybercrimes;
participate in the preparation and implementation of state programs in the sphere of cybersecurity;
carry out scientific-research and organizational-methodical activity on problems in the sphere of cybersecurity;
register appeals and information about cybercrimes and offenses posing a threat to cybersecurity, and timely take measures regarding them in the manner established by legislation;
take measures for the prevention of offenses posing a threat to cybersecurity, and the detection and elimination of causes and conditions that contributed to their commission;
notify the prosecutor in written form within twenty-four hours about all cases of entry by employees of the authorized state body into the residential premises and other objects of physical and legal entities against the will of the owners and their representatives or in their absence.
Other duties may be imposed on the authorized state body in accordance with legislation.
Chapter 3. Rights and duties of state bodies and organizations in ensuring cybersecurity. Data backup
Article 14. Rights and duties of state bodies and organizations in ensuring cybersecurity
State bodies and organizations have the right to:
receive from the authorized state body information about cyber threats, vulnerabilities of software, equipment, and technologies for the purpose of ensuring cybersecurity;
receive from the authorized state body information and consultations about the means and methods of protection against cyberattacks, and the ways of their detection and prevention;
develop and implement measures to ensure cybersecurity.
state bodies and organizations are obliged to:
ensure cybersecurity in the information systems and resources under their jurisdiction, the stability of network operation, as well as fulfill their obligations on cybersecurity, and warn the authorized state body about cyberattacks;
take measures to prevent cases of theft and falsification of data stored in their information systems and resources;
use certified hardware, hardware-software, and software tools for the cyber protection of their information systems and resources;
coordinate the normative legal acts in the sphere of cybersecurity and normative documents in the field of technical regulation that are being developed with the authorized state body.
Article 15. Data backup
Ensuring the storage of data of information systems and resources of state bodies and organizations, as well as critical information infrastructure objects, is carried out in accordance with the internal information security policy by creating a backup copy of data, the storage period of which must not be less than the last three months.
Chapter 4. Ensuring cybersecurity
Article 16. Rights and duties of cybersecurity subjects
Cybersecurity subjects have the right to:
receive from the authorized state body information about cyber threats, vulnerabilities of software, equipment, and technologies for the purpose of ensuring their cybersecurity;
receive information and consultations from the authorized state body about the means and methods of protection against cyberattacks, as well as methods for their detection and prevention;
Develop and implement measures to ensure their cybersecurity.
cybersecurity subjects are obliged to:
prevent the illegal dissemination, theft, loss, violation of integrity, blocking, and falsification of data in information systems and resources, as well as other types of unauthorized access (entry) to information systems and resources, and take timely corresponding measures upon the detection of such cases;
take measures for the operational restoration of data in information systems and resources in order to minimize negative consequences in case of violation of access procedure and in case of their modification or deletion as a result of unauthorized access to them;
notify the authorized state body about occurred cybersecurity incidents and cybercrimes, take measures to prevent the loss of relevant digital traces for the full disclosure of these incidents, and also ensure the permanent storage of information necessary for the analysis of cybersecurity incidents and the investigation of cybercrimes;
implement mutual exchange with the authorized state body of data in the sphere of protection and conducting monitoring of the safe operation of cybersecurity objects;
observe the cybersecurity requirements determined by the authorized state body in ensuring the cyber protection of information systems and resources;
ensure the functioning of mechanisms for taking measures regarding cybersecurity incidents and the operation of subdivisions for ensuring cybersecurity, and in case of their absence — use outsourcing services with the permission of the authorized state body in the established manner;
grant the authorized state body the right of access to monitoring systems and (or) cybersecurity objects for the implementation of organizational and technical measures for monitoring the assurance of cybersecurity.
Article 17. Classification of cybersecurity objects
The classification of cybersecurity objects consists of a complex of organizational measures aimed at determining the level of organizational and technical complexity of the type of cybersecurity objects.
The categories of cybersecurity objects subject to classification are determined in accordance with legislation.
Chapter 4. Ensuring cybersecurity
Article 18. Expertise for compliance with cybersecurity requirements
Expertise for compliance with cybersecurity requirements is carried out on a mandatory basis or at the initiative of cybersecurity subjects.
The following are subject to mandatory expertise for compliance with cybersecurity requirements:
information resources of state bodies;
information systems of state bodies;
information systems included in the category of critical information infrastructure objects.
The procedure for conducting expertise for compliance with cybersecurity requirements is determined by the authorized state body.
Article 19. Certification of hardware, hardware-software, and software tools used to ensure cybersecurity of information systems and resources
Hardware, hardware-software, and software tools used to ensure the cybersecurity of information systems and resources of state bodies and organizations, as well as critical information infrastructure objects, are subject to mandatory certification.
The procedure for the certification of hardware, hardware-software, and software tools used to ensure the cybersecurity of information systems and resources is established by the authorized state body.
Article 20. Attestation of informatization objects and critical information infrastructure objects
Attestation of informatization objects and critical information infrastructure objects is a complex of organizational and technical measures aimed at determining the compliance of the actual state of protection of informatization objects with the requirements of state standards and normative legal acts in the sphere of cybersecurity.
The categories of informatization objects and critical information infrastructure objects subject to attestation are determined in accordance with legislation.
The procedure for conducting the attestation of informatization objects and critical information infrastructure objects for compliance with cybersecurity requirements is determined by the authorized state body.
Article 21. Assessment of the level of cybersecurity assurance
Assessment of the level of cybersecurity assurance is a complex of organizational and technical measures aimed at determining the state of protection of information systems and resources, as well as the effectiveness of the organizational measures being taken.
The categories of informatization objects and critical information infrastructure objects subject to mandatory assessment are determined in accordance with legislation.
The procedure for assessing the level of cybersecurity assurance is determined by the authorized state body.
The authorized state body issues prescriptions, mandatory for execution, on the elimination of deficiencies identified as a result of the assessment.
Chapter 5. Cybersecurity incidents
Article 22. Investigation of cybersecurity incidents
Cybersecurity incidents are investigated by the authorized state body or by officials of the working body for ensuring cybersecurity.
The owner of an information resource or information system where a cybersecurity incident occurred may conduct an investigation of the cybersecurity incident if they possess the necessary resources and technical capabilities to conduct the investigation. In this case, the authorized state body must be notified of the investigation results.
Article 23. Adoption of measures by cybersecurity subjects regarding cybersecurity incidents
The adoption of measures by cybersecurity subjects regarding cybersecurity incidents may be carried out in the following forms:
prevention of vulnerabilities and errors in software and devices;
destruction of malicious programs, restriction of their dissemination, technical restriction of the source of cyberattacks;
isolation of informatization objects from real cyber threats;
provision of information about cybersecurity incidents to law enforcement bodies.
Article 24. Disclosure of information about cybersecurity incidents
Information about vulnerabilities, cyber threats, cyberattacks, and other subversive actions detected in information systems and resources, as well as about informatization objects, may be disclosed with the permission of the cybersecurity subject after the adoption of corresponding measures for their protection.
Information about detected cyber threats and vulnerabilities must be used exclusively for their elimination and the prevention of illegal actions.
Chapter 6. Critical information infrastructure objects
Article 25. Main directions for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects
The main directions for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects are:
creation of a unified complex of measures for the regulation of the normative legal, organizational, and technical protection of critical information infrastructure objects;
establishment of requirements for ensuring cybersecurity in the information systems and resources of state bodies and organizations, and at critical information infrastructure objects;
promotion of the creation of conditions for the effective assurance of the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects.
Article 26. Categorization of critical information infrastructure objects
Categorization of critical information infrastructure objects is carried out for the purpose of determining the compliance of critical information infrastructure objects with the categories provided for by part two of this Article, as well as checking the information based on the results of categorization.
Critical information infrastructure objects are subdivided into the following categories:
critical information infrastructure objects of a high level;
critical information infrastructure objects of a medium level;
critical information infrastructure objects of a low level.
The criteria for the categorization of critical information infrastructure objects are determined by the authorized state body.
Article 27. Unified register of critical information infrastructure objects
The authorized state body maintains the unified register of critical information infrastructure objects.
The categories of cybersecurity objects subject to mandatory inclusion in the unified register of critical information infrastructure objects are determined in accordance with legislation.
The procedure for entering cybersecurity objects into the unified register of critical information infrastructure objects is determined by the authorized state body.
Article 28. Rights and duties of critical information infrastructure subjects
Critical information infrastructure subjects have the right to:
receive from the authorized state body information about cyber threats, vulnerabilities of software, equipment, and technologies for the purpose of ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects;
receive information and consultations from the authorized state body about the means and methods of protection against cyberattacks, as well as methods for their detection and prevention;
develop and implement measures to ensure the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects.
Critical information infrastructure subjects are obliged to:
ensure the continuous functioning of the information systems of critical information infrastructure objects;
bring to the attention of the authorized state body information about cybersecurity incidents;
provide assistance to officials of the authorized state body or the working body for ensuring cybersecurity in the detection, prevention, and elimination of the consequences of cyberattacks, and the determination of the causes and conditions of the origin of cybersecurity incidents;
install and operate monitoring systems while observing the technical requirements for the operation of hardware, software, and hardware-software tools for preventing cyberattacks, eliminating their consequences, as well as taking measures regarding cybersecurity incidents at critical information infrastructure objects;
ensure the security of critical information infrastructure objects in accordance with cybersecurity requirements;
fulfill the instructions of the authorized state body on the elimination of detected offenses regarding the assurance of cybersecurity at critical information infrastructure objects;
take measures to eliminate the consequences of cybersecurity incidents and cyberattacks on critical information infrastructure objects;
grant the authorized state body rights of access to monitoring systems or critical information infrastructure objects for the implementation of organizational and technical measures for monitoring the state of cybersecurity assurance;
notify the authorized state body upon the change of information about an object included in the unified register of critical information infrastructure objects.
Article 29. Requirements for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects
Critical information infrastructure subjects are obliged to fulfill the requirements established by the authorized state body for ensuring cybersecurity at the critical information infrastructure objects belonging to them.
Critical information infrastructure subjects, in agreement with the authorized state body and proceeding from the specifics of the work of critical information infrastructure objects, may establish additional requirements for ensuring cybersecurity.
Employees responsible for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects undergo attestation conducted by the authorized state body, in the manner established by legislation.
The system for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects, created by the critical information infrastructure subject, is connected to the system for monitoring and managing cybersecurity incidents of critical information infrastructure objects of the authorized state body, based on the decision of the authorized state body.
Article 30. System for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects
The system for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects consists of:
The system for monitoring and managing cybersecurity incidents of critical information infrastructure objects of the authorized state body;
Systems for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects.
Information about cybersecurity incidents in the cybersecurity assurance system is restricted for dissemination. This information may be disclosed after the complete elimination of the incidents.
Article 31. Assessment of the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects
Assessment of the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects is carried out for the purpose of determining the state (level) of protection of these objects from various cyber threats within the framework of state control in the sphere of cybersecurity.
Assessment of the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects is carried out with the permission of the authorized state body and with the involvement of specialized organizations.
Chapter 7. Support and development in the sphere of cybersecurity
Article 32. State support for cybersecurity subjects
State support for cybersecurity subjects includes:
improvement of the normative legal base in the sphere of cybersecurity;
provision of tax, customs benefits, and preferences to cybersecurity subjects;
creation of conditions for attracting funds from economic entities for financing the sphere of cybersecurity;
organization of state procurement in the sphere of cybersecurity, aimed at ensuring the guaranteed implementation of products and advanced technologies based on scientific and technical achievements;
rendering assistance in the training and retraining of personnel in the sphere of cybersecurity, as well as enhancing their qualifications.
Article 33. Support for scientific, technical, and innovation activity in the sphere of cybersecurity
Support for scientific, technical, and innovation activity in the sphere of cybersecurity is carried out by state administration bodies, local state authorities, and economic entities through:
placing orders for the execution of scientific research, experimental design, and technological works within the framework of the state order;
allocation of subsidies to cybersecurity subjects for financing scientific research, design, and technological works conducted in the process of implementing investment projects;
stimulation of demand for innovation products, including the optimization of goods (works, services) purchased for state needs;
rendering financial assistance to organizations implementing projects for improving the level of cybersecurity, including those engaged in innovation activity in the provision of services using existing advanced technologies;
creation of conditions for the implementation of scientific, scientific-technical, and innovation activity in the sphere of cybersecurity and the assurance of the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects;
granting priority to domestically produced products when conducting state procurement related to ensuring cybersecurity.
Article 34. Development and support of personnel potential in the sphere of ensuring cybersecurity
Support for the development of personnel potential of state administration bodies, local state authorities, and economic entities in the sphere of ensuring cybersecurity may be carried out through:
provision of financial, informational, and consultative assistance to organizations carrying out activity on the retraining and professional development of personnel in the sphere of ensuring cybersecurity;
rendering educational-methodological and scientific-pedagogical assistance in the sphere of ensuring cybersecurity.
Employees responsible for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure subjects must constantly improve their qualifications in accordance with international and state standards and requirements.
Article 35. Stimulation of employees responsible for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects
Stimulation of employees responsible for ensuring the cybersecurity of critical information infrastructure objects is carried out in the manner established by legislation.
Chapter 8. Final Provisions
Article 36. International Cooperation in the Sphere of Cybersecurity
The authorized state body, within the limits of its powers, carries out international cooperation in the sphere of cybersecurity.
The authorized state body, in accordance with the legislation and international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan, provides foreign states and international organizations, upon request, with information on issues of combating international cybercrime.
Information on issues of combating international cybercrime may be provided to foreign states and international organizations in advance without a request, if such information does not impede investigative actions or court proceedings and serves to suspend cyberattacks, and the timely detection and elimination of criminal actions committed using cyberspace.
Article 37. Responsibility for violation of legislation on cybersecurity
Persons guilty of violating legislation on cybersecurity bear responsibility in the established manner.
Article 38. Ensuring the execution, delivery, explanation of the essence and significance of this Law
The state security service of the Republic of Uzbekistan and other interested organizations are to ensure the execution, delivery to executors, and explanation among the population of the essence and significance of this Law.
Article 39. Bringing legislation into compliance with this Law
The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan is to:
bring government decisions into compliance with this Law;
ensure the review and cancellation by state administration bodies of their normative legal acts that contradict this Law.
Article 40. Entry into force of this Law
This Law enters into force upon the expiration of three months from the day of its official publication.
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan SH. MIRZIYOYEV
