Article 13. Restrictions Related to Performance of Public Civil Service

Public civil servant shall not be entitled to:

hold a public civil service position in the same state body with persons who are closely related to each other (parents, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, spouses, as well as parents, brothers, sisters and children of spouses), where their joint service is associated with the direct subordination or control of one of them to another, with the exception of cases provided for by legislation;

engage in other paid activities, except for pedagogical, scientific and creative activities, with the exception of cases provided for in the laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan and decisions of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

engage in entrepreneurial activities;

create business entities, be their founder (participant), perform organizational, managerial, administrative and economic functions in a business entity, with the exception of cases of holding freely tradable shares of joint-stock companies within the requirements established by legislation;

acquire directly or through representatives of parts, stocks, shares in organizations under the control of a state body, where they serve or with which they have connections and interests;

receive from natural persons and legal entities any remuneration, benefits or gifts for the performance or non-performance of their official powers in their interests;

acquire citizenship of a foreign state;

enjoy benefits, privileges or advantages not provided for by legislation in connection with their official position;

open and have accounts, own immovable and other property located outside the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, with the exception of accounts opened for the purpose of training, internships and use of medical services in a foreign state, as well as property that was acquired and reported about before entering the public civil service;

exercise their powers in the interests of political parties, other public associations and their bodies.

The procedure for the suspension of entrepreneurial activity after the admission of a person engaged in entrepreneurial activity to the public civil service shall be determined by legislation.

The list of types of paid activities that a public civil servant cannot be engaged in shall be determined by the special authorized state bodies in the field of combating corruption and the public service.