"Article 23. Visits by the Commissioner of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights (Ombudsman), the Deputy, regional representatives to the Republic of Karakalpakstan, provinces and Tashkent city, the Commissioner of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Children's Rights (Children's Ombudsman) and the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights and Legitimate interests of Entrepreneurs under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the places of detention

The Commissioner of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights (Ombudsman), the Deputy, regional representatives to the Republic of Karakalpakstan, provinces and Tashkent city (hereinafter referred to as “the regional representatives”), the Commissioner of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Children's Rights (Children's Ombudsman) and the Commissioner for the Protection of the Rights and Legitimate interests of Entrepreneurs under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall have the right of free visit to the places of detention, as well as to conduct meetings and interviews with the person under arrest or placed in custody.

The administration of the places of detention must furnish the Ombudsman, the Deputy, regional representatives to the Republic of Karakalpakstan, provinces and Tashkent city with the necessary conditions for free and confidential meetings and interviews with the persons under arrested and kept in custody.

The meeting and interviews of the Ombudsman, the Deputy, regional representatives to the Republic of Karakalpakstan, provinces and Tashkent city with the persons under arrest and kept in custody shall be held in private under conditions that allow the employees of detention facilities to see, but not hear them."

5. Paragraph 7 of Clause 5 of Part 1 of Article 70 of the Budget Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, approved by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan No. LRU-360 dated December 26th, 2013 (Bulletin of the Chambers of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2013, Appendix 1 to No. 12; 2014, No. 9, Art. 244; 2015, No. 12, Art. 452; 2016, No. 12, Art. 383, 385; 2017, No. 6, Art. 300; No. 10, Art. 605, No. 12, Art. 772; 2018, No. 1, Art. 1, No. 7, Art. 431, 433, No. 12, Art. 783; 2019, No. 1, Art. 1, No. 5, Art. 265, No. 8, Art. 470, No. 9, Art. 588, No. 11, Art. 791, No. 12, Art. 884, 891; 2020, No. 3, Art. 203, No. 11, Art. 652, No. 12, Art. 691; 2021, No. 1, Art. 7, 13, Appendix to No. 4, No. 8, Art. 803, 804, No. 10, Art. 973, No. 12, Art. 1198; 2022, No. 5, Art. 464, No. 6, Art. 577; 2023, No. 4, Art. 272, No. 11, Art. 923), shall be hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: