Article 12. Special Provisions on the Application of General National Legislation

1. Obligations arising under international treaties of the Republic of Uzbekistan and under the following legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan shall continue to apply within the territory of the TIFC:

1) the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan;

2) criminal and criminal-procedural legislation in accordance with Article 14 of this Constitutional Law;

3) legislation on administrative liability, subject to the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article;

4) legislation on national security, defence, countering the legalisation of proceeds from criminal activities, countering the financing of terrorism and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, immigration control, family law, environmental protection, emergencies, sanitary and epidemiological welfare and public health;

5) international treaties ratified by the Republic of Uzbekistan, to the extent directly applicable to TIFC Persons; and

6) other legislative acts expressly provided by this Constitutional Law or TIFC Acts to apply within the territory of the TIFC.

2. Where acts or omissions committed by TIFC Persons within the territory of the TIFC relate to violations of legislation on currency assets, customs, taxation, securities, competition, circulation of crypto assets, or rules on trade or provision of services, for which administrative liability is established under the Administrative Liability Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and such acts or omissions substantially constitute, arise from, or are connected with a commercial dispute, an economic or civil-law dispute, a breach of requirements of a TIFC Body, or market misconduct, and may be addressed under this Constitutional Law or TIFC Acts, the relevant TIFC Body shall apply the economic, civil-law, regulatory or administrative measures available within the jurisdiction of the TIFC.

3. No TIFC Body shall refer a matter falling within paragraph 2 of this Article to the national authorities of the Republic of Uzbekistan for the initiation of administrative proceedings.

4. TIFC Acts may impose on TIFC Persons additional or more detailed requirements concerning the countering of the legalisation of proceeds from criminal activities, the financing of terrorism, and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, consistent with the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan referred to in item 4 of paragraph 1 of this Article.