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LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of June 11, 2026 No. ZRU-1152

About judicial and expert activities

Accepted by Legislative house on December 23, 2025

Approved by the Senate on April 7, 2026

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. Purpose of this Law

The purpose of this Law is regulation of the relations in the field of judicial and expert activities.

Article 2. Legislation on judicial and expert activities

The legislation on judicial and expert activities consists of this Law and other acts of the legislation.

If the international treaty of the Republic of Uzbekistan establishes other rules, than those which are stipulated by the legislation the Republic of Uzbekistan about judicial and expert activities then are applied rules of the international treaty.

Article 3. Basic concepts

In this Law the following basic concepts are applied:

the state court expert - the court expert of the public judicial and expert institution who is carrying out judicial expertize according to the procedure of execution of the service duties;

case - civil, economic, criminal case (including materials of investigation verification), cases of administrative legal proceedings and case on administrative offenses on which judicial examination, and also the materials collected during operational search activities, functional audit check and for appeals of physical persons and legal entities is appointed;

special knowledge - set of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of science, the equipment, art, the crafts acquired by passing of special preparation and (or) by means of professional qualification or experience;

the non-state court expert - the court expert who is performing activities in the non-state judicial and expert organization or judicial and expert bureau and carrying out judicial expertize by its certain type;

the court expert - the physical person having special knowledge for making the conclusion, attracted in accordance with the established procedure as the court expert;

judicial examination - legal proceeding, in civil, economic, criminal, administrative trial, on cases on administrative offenses, and also when conducting investigation verification, directed to the establishment of the facts of the case consisting in carrying out judicial and expert researches by the court expert on the basis of special knowledge and making the conclusion;

qualification of the court expert - the level of assimilation of theoretical knowledge and practical skills, person having professional education by means of passing of special preparation on studying of objects of certain type of examination;

judicial and expert structures - the public judicial and expert institution, the non-state judicial and expert organization, judicial and expert bureau, the scientific and highest educational organizations performing judicial and expert activities for the direction of the activities;

court expert's report (conclusion) - the written or electronic instrument constituted by the court expert or the commission of court experts and reflecting the course and results of judicial and expert researches;

opinion of the expert - the document reflecting results of the judicial and expert researches on types of judicial examination conducted on contractual basis according to appeals of physical persons and legal entities according to the list approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan and also according to requests within investigation and search operations and functional audit check.

Article 4. Main directions of judicial and expert activities

The main directions of judicial and expert activities are:

conducting judicial examination for civil, economic, criminal (including on materials of investigation verification), administrative legal proceedings and on cases on administrative offenses;

carrying out judicial and expert researches on types of judicial examination according to appeals of physical persons and legal entities on contractual basis according to the list approved by the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan and also on requests within operational search activities and functional audit check;

the organization, carrying out and increase in efficiency of scientific research in the field of judicial and expert activities;

organization of scientific and methodical and information support of judicial and expert activities;

preparation, retraining, and also advanced training and legal knowledge of the personnel performing judicial and expert activities;

implementation of international cooperation in the field of judicial and expert activities.

Article 5. Basic principles of judicial and expert activities

The basic principles of judicial and expert activities are legality, observance of human rights and freedoms, independence of the court expert, objectivity, comprehensiveness and completeness of judicial and expert researches, and also preserving professional secrecy.

Article 6. The principle of legality when implementing judicial and expert activities

Judicial and expert activities are performed in case of observance of requirements of the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, this Law and other acts of the legislation.

Article 7. The principle of observance of human rights and freedoms when implementing judicial and expert activities

Judicial and expert activities are performed in case of observance of the human rights and freedoms provided by the Constitution and the laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The judicial and expert researches requiring temporary restriction of freedom of person or violation of his security of person are conducted only on the bases and according to the procedure, established by the law.

Conducting judicial examination shall not create threat of life and to health of the person, to wound his honor and dignity.

Any person can appeal the facts of violation of the rights and freedoms during judicial and expert activities according to the procedure, established by the legislation.

Article 8. Principle of independence of the court expert

The court expert is independent in case of production of judicial examination of body (person) who appointed judicial examination, the parties and other persons interested in the outcome of the case.

The court expert draws the conclusion, based on results of the conducted researches according to the special knowledge.

Impact on the court expert from body (person) who appointed judicial examination is not allowed and also other state bodies, legal entities and physical persons for the purpose of receipt of the conclusion for benefit of any of the parties or other persons interested in the outcome of the case.

Persons guilty of rendering impact on the court expert, are made responsible according to the legislation.

Article 9. Principle of objectivity, comprehensiveness and completeness of judicial and expert researches

The court expert conducts judicial and expert researches (further in the text - researches) objectively, on strictly scientific and practical basis, within the corresponding specialty, comprehensively and in full.

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