LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

of September 11, 2026 No. ZRU-1174

About entering of amendments and changes into some legal acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with enhancement of system of social protection of children

Accepted by Legislative house on December 23, 2025

Approved by the Senate on July 9, 2026

In recent years in our country number of the measures directed to enhancement of system of social protection of children is performed.

In particular, in the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan accepted in the new edition providing and protection of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the child, creation of the best conditions for its full physical, intellectual and cultural development are determined as obligation of the state.

For the purpose of practical realization of this priority principle, further enhancement of social protection of children from the state, including orphan children and children without parental support, there was need of entering of amendments and changes into some legal acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

This Law makes additions and changes to some legal acts directed to further strengthening of social protection from the state of orphan children and children without parental support, determination of powers of the National agency of social protection in case of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan and its territorial subdivisions on identification, accounting of orphan children and children without parental support, and also their alternative device.

This Law will serve effective protection of the rights and legitimate interests of orphan children and children without parental support, creation of necessary conditions for their education in the family circle, to enhancement of system of support of the citizens who accepted them on education in forms of the alternative device.

Article 1. In the Code of penal procedure of the Republic of Uzbekistan approved by the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan of September 22, 1994 No. 2013-XII (Sheets of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1995, No. 2, Art. 5; Sheets of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 1995, No. 12, Art. 269; 1997, No. 2, Art. 56, No. 9, Art. 241; 1998, Art. No. 5-6, 102, No. 9, Art. 181; 1999, No. 1, Art. 20, No. 5, Art. 124, No. 9, Art. 229; 2000, Art. No. 5-6, 153, No. 7-8, Art. 217; 2001, Art. No. 1-2, 11, 23, No. 9-10, Art. 165, 182; 2002, No. 9, Art. 165; 2003, No. 5, Art. 67; 2004, Art. No. 1-2, 18, No. 9, Art. 171; Sheets of chambers of Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2005, No. 12, Art. 418; 2006, No. 6, Art. 261; 2007, No. 4, Art. 166, No. 6, Art. 248, 249, No. 9, Art. 422, No. 12, Art. 594, 595, 607; 2008, No. 4, Art. 177, 187, No. 9, Art. 482, 484, 487, No. 12, Art. 636, 641; 2009, No. 1, Art. 1, No. 4, Art. 136, No. 9, Art. 335, No. 12, Art. 469, 470; 2010, No. 6, Art. 231, No. 9, Art. 334, 336, 337, 342, No. 12, Art. 477; 2011, No. 4, Art. 103, 104, No. 9, Art. 252, No. 12/2, Art. 363; 2012, No. 1, Art. 3, No. 9/2, Art. 244, No. 12, Art. 336; 2014, No. 9, Art. 244; 2015, No. 8, Art. 310, 312, No. 12, Art. 452; 2016, No. 4, Art. 125, No. 9, Art. 276, No. 12, Art. 385; 2017, No. 3, Art. 47, No. 6, Art. 300, No. 9, Art. 506, 510, No. 10, Art. 605; 2018, No. 1, Art. 1, 5, No. 4, Art. 218, 224, No. 7, Art. 430, 431, No. 10, Art. 679; 2019, No. 1, Art. 3, 5, No. 2, Art. 47, No. 3, Art. 161, No. 5, Art. 259, 267, No. 7, Art. 386, No. 8, Art. 469, No. 9, Art. 589, 592, No. 10, Art. 671, No. 11, Art. 787, 791, No. 12, Art. 880, 881, 891; 2020, No. 3, Art. 204, No. 5, Art. 296, No. 12, Art. 689; 2021, No. 1, Art. 5, 11, 13, 14, No. 2, Art. 142, 144, appendix to No. 4, No. 8, Art. 800, 803, No. 9, Art. 903, No. 10, Art. 973, No. 12, Art. 1193; 2022, No. 2, Art. 81, No. 3, Art. 216, No. 4, Art. 337, No. 6, Art. 575; 2023, No. 3, Art. 184, 185, No. 4, Art. 265, 269, No. 5, Art. 319, No. 9, Art. 713; 2024, No. 1, Art. 8, No. 2, Art. 115, No. 9, Art. 964, No. 10, Art. 1070, 1073, 1077, 1083, No. 12, Art. 1280, 1286, 1292; 2025, No. 1, of the Art. 8, No. 2, of the Art. 196, of 201, No. 3, of the Art. 376, No. 6, of the Art. 727, No. 8, of the Art. 968, of 969, No. 9, of the Art. 1042) to make the following additions and changes:

1) part the twelfth Article 19 to add with words ", except as specified hearings of cases about crimes of persons which did not reach eighteen-year age";

2) in part two of Article 60 of the word "organizations and the organizations, on care" shall be replaced with words "organizations and the organizations, under guardianship or on care";

Shall be replaced with words 3) in part one of Article 218 of the word "transfer them to care" "transfer them under guardianship or to care";

Shall be replaced with words 4) in part eleven of Article 531 of the word "on care of organizations, relatives or other persons, court reports about it to body of guardianship in the location of children" "under guardianship or on care of organizations, relatives or other persons, the court reports about it to guardianship and custody body in the location of children".

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