The contract between the Republic of Uzbekistan and Ukraine on legal assistance and legal relations on civil and family cases

of February 19, 1998

The Republic of Uzbekistan and Ukraine which are hereinafter referred to as with Contracting Parties

being guided by the universally recognized norms of international law,

proceeding from the aspiration to provide equal legal protection of personal and property rights of citizens of both Contracting Parties,

attaching importance to development of legal cooperation in civil and family cases,

agreed as follows:

Section I. General provisions

Part I. Legal protection

Article 1. Provision of legal protection

1. Citizens of each of Contracting Parties use in the territory of other Contracting Party concerning the personal and property rights the same legal protection, as well as own citizens of this Contracting Party.

2. Citizens of each of Contracting Parties have the right freely and freely to turn to the courts, prosecutor's office and other organizations of other Contracting Party within which competence civil and family cases are (further the referred to as "organizations of justice") can act in them, submit petitions, make claims and perform other legal proceedings on the same conditions, as citizens of this Contracting Party.

3. Provisions of this agreement are applied respectively to the legal entities founded in the territories of Contracting Parties according to their legislation.

Article 2. Duty relief and cost recoveries

1. Citizens of each of Contracting Parties are exempted in the territory of other Contracting Party from payment and compensation of the judicial and notarial fees and costs, and also own citizens of this Contracting Party use free legal aid on the same conditions and in the same amount, as.

2. The privileges provided in Item 1 of this Article extend to all legal proceedings performed on specific case including execution of the decision.

Article 3. Submission of documents on personal, marital and property status

1. Privileges, stipulated in Article 2 this Agreements, are provided based on documents on personal, marital and property status of person initiating the petition for privileges. These documents are issued by competent organizations of justice of the Contracting Party in the territory of which this person has residence or residence.

2. If the applicant has no in the territory of Contracting Parties of residence or residence, then documents, stipulated in Item 1 this Article, can be issued to it by the relevant diplomatic representation or consular establishment of the Contracting Party which citizen he is.

3. The organization of justice passing the decision according to the petition for provision of privileges can request from the organization which issued documents the additional made or necessary explanations.

Part II. Legal assistance

Article 4. Rendering legal assistance

1. Organizations of justice of Contracting Parties give legal assistance on civil and family cases according to provisions of this agreement.

2. Organizations of justice give legal assistance and to other organizations on the cases specified in Item 1 of this Article.

Article 5. Procedure for the intercourses

When rendering justice of Contracting Parties to legal assistance of organization communicate with each other through the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan if only this Agreement does not establish other procedure for the intercourses.

Article 6. Amount of legal assistance

Organizations of justice of Contracting Parties give each other legal assistance by accomplishment of legal and other proceedings, stipulated by the legislation the required Contracting Party, including:

1) creation and provision, including transfer, originals or verified copies of the relevant documents and materials;

2) carrying out seizure of property, transfer and issue of physical evidences;

3) carrying out survey and survey;

4) examination production;

5) interrogation of the parties, third parties, witnesses, experts;

6) search of persons, according to the current legislation of the required Contracting Party;

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