The law "On Amendments and Additions to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Code of Administrative Responsibility of the Republic of Uzbekistan", signed on October 31 of this year, also serves noble purposes, such as the strength of families and peace and stability, the preservation of the stability of life in peace, and the provision of gender equality. .
It should be said that with this new law, the title of Article 125-1 of the Criminal Code was changed to "Violation of the law on the age of marriage or the procedure for concluding a marriage." In accordance with the addendum included in the third part of this article, if the religious rite of marriage between persons whose marriage is not registered in accordance with the procedure established by law, including a person who has not reached the age of marriage, is committed after the application of an administrative penalty for such an act, seventy-five times the amount of the base calculation shall be punished by a fine of up to one hundred and fifty times or three hundred and sixty to four hundred hours of compulsory community service or two to three years of correctional work.
Also, Article 156 of the Criminal Code was named "Inciting national, racial, ethnic or religious enmity". Based on the new law, the sanction of the first part of this article has been changed as follows: "shall be punished by a fine of three hundred to six hundred times the amount of the basic calculation, or correctional work from two to three years, or restriction of liberty from one to three years, or deprivation of liberty from one to three years."
According to the amendment to the second part of this article, deliberate actions aimed at humiliating national honor and dignity, insulting the feelings of citizens in order to cause enmity, intolerance or discord against population groups based on their national, racial, ethnic or religious affiliation shall be punishable within three years. shall be punished by restriction of liberty for up to five years or deprivation of liberty for three to five years.
In addition, on the basis of the new law, Article 473 of the Code of Administrative Responsibility was named "Violation of the legislation on the age of marriage or the procedure for concluding a marriage." The third part of the same article has been changed as follows: "the performance of a religious ceremony between persons whose marriage is not registered in accordance with the law, including a person who has not reached the age of marriage, shall result in the imposition of a fine of fifteen to thirty times the amount of the basic calculation."
It should be noted that in recent years, special attention has been paid to the guaranteed protection of women's rights, ensuring gender equality, and further increasing the activity of women. Most importantly, the legal framework in this regard is being consistently improved. In particular, with the new law, the Code of Administrative Responsibility was supplemented with a new Article 478 entitled "Promoting cohabitation with two or more wives". This amendment to the Code is aimed at protecting the rights and freedoms of women and ensuring the stability of families. More precisely, according to this article, promoting cohabitation with two or more wives, spreading such views, ideas or calls, as well as encouraging such actions, shall be fined from fifteen to thirty times the base calculation amount, or fifteen causes administrative detention for up to a day.
In addition, according to Article 184-4, which is included in the Code of Administrative Responsibility, "Being in a form that does not allow identification of the person in public places", being in public places with a face covering that does not allow identification of the person (this is based on medical instructions or traffic safety) with the exception of wearing a special headgear worn for providing or covering the face in cases related to labor and service activities, or covering the face of the participants of these events during sports and cultural events, as well as in other cases directly permitted by law) basic shall result in a fine of ten to fifteen times the calculation amount.