Responsibility for compulsory involvement in paid Public Works was established in Uzbekistan

In connection with the further improvement of the system of reliable protection of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of women and children, amendments and additions to the Code of administrative responsibility were made with the” law on amendments and additions to certain legislation". This was reported by the “legal information” channel in Telegram.

According to him, administrative responsibility was established for the forced involvement in paid public works.

Mandatory involvement in paid public works consists in the mandatory involvement of the offender in the performance of socially useful Public Works, which is appointed by the courts for a period of 8 to 240 hours. If the offender is studying, public works are performed at a free time from study.

Paid public works do not apply to the following persons:

to persons of retirement age;
Persons under the age of 18;
pregnant women;
Women with children under 3 years of age;
Group I and II persons with disabilities;
to persons with permanent employment;
to the military.
Also, foreign citizens and stateless persons who are obliged to pay alimony to a citizen of Uzbekistan are not expelled in administrative order.

In addition, responsibility for sexual harassment was established. Sexual harassment, that is, the act of a sexual nature, expressed in the description, gesture, touch, call, which is undesirable for a person and insults his honor and dignity, can cause administrative imprisonment for a period of up to 15 days.

Administrative acts such as evasion of material provision of minors or incapacitated persons (Art. 47-4), evasion of material provision of parents (Art. 47-5) cause the following responsibilities to apply:

Administrative detention for a period of 15 days;
Forced involvement in public works with a fee of up to 120 hours;
to impose a fine of 20 times the amount of BHM on persons for whom these types of administrative penalties cannot be applied.
Also, failure of a parent to fulfill their obligations to appoint a guardian or sponsor to their underage children can cause fines of up to 10 times the amount of BHM (3 crore).

Administrative responsibility for domestic (domestic) violence is established, and the violation causes a fine of 10 to 20 times that of BHM, or administrative imprisonment of up to 10 days.

At the same time, doppelganger of a wife (husband), ex-wife (ex-husband), a person living in a household or a person with a common child causes a fine of 10 to 20 times BHM or administrative imprisonment for a period of up to 15 days.

According to this law, in Uzbekistan, a husband or wife is now subject to administrative or criminal liability if they prevent them from exercising the rights of their spouse. For example, a person is fined Rs 6 crore for insulting his spouse and insulting his dignity, beaten with ulterior motives, and sentenced to 12 years in prison if he inflicts severe bodily harm.