Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) - The President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a law “On Amendments and Additions to Certain Legislative Acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with the further strengthening of guarantees of the rights and legitimate interests of owners”.

In accordance with the Law, in connection with the further strengthening of guarantees of the rights and legitimate interests of owners, amendments and additions have been made to 2 laws and 1 code.

According to the amendment to the Law "On state power in the localities", now the khokim of the region, district, city, in cases stipulated by law, has the right to provide land for ownership, use and lease to enterprises, institutions, organizations, dekhkan farms, citizens, to terminate the rights of ownership and the use of land by these entities (previously, the khokim had the right to terminate the rights of ownership and use of land by these entities).

The law also introduced a number of changes and additions to the Land Code, which are aimed at ensuring the rights and legitimate interests of owners. In particular, the Code excluded the powers of the Cabinet of Ministers, state authorities of the regions, the city of Tashkent in the field of termination of the rights to own and use land, as well as the lease of a land plot and property rights to land plots in the prescribed manner.

Also, according to the amendment to this Code, cases of termination of the right of ownership or the right of permanent or temporary use of a land plot in court are determined (previously, all cases of termination of the right of ownership or the right of permanent or temporary use of a land plot were carried out by decisions of the Cabinet of Ministers or khokims).

The following rules are introduced into the Law "On Protection of Private Property and Guarantees of Owners’ Rights":

termination of ownership in connection with a decision of a state body that is not directly aimed at the seizure of property from the owner, including the decision to seize a land plot, is made with the consent of the owner in the prescribed manner;

the decision of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, khokims of regions and the city of Tashkent or a district (city) on the demolition of immovable property located on the seized land plot is made only if there is a positive opinion of the justice authorities;

revision and cancellation of the results of denationalization and privatization of property is not allowed.

The law comes into force on the day of its official publication.