UZBEKISTAN
Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan
"ON GUARANTEES AND FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION"
President of the Republic of Uzbekistan I. Karimov
Tashkent, 24 April 1997
Article 1
The aim of the law
This law regulates relations arising in excercising a person's constitutional right freely and
without hindrance to seek, receive, study, pass on and disseminate information.
Article 2
Legislation on guarantees and freedom of access to information
The legislation on guarantees and freedom of access to information consists of the
Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, this law and other legislative acts. Relations in the
sphere of guarantees and freedom of access to information in the Republic of Karakalpakstan
are also regulated by the legislation of the Republic of Karakalpakstan.
Article 3
Guarantees of the access to information
Each citizen is guaranteed a right to have access to information. The state protects
everybody's right to seek, receive, study, pass on and disseminate information.
Article 4
Main principles of the freedom of access to information
The main principles of the freedom of access to information are following: publicity,
accessibility, openness and trustworthiness of information.
Article 5
Enquiring information
Everybody has a right by himself or through his lawful representatives to apply in order to
receive information.
Article 6
Ways of enquiring and term of considering the enquiry
One can enquire information both in writing and orally. The written enquiry shall containe
surname, name, patronymic and address of a person enquiring, and name information being
requested or its nature. The written enquiry shall be registered. The enquiry shall be
answered as soon as possible, but not later than after 30 days since the date of the enquiry, if
the legislation does not envisage the other. The oral enquiry should be answered, if possible,
immediately. In case an organization or an official does not have information asked for, they
are obliged within seven days since the enquiry is received to infrom about this the person
who has enquired and name him an organization or an official having the information.
Article 7