Criminal liability for intentionally causing minor body injury reduced
On October 7, a law was signed introducing amendments and additions to the Criminal Code and Code on Administrative Responsibility was signed. This was announced on the “Huquqiy axborot” channel.
According to it, amendments are being introduced to the codes that remove the criminal act of intentionally causing minor bodily injury, which did not result in short-term health deterioration or a temporary loss of working capacity, from the scope of criminal punishment and reclassify it as an administrative offense.
Additionally, it is planned to enhance this legal norm with new descriptive elements and expand the range of administrative offenses subject to the Reconciliation Institute.
According to the amendment introduced to the Code on Administrative Responsibility, if this violation is repeated within one year after the application of an administrative penalty:
•A fine ranging from 5 to 25 times the Base Calculation Unit (BCU), which amounts from 1,875,000 to 9,375,000 UZS) may be imposed;
•It may also result in administrative detention for up to 15 days.
The law comes into force on the date of its official publication.
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