On 19 September, a meeting was held at the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis (parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan, UzA reported.

The members of parliament approved the agenda suggested by the Kengash (Council) of the Chamber.

Draft Law "On introduction of addenda to the Article 542 of the Criminal-Procedural Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan" was presented by the member of the Committee for Legislation and Judicial-Legal Issues F. Kamilov.

The MPs then received the answers to all their questions concerning the draft law. In the course of the discussion they noted the importance of the addenda being introduced to the Criminal-Procedural legislation, and passed the bill.

A member of the Committee for Budget and Economic Reforms K. Toshmatov reported on the draft law "On introduction of amendments and addenda to the laws of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On budget system" and "On treasury execution of the State Budget". The MPs analysed each of the provisions of the law.

The representatives of all fractions took part in the discussion and noted the importance of the document to further improvement of the legislation on the conditions of the treasury execution of the State Budget. At the same time, some of the MPs made comments, pointing out the need to make some of the provisions concerning the spending of budget funds and the main tasks of the Treasury clearer, and more precise. In view of the suggestions received, the Legislative Chamber did not pass the bill in the second reading. The responsible member of the Committee was assigned to include all the corrections suggested during the meeting, and present the final version in the third reading.

Reports on the draft laws "On mandatory insurance of auto-civil liability of vehicle owners" and "On introduction of amendment and addenda to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in view of the adoption of the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan "On mandatory insurance of auto-civil liability of vehicle owners" was delivered by the Chairman of the Committee for Legislation and Judicial-Legal Issues N. Ismailov.

The presentation of the draft laws was followed by a question-and-answer, in the course of which the MPs discussed the conception of the documents. In particular, they noted that mandatory insurance of auto-civil liability should become a full-value instrument of protection of the interests of both individual citizens and legal entities that suffer damages as a result of accidents involving means of transportation.

Particular attention was given to the need to clearly define the status of the parties in mandatory insurance, as well as the order and terms of compensation (coverage) of damages in insurance cases. The Legislative Chamber approved the main provisions of the draft laws, with due regard to the comments and suggestions made, and passed them in the first reading.