Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The law signed by the President introduced amendments and additions to the Criminal Code and the Code of Administrative Responsibility.

According to the amendments made to the Code of Administrative Responsibility:

Conducting a religious ceremony for marriage between persons whose marriage is not registered in accordance with the procedure established by law, including with a person under marriageable age:

entails a fine of 15 to 30 sizes of basic estimated value (from 4 million 950 thousand soums to 9 million 900 thousand soums).

Promoting cohabitation with two or more wives, disseminating views, ideas or calls of such content, as well as encouraging such actions:

entails a fine of 15 to 30 sizes of basic estimated value (from 4 million 950 thousand soums to 9 million 900 thousand soums) or administrative arrest for up to 15 days.

Being in public places with your face covered to a degree that does not allow personal identification:

entails a fine of 10 to 15 sizes of basic estimated value (from 3 million 300 thousand soums to 4 million 950 thousand soums).

With the exception of cases of being with a covered face on the basis of medical indications or wearing a special headdress worn to ensure safety in road traffic, or being with a covered face in cases related to labor and official activities or participants in sports and cultural events during their holding, as well as other cases of being with a covered face, expressly permitted by law.

Propaganda of discrimination based on gender, including public denial of the equality of women and men, dissemination of views, ideas or calls of such content, as well as public justification and (or) encouragement of such actions:

entails a fine in the amount of 10 to 20 sizes of basic estimated value (from 3 million 300 thousand soums to 6 million 600 thousand soums).

In accordance with the amendments made by the Law to the Criminal Code:

The performance of a religious ceremony for marriage between persons whose marriage is not registered in the manner prescribed by law, including with a person under marriageable age, committed after the application of an administrative penalty for the same act:

is punishable by a fine from 75 to 150 sizes of basic estimated value (from 24 million 750 thousand soums to 49 million 500 thousand soums) or compulsory community service from 360 to 400 hours or correctional labor from 2 to 3 years.]

Production, storage for the purpose of distribution or dissemination of materials promoting national, racial, ethnic or religious hatred, committed after the application of an administrative penalty for the same acts:

is punishable by a fine from 300 to 600 sizes of basic estimated value (from 99 million soums to 198 million soums) or correctional labor from 2 to 3 years or restriction of liberty from 1 year to 3 years or imprisonment from 1 year to 3 years.

actions that humiliate national honor and dignity, offend the feelings of citizens in connection with their religious or atheistic beliefs, committed with the aim of inciting hostility, intolerance or discord towards groups of the population on national, racial, ethnic or religious grounds, as well as propaganda of the superiority or inferiority of citizens according to national, racial, ethnic or religious characteristics, as well as direct or indirect restriction of rights or the establishment of direct or indirect advantages depending on their national, racial, ethnic origin or attitude to religion:

shall be punished by restriction of freedom from 3 to 5 years or imprisonment from 3 to 5 years.