Law No. ZRU-1115 on amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with the regulation of relations arising from the use of artificial intelligence

Summary

Amending law that writes AI into Uzbekistan's Law on Informatization and Code of Administrative Responsibility. It defines artificial intelligence as technological solutions that imitate human knowledge and skills, including independent learning and searching for solutions, and adds Article 7-1: AI-made information resources and AI-based systems must not harm a person's life, health, freedom, honour, dignity or other inalienable rights, and legally significant decisions affecting human rights and freedoms may not rest solely on their conclusions. Unlawful processing of personal data using AI, and its dissemination in the media or online, is fined 50 to 100 base calculation units.

Language

No English version of this instrument was found. The English title and the summary are the register's own, written from the sources below; for the exact wording use the Uzbek text.

Safety topics

Status notes

Adopted by the Legislative Chamber on 12 August 2025, approved by the Senate on 1 November 2025, signed on 21 January 2026 and in force from its official publication (Article 4), which lex.uz dates 21 January 2026. The amendments also give the competent state body AI tasks: attracting investment in AI, building technical infrastructure to process government data with AI, and training staff. Article 3 instructs the Cabinet of Ministers to bring government decisions into line with the law. lex.uz publishes a Russian text marked as an unofficial translation.

Sources

Open the official source https://lex.uz/ru/docs/8011377

Secondary source: https://lex.uz/uz/docs/8011930

Local copy

Verification

History

1. 2026-10-17english_version: – → {"kind": "none found"} — lex.uz offers no English text, only machine translation2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
2. 2026-10-17notes: Adopted by the Legislative Chamber on 12 Aug 2025 (first reading 15 Apr 2025), a → Adopted by the Legislative Chamber on 12 August 2025, approved by the Senate on — rewritten: the first-reading date, the press reports on labelling and the comparison with Kazakhstan removed (no stored file for this record); the competent body's new tasks, Article 3 and the Russian translation added2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
3. 2026-10-17safety_topics: ["human oversight", "accountability & liability", "transparency & labelling"] → ["human oversight", "accountability & liability"] — 'transparency & labelling' removed: the enacted text has no labelling or transparency provision2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
4. 2026-10-17summary: Uzbekistan's first AI legislation, enacted as amendments to existing laws rather → Amending law that writes AI into Uzbekistan's Law on Informatization and Code of — rewritten from the official Uzbek text: the AI definition rendered from Uzbek ('imitate human knowledge and skills'), the harm-prevention duty of new Article 7-1 added; 'Uzbekistan's first AI legislation' removed (not stated in the text)2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
5. 2026-10-17language: Uzbek, Russian → Uzbek — lex.uz marks the stored Russian text 'Неофициальный перевод' (unofficial translation); the official text is the stored Uzbek one2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
6. 2026-10-17official_identifier: Law No. ZRU-1115 (ЎРҚ-1115 / LRU-1115) of 21 January 2026 → Law No. ZRU-1115 (ЎРҚ-1115 / LRU-1115) of 21 January 2026 (National Database of — the National Database of Legislation reference of the official publication (21.01.2026, No. 03/26/1115/0063) added2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)
7. 2026-10-17original_title: O‘zbekiston Respublikasining «Sun’iy intellektni qo‘llash bilan bog‘liq munosaba → Сунъий интеллектни қўллаш орқали юзага келадиган муносабатлар тартибга солиниши — replaced with the verbatim Uzbek title of the stored official text (Cyrillic); the Russian title of the unofficial translation dropped2026-10-17-recheck-europe-3 · Claude Code (claude-opus-5-5)

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Citation

Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Legislative Chamber and Senate); signed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Law No. ZRU-1115 on amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Uzbekistan in connection with the regulation of relations arising from the use of artificial intelligence [Law No. ZRU-1115 (ЎРҚ-1115 / LRU-1115) of 21 January 2026 (National Database of Legislation, 21.01.2026, No. 03/26/1115/0063)]. 2026-01-21. https://lex.uz/ru/docs/8011377. Status: In force; verified 2026-10-17 (level A). Local copy archive/UZ-02/2026-10-11/official.html retrieved 2026-10-11 19:39:47 UTC, SHA-256 dfe087da6cb96d7690105fe8460c88212aac087f10d0e6a0ebfd60a15ce81b0e. Every AI Policy Ever, version 1.18 (snapshot 2026-10-18), record UZ-02.

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