The President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on January 9 signed the "Procedure of Serving of Administrative Arrest" into law. The document was published in Xalq So’zi (trans. People's Word) newspaper and will come into force two years from the date of publication.

The law regulates the rights and obligations of persons under administrative arrest, and those of administration and staff of detention centers and internal rules.

The law defines administrative arrest as a form of administrative punishment, which lies in detention of a person in temporary isolation from society. It is applied for a period of 3 to 15 days. The basis for serving the arrest is the ruling of a judge of administrative district (city) court.

According to the law, administrative arrest is based on such principles as "legal validity, humanism, respect for honor and dignity,  protection of rights, freedoms and lawful interests of persons under administrative arrest."

Persons under administrative arrest shall be kept in common or solitary cells of detention centers. The norm for cells' surface should be at least 2.5 square meters per male, and for females- not less than 3 sq. m.

The arrested persons are provided with separate beds, bedding, dishes and cutlery. They can use their own clothes, footwear and personal hygiene products. Administration shall ensure the security of persons under administrative arrest  .

Physical force and special means may be used to the arrested (straitjackets, rubber batons, handcuffs, tear gas, sound and light, and device for opening of  premises). However, such measures are permissible only when as means of defending staff of detention centers or other prisoners, suppression of mass riots, arresting offenders and those who broke out from detention center or to prevent breakout.

Incarceration costs, according to court's decision, shall be levied at a rate of 15% of the minimum wage per day except when arrested are engaged in paid work and covers his costs. Disabled persons are exempt from levying of costs.