70 The same actions committed: а) by breakthrough; b) by previous concert by a group of individuals; c) by an official whose exit requires a special approval – shall be punished with imprisonment from five to ten years. Foreign nationals and stateless persons, who arrived in Uzbekistan without due formalization of entry documents in order to exercise the right to political asylum envisaged by the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan, shall be excused from liability. Article 224. Violation of Regulations of Stay in Republic of Uzbekistan Violation of regulations of stay in the Republic of Uzbekistan by a foreign national or stateless person, that is, habitation without documents confirming the right to habitation or with invalid documents, failure to comply with set procedures for temporary or permanent residence permission (propiska), movement or choice of place of residence, evasion from exit upon expiration of the term of stay, as well as nonobservance of procedures for transit travel via the territory of the Republic of Uzbekistan, after infliction of administrative penalty for the same acts – shall be punished with fine from fifty to one hundred minimum monthly wages, or imprisonment from one year to three years. (As amended by Law of 15.04.1999.) Violation of procedures for admission of foreign nationals or stateless persons by an official, envisaged by the regulations of their stay in the Republic of Uzbekistan, after infliction of administrative penalty for the same acts, shall be punished with fine from seventy-five to one hundred minimum monthly wages, or imprisonment up to three years. Failure to take measures by a national of the Republic of Uzbekistan, who invited foreign nationals or stateless persons on private business, for ensuring temporary residence permission (propiska) of the said persons and their exit upon expiration of their term of stay, as well as provision of housing, vehicles, or other services to them in the instances when these actions knowingly result in violation of the regulation of stay in the Republic of Uzbekistan, after infliction of administrative penalty for the same acts – shall be punished with fine from fifty to one hundred minimum monthly wages, or correctional labor up to two years, or imprisonment up to two years. (As amended by Law of 15.04.1999.) Article 225. Evasion of Military or Alternative Service Evasion of active military or alternative draft, after infliction of administrative penalty for the same act – shall be punished with correctional labor up to two years or imprisonment up to two years. Evasion of active military or alternative draft committed: a) by self-infliction of bodily injury; b) by forgery of documents or other deception – shall be punished with correctional labor from two to three years, or imprisonment up to three years. Evasion of mobilization draft of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Uzbekistan – shall be punished with imprisonment from five to ten years.

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