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Article 196. Personal inspection 
Personal inspection is carried out in respect of an personal entity 
following through the customs border and located in the customs control 
zone or the transit zone of the airport open for international traffic. 
Personal inspection shall be carried out by an official of the customs 
body if there are grounds to believe that an physical entity hides and 
voluntarily does not present goods prohibited for import into or export 
from the customs territory, or goods moved in violation of the procedure 
established by this Code. 
The decision to conduct a personal examination shall be made by the 
Head of the customs authority or the person replacing him in written form. 
Before the beginning of the personal examination the customs 
official shall be obliged to: 
to declare to the physical entity the decision on carrying out personal 
inspection; 
to familiarize the physical entity with his rights in conducting a 
personal search; 
to offer to voluntarily surrender the hidden goods. 
In case of refusal of an physical entity from a personal examination, 
a mark is made in the decision to conduct a personal examination certified 
by the signature of the customs official who announced the decision to 
conduct a personal examination. 
If the inspected person does not fulfill or resists the fulfillment of the 
legal requirements of the customs official, these actions are grounds for 
administrative detention of the specified person in accordance with the 
legislation on administrative responsibility. 
Personal inspection is carried out by an official of the customs 
authority of the same sex with the inspected person in the presence of two 
witnesses of the same sex in an isolated room that meets sanitary and 
hygienic requirements. Access to the premises of other physical entities 
and the possibility of monitoring the conduct of personal examination on 
their part is not allowed. Examination of a body of the inspected person 
shall be carried out only by medical workers with use, if necessary, special 
medical equipment. If necessary, an interpreter is involved in the personal 
examination. 
During the personal search of a underage or a incapacitated person, 

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his legal representatives (parents, adoptive parents, guardians, trustees) or 
persons accompanying him have the right to be present. 
Personal examination carried out within the limits necessary for 
detection of the goods hidden by the inspected person at itself, and the 
form excluding humiliation of honor and dignity of the person, causing 
harm to his health and property. 
The inspected person or his legal representative or the person 
accompanying him, during personal inspection has the right: 
to demand the announcement of the decision of the Head of the 
customs authority or the person replacing him on carrying out personal 
inspection; 
use the native language, as well as use the services of an interpreter; 
familiarize yourself with your rights and obligations; 
to give explanations, to submit petitions; 
to get acquainted with the Protocol of personal examination at the 
end of its preparation and to make the statements which are subject to 
entering in the Protocol; 
to appeal against the decision of the customs body, actions (inaction) 
of its officials in accordance with the established procedure. 
The inspected person or his legal representative or the person 
accompanying him may have other rights in accordance with the 
legislation. 
The inspected person or his legal representative or the person 
accompanying the inspected person during the personal examination shall 
be obliged to comply with the legal requirements of the customs official. 
According to the results of personal examination, a Protocol shall be 
drawn up in the form established by the State customs Committee of the 
Republic of Uzbekistan. The Protocol is signed by: 
an official of the customs authority conducting a personal 
examination; 
a physical entity in respect of whom a personal examination was 
carried out, or his legal representative or a person accompanying him; 
by a medical professional - when he examines the organs of the body 
of an inspected person; 
other persons who participated in the personal examination. 
The physical entity in respect of whom personal examination was 

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carried out, under the signature the copy of the Protocol on carrying out 
personal examination is provided.