Science and Education in Karakalpakstan issn 2181-9203 Science Magazine chief editor

 
INTRODUCTION. 
Based on the humanitarian and justice principles of the Criminal Law of the Republic of 
Uzbekistan, chapter XV-XVI of the sixth section of the Criminal Code [1] defines the 
“characteristics of juvenile liability”. These chapters cover the system of punishment imposed on 
minors, the rules of sentencing, the cases of exemption from liability, punishment. We know that 
even though under the former Union there was sufficient emphasis on preventing and combating 
juvenile delinquency, the norms in criminal law aimed at preventing such delinquency had not been 
given in a separate section, as in our current code, until then, once systematized. While the norms 
outlined in it include general provisions of criminal liability, it is indicated that the types of 
punishment for them are greatly improved when a crime is committed by minors, the court 
expresses to them the degree of mental development of a teenager in the assignment of punishment, 
living conditions and upbringing, health, the reasons for the crime he committed, people of, such 
cases are an example of the practical application of the humanitarian principle outlined in Article 7 
of the Criminal Code.
There have been various opinions among practitioners and scholars about the need to 
distinguish the liability of minors separately in law for many years, which was reflected in the 
Criminal Code of 1994. In relation to the liability of minors, various opinions have been expressed 
in the subject of criminal law, arguing that the significance of the guilty person is not less than the 
nature and level of social danger of the crime committed.
Persons who have reached the age of sixteen in accordance with Article 17 of the Criminal 
Code are liable under general rules and taking into account the features provided for in section six 
of the Criminal Code. When I studied and analyzed the Criminal Code, I found that a special part of 
the code, 224 norms, established liability for minors.
A minor is defined as a person who has reached the age of sixteen before committing a 
crime, but has not reached the age of eighteen. Under the general rule, Sane persons who have 
reached the age of sixteen are considered to have reached the age of the criminal subject. For some 
crimes, the subject’s age is set at fourteen years.

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