President of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov signed the Law \"On making amendments and addenda in the Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan \"On mass media\" on 15 January 2007.

The amendments were approved by the Legislative Chamber (lower house) of Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan on June 28, 2006 and adopted by the Senate (upper house) on November 30, 2006.

The law consists of six sections and 40 articles. It should be noted that the amendments have been introduced with the purpose of ordering the relations occurring in the sphere of mass media, especially in the field of creation, activity and cessation of mass media structures.