The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's parliament, has adopted a law "On legal guarantees of people's rights and freedoms on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine."

A total of 228 MPs supported bill No. 4473-1 when it was proposed at second reading on Tuesday.

As reported, on March 20, the Verkhovna Rada passed the bill at first reading. It was tabled by Serhiy Sobolev of the Batkivschyna faction. It determines a status of the temporarily occupied territories, establishes a special legal regime for them, and determines the specifics of the work of state agencies, enterprises, establishments and organizations on such territories.

According to the adopted law, the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and city of Sevastopol, the airspace above them, domestic waters and territorial sea of Ukraine, including underwater space, are defined as a temporarily occupied territory.

The temporarily occupied territory is declared a zone with restricted access.

"Ukrainian citizens, foreigners and stateless citizens are allowed to enter and exit the temporarily occupied territory only with a special permission and through entry-exit points in the order established by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine," reads the document.

The law foresees that the temporarilyy occupied territory is inalienable part of Ukraine's soil and the Ukrainian laws are in effect on it. However the responsibility for violating human rights on it is placed upon the Russian Federation. Reimbursement for physical and moral harm to the territory and the responsibility for preserving the cultural legacy on it are fully laid upon Russia.

According to the law, private persons and legal entities maintain their ownership rights, if the property was bought in accordance with Ukrainian laws.

"Any deal regarding unmovable property that was made with violation of the requirements of Ukrainian laws is considered illegal from the moment of being made and doesn't create legal consequences, except for those connected with its inefficiency. Acquisition of ownership rights for the property on a temporarily occupied territory is allowed only in case of inheritance by law or will, if the heirs belong to one of the inheritance lines according to the Ukrainian law," the document reads.

Any activity that is subject to state regulation (licensing, acquisition of authorization documents, certification, etc.), business operations, import and/or export of military goods, organizing of railway, car, sea, river, ferry or air traffic are forbidden on the temporarily occupied territory. Usage of state resources including natural, financial and credit resources is also prohibited. Money transferring and financing or any other facilitation to the above-mentioned activities are forbidden as well. Business activity that is subject to state regulation is allowed, if it corresponds with the state interests of Ukraine, peaceful settlement of the conflict, de-occupation or humanitarian goals.

According to Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights, National Minorities and International Relations Valeriy Patskan, entrepreneurship isn't regulated by the state, i.e. "we aren't forbidding business activity in the Crimea."

The final text of the law doesn't contain article on collaboration activity, which was included in the first reading.

According to the law, voting by citizens on the temporary occupied territory isn't organized or conducted during presidential or parliamentary elections and all-Ukrainian referendum.