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Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 186-VII ZRK of 3 January 2023 on the introduction of amendments and additions to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the issues of strengthening responsibility for environmental offenses and manifestations of vandalism. -

Adoption: 2023-01-03 | KAZ-2023-L-114358

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law of the Republic f Kazakhstan No. 187-VII ZRK of 3 January 2023 on the introduction of amendments and additions to the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offenses on the issues of strengthening administrative responsibility for environmental offenses and manifestations of vandalism. -

Adoption: 2023-01-03 | KAZ-2023-L-114359

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 178-VII ZRK of 30 December 2022 on the restoration of solvency and bankruptcy of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan. -

Adoption: 2022-12-30 | KAZ-2022-L-114360

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Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 153-VII ZRK of 5 November 2022 on the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan. -

Adoption: 2022-11-05 | KAZ-2022-L-114355

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 154-VII ZRK of 5 November 2022 About the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Kazakhstan. -

Adoption: 2022-11-05 | Date of entry into force: 2022-11-18 | Date of gradual entry into force: 2023-01-01 | KAZ-2022-L-114364

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Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 122-VII ZRK of 21 May 2022 on biological safety. -

Adoption: 2022-05-21 | Date of entry into force: 2022-11-24 | KAZ-2022-L-114365

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 250 of 27 April 2022 on approval of the Concept for the development of small and medium-sized businesses until 2030. -

Adoption: 2022-04-27 | KAZ-2022-R-114383

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 90-VII LRK of 29 December 2021 On the Human Rights Ombudsman in the Republic of Kazakhstan. -

Adoption: 2021-12-29 | KAZ-2021-L-114353

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 86-VII LRK. of 27 December 2021 on industrial policy. -

Adoption: 2021-12-27 | KAZ-2021-L-114368

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 773 of 28 October 2021 on approval of the Rules for maintaining the register of social entrepreneurship entities. -

Adoption: 2021-10-28 | KAZ-2021-R-114354

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Environment Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. -

Adoption: 2021-01-02 | Date of entry into force: 2021-07-01 | KAZ-2021-L-114186

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Order of the Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. KR MH-317/2020 of 23 December 2020 on approval of the criteria for determining the risks of importing infectious diseases from abroad into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and (or) occurrence of cases of infectious diseases. -

Adoption: 2020-12-23 | KAZ-2020-R-114326

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Order of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. ҚР ДСМ -285/2020 of 20 December 2020, on approval of the rules for organization of medical care for protection of reproductive and mental health of minors aged ten to eighteen and youth. -

Adoption: 2020-12-20 | KAZ-2020-R-112718

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 796 of 26 November 2020 on approval of the procedure, types and amount of medical assistance to the population in emergency situations, the introduction of a state of emergency. -

Adoption: 2020-11-26 | KAZ-2020-R-114319

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Order of the Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 745 of 28 October 2020 on approval of the Rules for the provision of medical care to persons with limited freedom, as well as to persons serving a sentence in places of deprivation of liberty, detainees, imprisoned and placed in special institutions. -

Adoption: 2020-10-28 | KAZ-2020-R-114330

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Order of the Minister of Digital Development, Innovation and Aerospace Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 395/НҚ of 21 October 2020 on approval of the Regulations for the collection, processing of personal data. -

Adoption: 2020-10-21 | KAZ-2020-R-114351

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 7 July 2020 No. 360-VI ЗРК on Public Health and Healthcare System. -

Adoption: 2020-07-07 | KAZ-2020-L-112716

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Order of the Minister of Healthcare of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. ҚР ДСМ-144 of 20 November 2019 on approval of the Standard for organizing the provision of medical care in case of infectious diseases in the Republic of Kazakhstan. -

Adoption: 2019-11-20 | KAZ-2019-R-112712

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 242-V. of 3 April 2019 on special economic and industrial zones. -

Adoption: 2019-04-03 | KAZ-2019-L-114370

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 204-VI ZRK of 27 December 2018 on Natural Monopolies. -

Adoption: 2018-12-27 | KAZ-2018-L-109654

Chapter 1. General provisions
Chapter 2. State Regulation of Activities in the Field of Natural Monopolies
Chapter 3. Tariff Setting
Chapter 4. Participants in the Field of Natural Monopolies
Chapter 5. State Control
Chapter 6. Liability in the Field of Natural Monopolies
Chapter 7. Transitional and Final provisions
Repeals the previous Law on Natural Monopolies from 9 July 1998.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 176-VІ of 5 July 2018 on advocate practice and legal assistance. -

Adoption: 2018-07-05 | KAZ-2018-L-114356

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 112-VI ZRK of 30 November 2017 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts on Perfection of Budget Legislation. -

Adoption: 2017-11-30 | Date of entry into force: 2017-12-17 | KAZ-2017-L-106709

Amends, inter alia, the Labour Code, supplementing Article 127 (Guarantees and compensation payments for workers, sent on business trips) with para 6 on the procedure of compensation for business trips on behalf of budget funds.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 81-VI ZRK of 30 June 2017 "On Prosecutor’s Office", as amended to 21 December 2017. -

Adoption: 2017-06-30 | Date of entry into force: 2017-07-17 | KAZ-2017-L-106710

Chapter 1. General provisions
Chapter 2. Scope of Prosecutor’s supervision
Chapter 3. Representation of the interests of the state in the Court and prosecution
Chapter 4. Other directions of the activity of the Prosecutor’s Office
Chapter 5. Legal acts of the Prosecutor’s Office
Chapter 6. System of the Prosecutor’s bodies
Chapter 7. Status, competencies and guarantees for the activity of the Prosecutor
Chapter 8. Final provisions.
Repeals the previous Law of 21 December 1995 "On the Prosecutor’s Office" (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta Respubliki Kasakhstan, 1995, N. 24, p. 156).

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 69-VI ZRK of 13 June 2017 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts on Matters of Defense and Military Service. -

Adoption: 2017-06-13 | Date of entry into force: 2017-06-26 | KAZ-2017-L-106708

Amends, inter alia, the Labour Code: in particular, rephrases sub-paragraph 6) of para 1 of Article 57 (Reasons for termination of employment contract due to circumstances independent of the will of parties).
Also amends the Law "On Military Service and the Status of Military Servants". In particular, rephrases Article 1 (General concepts used in this law). Makes changes in Article 5 (Status of a military servant) supplementing it with new paras 6, 7; also makes wording changes and supplements in Article 6 (Rights of military servants); also supplements new paragraphs to Article 8 (Restrictions of the rights of military servants, linked with military service). Also makes wording changes, inter alia, in Article 9 (Preparation of citizens for military service), Article 12 (Preparation of citizens for military-technical and other specialties), Article 17 (Duties of officials, state bodies, persons liable for military service and recruits for the implementation of the rules of military registration of persons liable for military service and recruits), Article 21 (Military offices).

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 51-VI ZRK of 10 March 2017 to Amend and Supplement the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan. -

Adoption: 2017-03-10 | Date of entry into force: 2017-05-14 | KAZ-2017-L-106712

Supplements Article 2 with new para 3-1. Makes wording changes and rephrasings in articles 4, 10, 39, 41, 44, also supplementing the latter with sub-paragraph 10-1). Supplements Article 55 with new sub-paragraph 1-1). Also introduces wording changes into articles 57, 61, 64, 66, 67, 70, 72, 74, 79, 81, 83, 86, 87, 91.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 44-VI ZRK of 10 February 2017 "On Forensic Expert Activity", as amended to 18 April 2017. -

Adoption: 2017-02-10 | Date of entry into force: 2017-02-25 | KAZ-2017-L-106724

Chapter 1. General provisions
Chapter 2. State regulation in the sphere of forensic-expert activity
Chapter 3. Governor of the forensic-expert body. Forensic expert
Chapter 4. Forensic-Expert Palace
Chapter 5. Proceedings of forensic expertise
Chapter 6. Peculiarities of the proceeding of forensic expertise of living people
Chapter 7. Ensuring forensic-expert activity
Chapter 8. International cooperation in the field of forensic-expert activity
Chapter 9. Final provisions.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 38-VI ZRK of 30 December 2016 "On Probation". -

Adoption: 2016-12-30 | Date of entry into force: 2017-01-17 | KAZ-2016-L-105420

Chapter I establishes the concept, aim and objectives of probation, introduces the category of persons towards whom probation should be applied, also their rights; also the forms of application of probations. Chapter II sets the subjects who implement probation and their competencies, also the participation of citizens and public associations in probation application. Chapter III defines the types of probation and particularities of its application. Chapter IV sets the final provisions.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 40-VI-ZRK of 30 December 2016 "On Fingerprinting and Genomic Registration", as amended to 11 July 2017. -

Adoption: 2016-12-30 | Date of entry into force: 2021-01-01 | KAZ-2016-L-105421

Chapter I: general concepts; scope of impact of the law; principles of fingerprinting and genomic registration; rights and duties of competent state bodies in this field; general requirements for the collection, elaboration, protection and transfer of fingerprinting and genomic information.
Chapter II: conducting fingerprinting registration; persons subjected to it; the procedure of collecting, change, supplementation, preservation, usage and termination of fingerprinting information.
Chapter III: conducting genomic registration; persons subjected to it; the procedure of collecting, change, supplementation, preservation, usage and termination of genomic information.
Chapter IV: stat regulation in the sphere of fingerprinting and genomic registration; competencies of the Government and state bodies in this sphere; supervision over the compliance with the legislation in this sphere.
Chapter V: final provisions: in particular, procedure of appellation of actions or inactions of competent state bodies in this sphere; also liability for the violation of the law.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 488-V ZRK of 8 April 2016 "On Arbitration", as amended to 27 February, 2017 -

Adoption: 2016-04-08 | Date of entry into force: 2016-04-20 | KAZ-2016-L-105425

Chapter I: General provisions, establishing, inter alia, the sphere of implementation; general concepts used in the law; types of arbitration; principles of arbitrary proceedings.
Chapter II: Arbitrary Palace of Kazakhstan; formation, reorganization, liquidation and competencies thereof.
Chapter III: Composition of arbitration; arbitraries, registry of arbitraries; terms of operation of permanent arbitration; functions, competencies of arbitrary.
Chapter IV: Conduct of arbitration proceedings
Chapter V: Costs related to the resolution of a dispute in arbitration
Chapter VI: Arbitration award and termination of proceedings. Cancellation of the award.
Chapter VII: Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards
Chapter VIII: Final and transitional provisions.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 480-V ZRK of 6 April 2016 "On Legal Acts", as amended to 11 July 2017 -

Adoption: 2016-04-06 | Date of entry into force: 2016-04-19 | KAZ-2016-L-105427

Chapter I: General provisions
Chapter II: Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Chapter III: General provisions on legal acts
Chapter IV: Planning of preparation of projects of normative legal acts
Chapter V: Preparation and formation of projects of normative legal acts
Chapter VI: Scientific expertise of projects of normative legal acts
Chapter VII: Procedure of adoption of a normative legal act
Chapter VIII: Publication of normative legal acts
Chapter IX: Force of normative legal acts in time, space and among persons
Chapter X: Monitoring
Chapter XI: Systematizing and registration of normative legal acts
Chapter XII: General provisions on non-normative legal acts
Chapter XIII: Acts of official explanation of normative legal acts
Chapter XIV: Legal acts of individual application
Chapter XV: Transitional and final provisions.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Labour Code No. 414-V ZRK of 23 November 2015. -

Adoption: 2015-11-23 | Date of entry into force: 2016-01-01 | KAZ-2015-L-102038

Section I: General provisions
Chapter I: General provisions, establishing, inter alia, the goal and objectives, principles of labour legislation, freedom of labour, prohibition of discrimination in labour, compulsory labour; as well as the minimum social standards in the sphere of labour.
Chapter II: State regulation in the sphere of labour relations.
Chapter III: Subjects of labour relationships. Grounds for origin of labour relationships.
Section II: Labour relationships.
Chapter IV: Employment contract
Chapter V: Work schedule. Work discipline.
Chapter VI: Work time.
Chapter VII: Rest time.
Chapter VIII: Measurement and remuneration.
Chapter IX: Professional training, retraining and improvement of qualification.
Chapter X: Financial liability of parties of employment contract.
Chapter XI: Guarantees and compensation payments.
Chapter XII: Peculiarities of regulation of employment of certain categories of workers.
Section III: Social partnership and collective relationships in the labor sphere.
Chapter XIII: Social partnership in the labor sphere.
Chapter XIV: Collective contract.
Chapter XV: Consideration of individual labour disputes.
Chapter XVI: Consideration of collective labour disputes.
Section IV: Safety and protection of labour.
Chapter XVII: State regulation in the sphere of safety and protection of labour.
Chapter XVIII: Rights and duties of employee and employer in the sphere of safety and protection of labour.
Chapter XIX: Organization of safety and protection of labour.
Chapter XX: Investigation and registration of occupational accidents.
Section V: Control over compliance with the labour legislation.
Chapter XXI: State control over compliance with the labour legislation.
Chapter XXII: Internal control.
Chapter XXIII: Final provisions.
Repeals the previous Labour Code of 15 May 2007 (Vedomosti Parlamenta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 2007, No.9, page 65).

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No.416-V ZRK of 23 November 2015 "On Public Service". -

Adoption: 2015-11-23 | Date of entry into force: 2016-01-01 | KAZ-2015-L-102039

Chapter I: General provisions
Chapter II: Legal status of public servants
Chapter III: Admission to public service
Chapter IV: Peculiarities of admission to administrative public service of corpse "A", as well as of the service
Chapter V: Peculiarities of taking administrative public position of corpse "B"
Chapter VI: Public service
Chapter VII: Service discipline
Chapter VIII: Service ethics of public servants
Chapter IX: Social guarantees for public servants, their family members
Chapter X: Termination of public service by public servants
Chapter XI: Other questions
Chapter XII: Final provisions.
Repeals the previous law "On Public Service" of 23 July 1999 (Vedomosti Parlamenta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 1999, No.21, page 773).

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No.415-V ZRK of 23 November 2015 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts on the Issues of Labour Regulation. -

Adoption: 2015-11-23 | Date of entry into force: 2016-01-01 | KAZ-2015-L-102045

Amends, inter alia, the Law on Trade Unions:namely, makes wording changes in para 1 of article 16 (Rights of trade unions); supplements article 17 (Duties of trade unions) with new sub-paragraph 8); rephrases sub-paragraph 2 of para 1 of article 18 (Protection of labour, social-economic rights and interests of trade union members), also para 4 of article 20 (Realization of public control over observance of rights of trade union members), paras 2, 3 of article 26 (Guarantees for persons elected in trade union bodies and not exempt from principal work).

Amends the Law on Employment. Rephrases para 1 of article 5 (State guarantees in the sphere of employment of population), supplements article 9 (Participation of employers in the provision of employment of population) with sub-paragraphs 1-1, 2-2.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Civil procedural code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. -

Adoption: 2015-10-31 | Date of entry into force: 2016-01-01 | KAZ-2015-L-114183

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Entrepreneurial Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 29, 2015 No. 375-V ZRK. -

Adoption: 2015-10-29 | KAZ-2015-L-108188

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Decree of the Government No. 787 of 10 July 2014 on Establishment of the Rules of Granting, Return and Size of Lump-Sum Payment in case of Adoption of an Orphan Child or of a Child Without Parental Care. -

Adoption: 2014-07-10 | Date of entry into force: 2015-01-01 | KAZ-2014-R-97829

In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 86 of the Matrimonial and Family Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Government establishes the rules of granting, return and size of lump-sum payment in case of adoption of an orphan child and (or) of a child without parental care; also establishes that the size of the lump-sum payment is equal to 75 monthly calculated indicators.
The Rules of Granting, Return and Size of Lump-Sum Payment in case of Adoption of an Orphan Child and (or) of a Child Without Parental Care:
1. General provisions,
2. Procedure of granting, return and size of lump-sum payment in case of adoption of an orphan child and (or) of a child without parental care,
3. Return of money paid in the form of lump-sum payment in case of adoption of an orphan child and (or) of a child without parental care,
Appendix I,
Appendix II.

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Code No. 235-V of 5 July 2014 on Administrative Offences. -

Adoption: 2014-07-05 | Date of entry into force: 2015-01-01 | KAZ-2014-L-108231

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Penal Execution Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. -

Adoption: 2014-07-05 | Date of entry into force: 2015-01-01 | Date of gradual entry into force: 2017-01-01 | KAZ-2014-L-114184

Concerns penitentiary legislation (determination of means of correction of convicts; protection of the rights and freedoms of convicts; assistance to convicts in social adaptation).

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No.233-V ZRK of 4 July 2014 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Issues of Perfection of Criminal-Procedural legislature. -

Adoption: 2014-07-04 | Date of entry into force: 2015-01-01 | KAZ-2014-L-97825

Amends, inter alia, Labor Code rephrasing para 1 of article 256 (Serving members of the armed forces and law enforcement officers); also amends Law on Citizenship introducing new wording to article 17 (Reasons for refusal to grant citizenship), article 20 (Leaving citizenship), article 34 (Conclusions for applications on the issues of citizenship).
Repeals Law of 5 December 1995 Republican Guard of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Vedomosti Verkhovnogo Soveta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 1995, No.22, p. 139).

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Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. -

Adoption: 2014-07-04 | Date of entry into force: 2015-01-01 | Date of gradual entry into force: 2018-01-01 | KAZ-2014-L-114185

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Law No. 228-V ZRK of 3 July 2014 on Physical Culture and Sports. -

Adoption: 2014-07-03 | Date of entry into force: 2014-07-21 | KAZ-2014-L-97826

Chapter I: General provisions
Chapter II: State regulation in the field of physical culture and sports
Chapter III: System of physical culture and sports
Chapter IV: Development of national sports
Chapter V: Sports reserve and sports of high achievements
Chapter VI: Professional sports
Chapter VII: Normative requirements in the field of physical culture and sports
Chapter VIII: Staff, scientific, medical provision and doping control in the field of physical culture and sports
Chapter IX: System of state social guarantees in the field of physical culture and sports
Chapter X: Financial and infrastructural provision of physical culture and sports
Chapter XI: International activity in the field of physical culture and sports
Chapter XII: Final provisions.

Repeals the Law of 2 December 1999 "On physical culture and sports" (Vedomosti Parlamenta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 1999, No. 24, p.1065).

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Law No. No. 226-V of 3 July 2014 Penal Code. -

Adoption: 2014-07-03 | Date of entry into force: 2014-01-01 | KAZ-2014-L-108187

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No.200-V ZRK of 23 April 2014 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Issues of the Activity of the Bodies of Internal Affairs. -

Adoption: 2014-04-23 | Date of entry into force: 2014-05-06 | KAZ-2014-L-97809

Introduces wording changes, inter alia, to Labor Code, namely to the titles of Chapter 28 (Specifics of regulation of the work of civil servants, deputies in the parliament and maslikhats, judges of the Republic of Kazakhstan, serving members of the armed forces, law-enforcement officers, of state courier service and workers of National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its departments), article 257 (Regulation of the work of serving members of armed forces, employees with special status, law-enforcement bodies and of state courier service); also to article 257.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No.189-V ZRK of 11 April 2014 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Issues of Civil Protection. -

Adoption: 2014-04-11 | Date of entry into force: 2014-04-26 | KAZ-2014-L-97808

Amends, inter alia, Labor Code rephrasing para 1 of article 256 (persons in military service, employees of special status and law enforcement bodies), subparagraph 4 of para 1 of article 322 (general provisions of investigation and registration of industrial accidents), paras 3 and 8 of article 325 (peculiarities of special investigation of industrial accidents), para 6 of article 326 (documentation and registration of materials of investigation of industrial accidents).

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Law No. 188-V ZRK of 11 April 2014 on Civil Protection. -

Adoption: 2014-04-11 | Date of entry into force: 2014-04-26 | KAZ-2014-L-97828

Section I: General provisions
Chapter II: General provision
Chapter II: State system of civil protection
Chapter III: State regulation in the sphere of civil protection
Section II: Civil defense
Chapter IV: Management and activities of civil defense
Chapter V: Military units, objects and property of civil defense
Section III: Aviation of the authorized body, emergency services and formations
Chapter VI: Emergency services and formations
Section IV: Prevention of emergencies
Chapter VII: Control and supervision in the sphere of civil protection
Chapter VIII: Activities of civil protection aimed at preventing of emergencies
Chapter IX: Scientific research, training, awareness raising and advocacy of knowledge in the sphere of civil protection
Section V: Elimination of emergencies of natural and technical causes and remedy of consequences thereof
Chapter X: Elimination of emergencies of natural and technical causes
Chapter XI: Remedy of consequences of emergencies
Section VI: Provision of fire and industrial safety
Chapter XII: Provision of fire safety
Chapter XIII: Non-governmental fire service and voluntary fire formations
Chapter XIV: Provision of industrial safety
Chapter XV: Investigation and registration of incidents, accidents at hazardous industrial facilities
Section 7: State reserve
Chapter XVI: Formation of state reserve system
Chapter XVII: Use of state reserve
Section 8: Status and social protection of workers of bodies of social protection and of their families
Chapter XVIII: Status and social protection of workers of bodies of social protection and of their families
Section 9: Final and transitory provisions
Chapter XIX: Final provisions
Chapter XX: Transitory provisions.

Repeals the Law of 5 July 1996 "On Emergencies of Natural and Technical Causes" (Vedomosti Parlamenta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 1996, No. 11-12, p. 263);
the Law of 22 November 1996 "On Fire Safety" (Vedomosti Parlamenta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 1996, No. 18, p. 368);
the Law of 27 March 1997 "On the Emergencies and Status of Rescuers" (Vedomosti Parlamenta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 1997, No.6, p. 69);
the Law of 7 May 1997 "On Civil Protection" (Vedomosti Parlamenta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 1997, No. 9, p.93);
the Law of 27 November 2000 "On State Material Reserve" (Vedomosti Parlamenta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 2000, No. 20, p. 378);
the Law of 3 April 2002 "On Industrial Safety at Hazardous Industrial Facilities" (Vedomosti Parlamenta Respubliki Kazakhstan, 2000, No. 7-8, p. 77).

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Law No. 176-V of 7 March 2014 on Bankruptcy and Rehabilitation. -

Adoption: 2014-03-07 | KAZ-2014-L-108230

This Law regulates public relations arising upon failure of the debtor to satisfy requirements of the creditors in full, establishes the grounds for applying accelerated rehabilitation procedure, rehabilitation procedure and declaration of the debtor as a bankrupt, as well as determines the procedure and conditions of conducting the procedures of rehabilitation and bankruptcy.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Regulation, Decree, Ordinance

Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan № 1053 of 4 October 2013 on approval of the Agreement on cooperation of the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Community for combating infectious diseases. -

Adoption: 2013-10-04 | Date of entry into force: 2013-10-04 | KAZ-2013-R-114324

Contains the agreement in Annex.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 130-V ZRK of 4 July 2013 to Amend and Supplement Several Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the Issues of National Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Kazakhstan. -

Adoption: 2013-07-04 | Date of entry into force: 2014-07-22 | KAZ-2013-L-96698

Amends, inter alia, Labour Code rephrasing para 3 of article 138-4 (branch framework of qualifications), paras 1,2 of article 138-5 (professional standards), para 4 of article 263 (organization of social partnership on republican level), para 4 of article 264 (organization of social partnership on branch level), para 4 of article 265 (organization of social partnership on regional level), also supplementing article 140 with para 4 stating that employer supports educational organizations in training and developing qualification of employees.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No.122-V ZRK of 3 July 2013 on State-Guaranteed Legal Aid. -

Adoption: 2013-07-03 | Date of entry into force: 2013-07-15 | KAZ-2013-L-96704

Article I: Basic definitions used in this law
Article II: Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on state-guaranteed legal aid
Article III: Scope of effect of this law
Article IV: Main principles of providing state-guaranteed legal aid
Article V: State policy in the field of providing state-guaranteed legal aid
Article VI: Types of state-guaranteed legal aid
Article VII: Subjects for providing state-guaranteed legal aid
Article VIII: Persons possessing right to state-guaranteed legal aid
Article IX: Rights and duties of a person in need of state-guaranteed legal aid
Article X: Competencies of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of state-guaranteed legal aid
Article XI: Competencies of the authorized body
Article XII: Procedure of providing state-guaranteed legal aid by state bodies
Article XIII: Procedure of providing state-guaranteed legal aid by lawyers
Article XIV: Refusal to provide state-guaranteed legal aid
Article XV: Financing of state-guaranteed legal aid
Article XVI: Monitoring of compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on state-guaranteed legal aid
Article XVII: Procedure of entry into force of this law.

Kazakhstan - General provisions - Law, Act

Law No. 102-V ZRK of 13 June 2013 amending Several Legal Acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the subject of the division of power between State Bodies. -

Adoption: 2013-06-13 | Date of entry into force: 2013-06-25 | KAZ-2013-L-96696

Amends, inter alia, Labor Code rephrasing article 17 and its title which now reads: "Competencies of local body of labor inspection", article 12 (procedure of taking into consideration of opinion or consent of the representatives of the employees at the publication of acts of the employer), article 16 (competencies of authorized state labor body in the field of regulation of labor relations) supplementing it with new subparagraphs, supplementing article 18 (competencies of local executive bodies in the field of labor relations), rephrasing article 147 (rights and duties of employer at the time of job placement), 282 (procedure for holding collective bargaining negotiations, processing and concluding collective bargaining agreement), 307 (state management control and supervision in the sphere of labor protection and labor safety), 309 (Monitoring and assessment of risks in the sphere of labor protection and labor safety), also introducing minor wording changes in articles 314, 317, 322, 323, 325, 328, 335.
Amends Law on Employment of the Population rephrasing article 6 (central executive body) and supplementing with a new subparagraph, also supplementing article 7 (local executive bodies) with subparagraphs 5-8), 5-9), changing the wording of articles 8 (authorized body), 20 (public works), 22 (bodies carrying out state control in the sphere of employment).