Article 1. Clarification of certain concepts contained in this Law The Law on Forensic Expertise
The concepts contained in this Law are applied in the following meaning:
1) special scientific knowledge – a field of special knowledge, the content of which is scientific knowledge implemented in the methods of forensic research;
2) validation – assessment of the suitability of the use of methods and techniques of forensic research, conducted in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2-1) private forensic expert is a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan who has at least three years of work experience corresponding to an expert specialty, is a member of the Chamber of Judicial Experts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and is engaged in private practice in the production of forensic examinations based on a license to engage in forensic expertise issued by an authorized body.;
3) expert specialty – the scientific competence of a judicial expert in the field of a certain type of forensic examination established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, confirmed by the assignment of the qualification of a judicial expert;
4) expert opinion – a written document drawn up in accordance with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, reflecting the progress and results of a forensic expert study;
5) forensic expert activity – the activity of forensic examination bodies and judicial experts in the organization and production of forensic examination;
6) the methodology of forensic expert research is a system of methods used in the study of objects of forensic examination to establish factual data related to the subject of forensic examination.;
7) the method of forensic examination is a system of logical and (or) instrumental operations (methods, techniques) used in the study of objects of forensic examination to establish factual data related to the subject of forensic examination.;
8) judicial examination is the study of materials of a criminal, civil, administrative case or a case of an administrative offense, conducted on the basis of special scientific knowledge in order to establish factual data relevant to its resolution.;
9) subject of judicial examination – factual data relevant to the resolution of a criminal, civil case or a case of an administrative offense, established by conducting a judicial examination;
10) objects of forensic examination – physical evidence, documents, the human body, the state of the human psyche, corpses, animals, samples, as well as information related to the subject of forensic examination contained in the materials of the case on which the forensic examination is carried out;
11) body of judicial expertise – a state-owned legal entity engaged in forensic expertise in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
11-1) expert of the judicial examination body – a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan who holds a paid full-time position in the judicial examination body in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and carries out forensic expert activities in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;
12) judicial expert – an expert of a judicial examination body who is not interested in the case, a private judicial expert and other persons with special scientific knowledge and meeting other requirements established by this Law who are entrusted with the conduct of a judicial examination;
13) certification of a judicial expert is a periodically performed procedure for determining the compliance of a judicial expert with the qualification requirements established by law.;
14) qualification of a judicial expert is a set of knowledge, skills acquired by a person with a professional education through targeted training in order to study objects of expertise of a certain type.;
14-1) authorized body – the central executive body that carries out management in the field of forensic expertise;
15) samples are material objects that display the properties of a living person, corpse, animal, plant, object, material or substance necessary for conducting a forensic examination.
On forensic science activity in the Republic of Kazakhstan The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 10 February 2017 № 44-VI LRK.
The article was amended and supplemented by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 14, 2026, No. 350-VIII SAM
This Law regulates public relations in the implementation of forensic expertise in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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