Article 13. Activities incompatible with the performance of government functions The Anti-Corruption Law

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1. Persons holding responsible government positions, persons authorized to perform government functions (with the exception of deputies of maslikhats who do not carry out their activities on a permanent or exempt basis), officials, members of territorial election commissions exercising their powers on a professional permanent basis, whose remuneration is made from the budget of the Republic of Kazakhstan, employees of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan and its departments, employees of the authorized organization in the field of civil aviation, acting in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the use of the airspace of the Republic of Kazakhstan and aviation activities, employees of the authorized body for regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations, as well as persons equated to persons authorized to perform government functions operating in national management holdings, national holdings, national companies, national regional development institutions and their subsidiaries are prohibited from:

1) participate in the management of a commercial or non-profit organization, except in cases where this is their official duties in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan or is necessary to manage the shares specified in subparagraph 4) of this paragraph, or provided for in paragraph 2-1 of this article, or is participation on a gratuitous basis in the management of a political party, a trade union, a consumer or housing and construction cooperative;

2) engage in entrepreneurial activity;

3) engage in other paid activities other than teaching, scientific and other creative activities, military service in the reserve.

4) to acquire securities, except for the acquisition and (or) sale, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, of shares of open and interval mutual investment funds, bonds, shares of commercial organizations (common shares in the amount not exceeding five percent of the total number of voting shares of organizations).

Military personnel under contract who perform military service in positions corresponding to the medical military accounting specialty have the right to engage in paid medical activities that do not interfere with the performance of military service duties.

1-1. Persons equated to persons authorized to perform state functions who are not subject to the requirements of paragraph 1 of this Article (with the exception of candidates for President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan or maslikhats, akims of districts, cities of regional significance, cities of district significance, towns, villages, rural districts, as well as in members of elected local government bodies), are not entitled to participate independently in the management of a commercial organization, engage in entrepreneurial and other paid activities:

1) if the relevant activity impedes the performance of official duties;

2) if the relevant activity entails the use of official property;

3) if there is a conflict of interest.

1-2. Restrictions on the performance by persons specified in paragraph 1 of this Article of activities incompatible with the performance of state functions are established by this Law and other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.11.2019 No. 273-VI (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

2-1. Persons equated to persons authorized to perform government functions who operate in national management holdings, national holdings, national companies, national and regional development institutions, and their subsidiaries are entitled to hold paid positions in management bodies, supervisory boards, and executive bodies of subsidiaries, affiliates, and other legal entities affiliated with the relevant organizations. national management holdings, national holdings, national companies, national and regional development institutions and their subsidiaries, in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. The persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article have the right to lease (lease) a dwelling belonging to them by right of ownership and receive income from such rental. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 3, 2026 No. 251-VIII SAM

 4. The Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and his deputies, the Chairman of the authorized body for regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations and his deputies, employees of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its departments, as well as employees of the authorized body for regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations are not entitled to purchase shares of investment funds, bonds, shares of commercial organizations.

The persons specified in the first part of this paragraph, within thirty calendar days from the date of their appointment to positions, are obliged to transfer to trust management, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, their shares of investment funds, bonds, shares of commercial organizations and submit a notarized copy to the personnel management service (HR service) at their place of work. trust management agreements for investment fund units, bonds, and shares of commercial organizations owned by them.

5. The persons specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, within thirty calendar days from the date of assuming office, are obliged to transfer to trust management for the duration of these functions in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, property belonging to them by right of ownership or other proprietary right, the use of which entails income, except for money, bonds, shares of open-ended and interval mutual funds, shares of commercial organizations (common shares in the amount of, not exceeding five percent of the total number of voting shares of organizations), digital assets legally owned by these persons, as well as property leased (leased), and submit a notarized copy of the property trust management agreement to the Personnel Management Service (HR department) at the place of work within the specified period.

6. The contract for the trust management of property is subject to notarization. -Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 3, 2026 No. 251-VIII SAM

7. In case of ownership or other proprietary right to property, the use of which entails income, with the exception of shares of open and interval mutual funds, bonds, shares of commercial organizations (common shares in the amount not exceeding five percent of the total number of voting shares of organizations), digital assets acquired in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the established procedure, the persons specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, They are obliged to transfer it to the trust management within thirty calendar days from the date of the right of ownership or other property right in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and submit a notarized copy of the trust management agreement to the Personnel Management Service (HR department) at their place of work within the specified period.

The Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and his deputies, the Chairman of the authorized body for regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations and his deputies, employees of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its departments, as well as employees of the authorized body for regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations are required to transfer their shares of investment funds, bonds, shares of commercial organizations received as a result of inheritance or on the basis of court decisions or in other cases, not depending on the will of the specified persons, to the trust management within thirty calendar days from the date of the right of ownership or other property right in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and to submit within the specified period to the personnel management service (HR service) at the place of work a notarized copy of the contract of trust management of property.

7-1. The persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article have the right to lease (lease) housing belonging to them by right of ownership, and to receive income from such rental, as well as to receive income from property transferred to trust management and from other legitimate sources.

8. Failure to fulfill the obligations provided for in paragraphs 4, 5 and 7 of this Article by the persons referred to in paragraph 1 of this article is the basis for their termination of public service or other relevant activities.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 18, 2015 No. 410-V SAM.

This Law regulates public relations in the field of combating corruption and is aimed at implementing the anti-corruption policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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