Article 15-4. The use of weapons and military equipment of the Law on National Security Agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. Employees and military personnel of national security agencies have the right to use weapons and military equipment as a last resort in the following cases::

1) to repel attacks on citizens, protected persons, as well as persons whose protection and protection is entrusted to employees or military personnel of national security agencies;

2) to repel attacks on buildings, structures, premises and other objects and vehicles protected by national security agencies;

3) to repel attacks on employees or military personnel of national security agencies, their family members, and other persons involved in security measures by this body, as well as to prevent attempts to seize weapons, vehicles, special equipment, and military equipment of national security agencies.;

4) to protect citizens from criminal encroachment, as well as the release of hostages, seized protected facilities, structures and special cargo;

5) to detain persons caught in the commission of a criminal offense or immediately after its commission, who are offering armed resistance, as well as an armed person who refuses to comply with a legal requirement to surrender weapons, ammunition, explosives, toxic and radioactive substances with him;

6) to neutralize and detain persons whose totality of external signs and actions indicates the existence of a real threat to the life and health of other citizens, protected persons and employees or military personnel of national security agencies;

7) to prevent the escape from places of detention of suspects and those accused of committing criminal offenses or the escape from under escort of persons detained on suspicion of committing a criminal offense, persons against whom a preventive measure has been applied in the form of detention, sentenced to imprisonment, as well as to prevent an attempt to forcibly release these persons. persons;

8) to stop a vehicle if the driver poses a real danger to the life and health of protected persons and refuses to stop at the request of an employee or a serviceman of the national security agencies.;

9) to protect against animal attacks;

10) to sound an alarm or call for help;

11) in cases of necessary defense and extreme necessity;

12) to prevent violations of airspace by unmanned aerial vehicles over the territory of facilities of the national security authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. It is prohibited to use weapons against protected persons, as well as against women, persons with obvious signs of disability and minors, except in cases where there is a real threat to the health and life of citizens, employees or military personnel of national security agencies, as well as when they commit an armed attack, armed resistance, group attack, hostage-taking, objects, vehicles, including aircraft.

3. In all cases of the use of weapons, employees and military personnel of national security agencies are required to take the necessary measures to ensure the safety of surrounding citizens and provide emergency medical care to victims and report to their immediate superior on the use of weapons.

4. The prosecutor is informed within twenty-four hours about each case of the use of weapons, special means, or physical force that has resulted in the death of people or other grave consequences.

5. The list of types of weapons, military equipment and combat ammunition kits in service with national security agencies is approved by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

This Law defines the status, powers and organization of activities of the national security bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 21, 1995 N 2710.

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