Article 6. Notary public in the Republic of Kazakhstan Chapter 2. THE LEGAL STATUS OF THE NOTARY OF the Notary Law

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1. A notary may be a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan who has reached the age of twenty-five, has a higher legal education, at least two years of work experience in the legal profession, has completed an internship with a notary for at least one year, has been certified by the attestation Commission of justice and has received a license to engage in notarial activities, unless otherwise provided by this Law.

A notary public is an administrative civil servant who holds a position in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on civil service.

The requirements specified in the first part of this article apply to a notary public, with the exception of obtaining a license for the right to engage in notarial activities.

A notary may not be a person who has a criminal record that has not been expunged or removed in accordance with the procedure established by law, and who has been recognized as legally incompetent or with limited legal capacity in accordance with the established procedure.

A notary may also not be a person:

released from criminal liability on the basis of paragraphs 3), 4), 9), 10) and 12) the first part of Article 35 or Article 36 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, within three years after the occurrence of such events;

dismissed on negative grounds from government, military service, from the prosecutor's office, other law enforcement agencies, special state bodies, as well as dismissed from the post of judge, within one year from the date of dismissal (release);

who committed an administrative corruption offense, within three years after the occurrence of such events;

dismissed from the position of a notary public for violations of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan when performing a notarial act;

deprived of the license for the right to engage in notarial activity;

excluded from the register of the Chamber of Legal Advisers for negative reasons, if less than three years have passed since the date of exclusion.

2. Private and public notaries have equal rights and duties in carrying out notarial activities. The documents issued by them have the same legal force.

3. The commission of notarial acts by persons who do not have a license provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article (with the exception of the notary public and the persons specified in paragraphs 2), 3) paragraph 2 of Article 1 of this Law), or in violation of other requirements of the legislation on the notary and income from these actions entail liability in accordance with the laws Of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

4. The territorial body of justice shall bear the property responsibility for notarial acts of a public notary.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 14, 1997 No. 155-I.

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