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Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 10, 1999 No. 282.

In order to improve the protection and protection of the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan, I hereby decree:

1. Approve:

1) Regulations on the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Appendix 1).

2) excluded by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 09.11.2011 No. 169.

2. Within two months, the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall develop and submit to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan a program for the formation and arrangement of the state border, construction and development of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2000-2003.

3. This Decree comes into force from the date of signing.

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on December 10, 1999 No. 282

Regulations on the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The footnote. The Regulation is amended by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/17/2022 No. 893.

Chapter 1. General provisions

1. The Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the Border Guard Service) is an agency of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the National Security Committee) responsible for the protection and protection of the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the State Border) on land, in territorial waters (sea) and inland waters (including underwater environment) in order to ensure the integrity and inviolability of the State Border, maintain legality and established order in the border area.

2. The Border Guard Service carries out its activities in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other regulatory legal acts and international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as these Regulations.

3. The Border Guard Service is a legal entity in the organizational and legal form of a republican state institution, has seals and stamps with its name in the Kazakh language, letterheads of the established sample, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, accounts with treasury authorities.

4. The Border Guard Service enters into civil law relations on its own behalf.

5. The Border Guard Service has the right to act as a party to civil law relations on behalf of the State if it is authorized to do so in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

6. The Border Guard Service, in matters of its competence, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, makes decisions formalized by orders of the head of the Border Guard Service and other acts provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

7. The structure and staffing limit of the Border Guard Service are approved in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The unified system of the Border Guard Service consists of:

1) the republican state institution "Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan", which is an operational and strategic military management body;

2) territorial divisions:

departments that are operational-territorial bodies of military administration;

independent departments that are operational and tactical military management bodies;

3) subordinate organizations – departments directly subordinate to the Border Guard Service, which are tactical military management bodies;

4) structural divisions: management, division, border management, border department, border department (border outpost), including maritime, department (department) of border control, group, ship, boat, department (department) of mobile special operations, department (department) of professional training and other units that are tactical military management bodies.

8. Location of the legal entity: 48 Zheltoksan Street, Astana, 010000, Republic of Kazakhstan.

The footnote. Paragraph 8 is amended by the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 09.11.2022 No. 1068 (effective from the date of its signing and subject to official publication).

9. The full name of the Border Guard Service is the republican state institution "Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan".

10. This Regulation is the founding document of the Border Guard Service.

11. The activities of the Border Guard Service are financed from the republican budget.

12. The Border Guard Service is prohibited from entering into contractual relations with business entities for the performance of duties that are the authority of the Border Guard Service.

If the Border Guard Service is granted the right by legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan to carry out income-generating activities, then the income received from such activities is sent to the state budget.

Chapter 2. Tasks, rights and duties of the Border Guard Service

13. Tasks:

1) ensuring the regime of the State Border and the regime at checkpoints;

2) fulfillment of obligations arising from international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the State Border, participation in its delimitation, demarcation and redefinition;

3) participation in solving the tasks of defense and national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

4) participation in the protection of the economic interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the State Border, in the fishing zone and on the continental shelf;

5) exercising, independently or jointly with authorized bodies, control over compliance with established regimes in the border zone, in internal and territorial waters, in the fishing zone and on the continental shelf;

6) assistance to law enforcement and environmental protection authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan in protecting citizens, natural resources and the environment, and compliance with the migration legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the border area;

7) other tasks stipulated by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

14. Rights and obligations:

1) to carry out the installation, erect and install the necessary engineering and technical facilities, structures and barriers;

2) to carry out the construction of communication lines and communications, maintenance, repair, reconstruction of weapons and military equipment, to deploy and use equipment and weapons;

3) participate in the delimitation, demarcation and redemarkation of the State Border, the development of necessary documents and materials in order to establish the regime of the State Border with neighboring states;

4) to be in any area (to have border guards), including in the territories of specially protected and nature protection zones, as well as to move through them in the performance of official duties, to require the owners (tenants) of land plots to allocate places for the movement of border guards, equipment and maintenance of passageways through fences or crossings Through other obstacles;

5) conduct counterintelligence and operational search activities, as well as intelligence activities in the field of border policy and operational security of the State Border, territorial waters, fishing zone and continental shelf, and take measures to ensure their own security in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

6) coordinate, within the limits of their powers, the activities of authorized bodies and organizations in the field of border policy implementation and border security of the Republic of Kazakhstan, organize the interaction of their forces and authorized bodies involved in the protection of the State Border or carrying out activities affecting the interests of protecting the State Border;

7) submit mandatory representations to state bodies, public associations, and organizations on the elimination of causes and conditions that contribute to the commission of offenses in the border area or hinder the activities of the Border Guard Service;

8) on the basis of generally recognized principles and norms of international law, as well as international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to organize and carry out cooperation in the protection of the State border with the border authorities of foreign states;

9) to carry out direct management of the activities of the border representatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

10) to correspond with border representatives of neighboring states on issues related to maintaining the State Border regime, resolving border incidents, exchanging information, and, by mutual agreement, inviting representatives of neighboring states to the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and crossing over to the territory of neighboring states to negotiate border issues in accordance with the procedure provided for by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan";

11) request and receive, free of charge, information from authorized bodies, organizations and public associations necessary for the performance of duties;

12) receive and use fingerprint information contained in the database of fingerprint information of the internal affairs bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Chapter 2. Tasks, rights and duties of the Border Guard Service

13. Tasks:

1) ensuring the regime of the State Border and the regime at checkpoints;

2) fulfillment of obligations arising from international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the State Border, participation in its delimitation, demarcation and redefinition;

3) participation in solving the tasks of defense and national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

4) participation in the protection of the economic interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the State Border, in the fishing zone and on the continental shelf;

7) other tasks stipulated by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

14. Rights and obligations:

1) to carry out the installation, erect and install the necessary engineering and technical facilities, structures and barriers;

2) to carry out the construction of communication lines and communications, maintenance, repair, reconstruction of weapons and military equipment, to deploy and use equipment and weapons;

9) to directly manage the activities of the border representatives of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

11) request and receive, free of charge, information from authorized bodies, organizations and public associations necessary for the performance of duties;

13) to involve citizens on a voluntary basis in solving tasks in the field of State border protection as part of volunteer squads, as freelance Border Guard officers and in other forms, to encourage citizens who have distinguished themselves in protecting the State Border and persons who meet the requirements, to recommend admission to military and special educational institutions of the national security authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

14) participate in the legal education of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan, carry out preventive measures aimed at preventing offenses in the border area, use the mass media to inform the population about offenses, search for offenders and for other purposes;

15) to use weapons and military equipment, special means, service animals and physical force in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan";

16) to consider applications or reports of committed or impending offenses in the border area, register them and take appropriate measures on them.;

Note from <url>! Subparagraph 17) is provided for in the wording of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/02/2026 No. 1258 (effective from 07/12/2026).

17) create and use specialized records and information systems that ensure the fulfillment of tasks related to the protection of the State Border;

18) to carry out fundamental and applied scientific research in the field of protection of the State Border;

19) determine the uniform and equipment of military personnel involved in the protection of the State Border;

20) carry out inspection of vehicles, cargoes and goods transported across the State border in accordance with the established procedure jointly with the state revenue authorities.;

21) escort vehicles and place border guards on them;

22) when strengthening the protection of the State Border in accordance with the procedure determined by joint decisions with the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, use the forces and means allocated by them.;

23) when pursuing offenders, freely (if necessary, with damage to locking devices) enter residential and non-residential premises of citizens, territories and premises of organizations at any time of the day, as well as inspect them (with subsequent notification within twenty-four hours to the relevant prosecutor);

24) when conducting border searches and operations, and other investigative actions, independently establish control posts, temporarily restrict or prohibit the movement of persons and vehicles, prevent citizens from entering certain areas, oblige them to stay there or leave these areas in order to protect people's health and lives;

25) in the event of a threat to the security of the Republic of Kazakhstan, temporarily restrict, with notification to local executive and other authorized bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the production of various works in the border zone, with the exception of works of defense significance, works related to the fulfillment of international obligations and the elimination of consequences arising from natural and man-made emergencies;

26) use communication facilities for official purposes, and when repelling armed incursions into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, preventing illegal mass crossings and other provocations at the State Border, conducting search operations, delivering persons suspected of committing offenses, – vehicles of organizations, and, if necessary, vehicles of citizens with subsequent reimbursement of expenses; or damage caused to the owners at their request in accordance with the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

27) prohibit disembarkation and stay on shore of crew members of foreign non-military vessels and other persons on them who have committed offenses while crossing the State Border, sailing in internal and territorial waters or while ships are parked in Kazakh ports.;

28) require citizens to comply with the procedure established at the State Border, stop illegal actions that impede the activities of the Border Guard Service, and in case of non-compliance with these requirements, take appropriate measures provided for by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

29) to keep violators of the regimes established in the border area in the premises of the Border Service, specially equipped for the detention of persons subjected to administrative detention;

30) place persons in pre-trial detention facilities, temporary detention facilities and premises specially equipped for the detention of persons subjected to administrative detention, in accordance with the criminal procedure legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

31) to invite persons to the units of the Border Guard Service in order to obtain from them explanations about the circumstances of violation of the established regimes in the border area known to them;

32) to carry out the maintenance of engineering and technical facilities, barriers, communications on the balance sheet, as well as to ensure the operation and safety of the equipment used;

33) to carry out radiation control at checkpoints where there are no state revenue authorities, using technical means of radiation control in automatic or manual mode;

34) to organize the operation of inspection and inspection complexes containing radioactive substances, as well as radiation safety control in the national security bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan when handling radioactive substances, devices or equipment that contain radioactive substances or generate ionizing radiation;

35) in internal and territorial waters, fishing zone, Kazakh part of the waters of border rivers, lakes and other bodies of water in relation to Kazakh and foreign (surface and underwater) vessels, means of transportation on ice:

stop the vessel and inspect it if it does not respond to survey signals, is in a prohibited area, violates the procedure for entering, sailing and staying in the waters of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The inspection of the vessel includes checking the ship's and navigation documents, documents of crew members and passengers, cargo documents, and, if necessary, the ship's premises. Based on the results of the inspection of the vessel, he may be allowed to continue sailing (staying) in the waters of the Republic of Kazakhstan in compliance with the established rules or be asked to leave the waters of the Republic of Kazakhstan, or he may be detained in accordance with the criminal procedure legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan or the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on administrative offenses.;

to detain persons subject to criminal or administrative liability in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to transfer these persons to the bodies of inquiry and investigation or to the relevant authorities, unless otherwise provided for by international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

to pursue and detain vessels (vehicles on ice) that have violated international treaties or the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan before they enter the territorial waters of their country or a third state, if the pursuit was initiated in internal or territorial waters, a fishing zone or the water space above the continental shelf after giving a visual or audible stop signal (from a distance allowing them to see or hear this signal) and was conducted continuously;

36) to involve the forces and means of other authorized bodies to clarify the situation in the underwater environment in the internal and territorial waters in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

37) upon detection of underwater objects in internal and territorial waters, make a survey about the purposes of entering these waters, request a change of course, invite them to leave the underwater state, show their flag, stop and inspect them, take other measures to prevent or terminate the actions of detected underwater objects.;

38) when protecting the State Border in the underwater environment, detain persons subject to criminal or administrative responsibility in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, transfer these persons to the bodies of inquiry and investigation or relevant authorities, unless otherwise provided by international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

39) detain underwater vehicles that violate the established procedure for crossing the State border and (or) navigating in internal and territorial waters, deliver (escort) them to ports of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other places to clarify the circumstances of the offense, transfer these funds to the bodies of inquiry and investigation;

40) participate in the development of regulatory legal acts on State border issues and other issues related to the activities of the Border Guard Service;

Note from <url>! Subparagraph 41) is provided for in the wording of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/02/2026 No. 1258 (effective from 07/12/2026).

41) participate in information security measures in the field of informatization of Border Service informatization facilities;

42) have other separate structural units outside its location that perform part of the functions of the Border Guard Service and are not subject to registration with the authorized body.;

43) to stop any attempts to change the passage of the State border, the development of the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

44) participate, within the limits of their competence, in solving tasks related to the defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as ensuring a state of emergency or martial law;

45) to repel an armed invasion of the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to stop armed and other provocations on the State border, to protect the population, state and private property from these criminal encroachments;

46) to prevent and suppress attempts by persons and vehicles to cross the State Border outside established checkpoints or other places where crossing of the State Border is carried out, as well as illegal crossing at checkpoints or other places where crossing of the State Border is carried out, to identify and detain violators of the State Border and other offenders in the border area;

47) to carry out the passage of persons, vehicles, cargoes and goods in accordance with the established procedure in the presence of properly executed documents and passing through the types of control established at the checkpoint.;

48) ensure the implementation of the State Border regime and the regime at checkpoints;

49) independently or jointly with authorized bodies, monitor compliance with the border regime, established regimes of internal and territorial waters, the fishing zone and the continental shelf, and organize the service of control posts at the points of entry into the border zone;

50) to carry out the prevention of offenses within its competence;

51) to check the documents for the right of entry into and exit from the Republic of Kazakhstan from persons traveling across the State Border, to make appropriate marks in them, to temporarily withdraw such documents, as well as to withdraw invalid documents;

52) to carry out the procedure of identity verification based on fingerprint information in respect of persons who have passed fingerprint registration when crossing the State border of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

53) restrict the entry of foreigners and stateless persons who, in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, are not allowed to enter the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as foreigners and stateless persons who refused to undergo the identity verification procedure using fingerprint information, who did not comply with court decisions and decisions of authorized bodies on the imposition of fines within the time period established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

54) citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and other persons who have lost their identity documents during their stay abroad or in the Republic of Kazakhstan should not be allowed to leave at checkpoints and other places where they are allowed to cross the State Border until their identity is established.;

55) to carry out the detention and personal search of persons in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

56) to stop, inspect and detain vehicles that have violated the established regimes in the border area, to deliver (escort) them to the location of the Border Service units to clarify the circumstances of the offense;

57) to detain and seize, in accordance with the established procedure, independently or jointly with authorized bodies, explosives, toxic, radioactive, narcotic substances, weapons, ammunition, other cargoes and goods prohibited for import into or export from the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as cargoes and goods smuggled across the State Border;

58) to assist the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan in protecting the State Border in the airspace;

59) to assist law enforcement and environmental authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan in protecting citizens, natural resources and the environment in the border area;

60) erect engineering and technical facilities, structures and barriers of the Border Guard Service, taking into account the migration routes of wild animals, at the suggestion of the authorized state body in the field of protection, reproduction and use of wildlife;

61) to ensure the safety of communication lines and communications in the border area;

62) to monitor the crossing of the State Border in the underwater environment;

63) use available means to identify (classify) underwater objects in internal and territorial waters, as well as beyond them, to the borders of foreign states in the event of a threat of illegal crossing or illegal crossing of the State Border.;

64) to carry out anti-submarine and anti-sabotage measures in the underwater environment in the interests of protecting the State Border;

65) to ensure the production and consideration of cases of administrative offenses attributed to its jurisdiction in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on administrative offenses;

66) to carry out pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses attributed to its jurisdiction in accordance with the criminal procedure legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

67) to provide physical protection to foreign institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the organization and implementation of which is determined by the Chairman of the National Security Committee in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the authorized body in the field of foreign intelligence;

68) accept and consider appeals from individuals and legal entities in the manner and within the time limits provided for by the Administrative Procedural Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

69) apply to the court;

70) adopt legal acts within its competence;

71) excluded by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 02/04/2025 No. 775.

72) exercise other powers provided for by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The footnote. Paragraph 14 as amended by Decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 03/13/2024 No. 495 (effective from the date of its first official publication); dated 02/04/2025 No. 775.

15. Functions:

1) implementation of border policy;

2) participation in the development and implementation of state and other programs related to ensuring the security of individuals, society and the state at the State Border;

3) organization of fulfillment of obligations arising from international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the State Border;

4) participation, within its competence, in the activities of international organizations on issues related to the protection and protection of the State Border;

5) participation in the delimitation, demarcation and redemarkation of the State Border;

6) carrying out interaction with other state bodies in accordance with the established procedure;

7) providing guidance and coordination of actions of the unified system of the Border Guard Service (hereinafter referred to as the Border Guard Service units), providing practical and methodological assistance;

8) ensuring the constant readiness of Border Guard Service units for transfer to various degrees of combat and operational readiness;

9) organization of combat duty and combat service;

10) organization of intelligence, counterintelligence and operational search activities of operational units of the Border Guard Service;

11) responding to terrorist manifestations within the continental shelf;

12) organization and maintenance of departmental communication networks and preparation of proposals for their development;

13) organization and implementation of encryption work;

14) implementation of radio engineering and electronic intelligence in the border areas;

Note from <url>! Subparagraph 15) is provided for in the wording of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/02/2026 No. 1258 (effective from 07/12/2026).

15) provision of system and technical maintenance of information and communication infrastructure facilities of the Border Guard Service;

16) determining the main directions of the work carried out by the relevant units of the Border Guard Service to combat intelligence and other activities of special services and organizations of foreign states carried out across the State Border aimed at harming the security of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

17) organization of work on moral and psychological support of service and combat activities of Border Guard Service units;

18) development and implementation of measures among military personnel to maintain military discipline and law and order, consolidate multinational military teams, ensure the necessary conditions for the safety of military service, and prevent offenses;

19) organizing and carrying out work to strengthen military discipline and law and order, prevent offenses, unite military teams, and ensure safe conditions for military service;

20) organization of social and legal work with the personnel of Border Guard Service units and provision of social and legal guarantees to military personnel and their family members;

21) implementation of long-term planning and combat, technical, logistical, financial, personnel, information, military medical (medical) and other types of support, including the quartering of Border Guard units;

22) implementation of needs planning in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

23) ensuring the targeted use of budgetary funds by units of the Border Guard Service;

24) development and adoption of measures to ensure fire protection of facilities of the Border Guard Service and its units;

25) organization and conduct of recruitment of the Border Guard Service and its units by military personnel and the reception of employees;

26) carrying out personnel placement and assignment of military ranks, submitting proposals for appointment to military positions and assignment of military ranks according to the nomenclature to the Chairman of the National Security Committee;

27) organization of professional training and quality control of its implementation;

28) referral for training, retraining and advanced training of personnel in educational organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan and foreign countries in accordance with international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

29) carrying out measures to ensure the improvement of the quality of combat training of Border Guard units;

30) development of proposals on the organizational and staffing structure and staff of Border Guard Service units within the established number;

31) identification, prevention and suppression of social emergencies caused by mass crossing of the State Border from the territories of neighboring states;

Note from <url>! Subparagraph 32) is provided for in the wording of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/02/2026 No. 1258 (effective from 07/12/2026).

32) carrying out activities to ensure the information security of Border Service informatization facilities;

32-1) Taking measures to prevent human trafficking;

32-2) participation in risk assessment in the field of combating human trafficking and in making proposals to minimize them in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

32-3) participation in redirecting victims of human trafficking to provide them with assistance and special social services in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

32-4) informing the internal affairs bodies about the facts that have become known to them about upcoming or committed crimes related to human trafficking;

32-5) informing the public about the results of activities in the field of combating human trafficking;

32-6) assistance to law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan in protecting citizens and complying with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of population migration in the border area;

32-7) taking part in measures to prevent human trafficking in cooperation with other government agencies and organizations;

33) performing other functions stipulated by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The footnote. Paragraph 15 as amended by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 08/12/2024 No. 620 (effective from the date of its first official publication).

Chapter 3. The status and powers of the head of the Border Guard Service in organizing its activities

16. The management of the Border Guard Service is carried out by the Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee, the Director of the Border Guard Service (hereinafter referred to as the Director of the Border Guard Service), who is personally responsible for fulfilling the tasks assigned to the Border Guard Service and exercising its powers.

17. The Director of the Border Guard Service is appointed to a military position and dismissed from a military position in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

18. The Director of the Border Guard Service has deputies who are appointed to military positions and dismissed from military positions in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

19. Powers of the Director of the Border Guard Service:

1) organizes the work of the Border Guard Service;

2) issue orders (orders) in accordance with the established procedure and give instructions that are mandatory for military personnel and employees of the Border Guard Service.;

3) approves legal acts, with the exception of acts affecting human and civil rights and freedoms;

4) represents the Border Guard Service in relations with government agencies and organizations, as well as special and law enforcement services of foreign states and international organizations;

4-1) delegates authority to his deputies and officials of the Service;

5) adopt, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, decisions on the restriction or suspension of activities carried out on the State Border, in the border area or in the border strip;

6) appoints military personnel of the Border Guard Service to military positions and dismisses them from military positions within the limits of their competence;

7) dismiss conscripts from military service in the Border Guard Service in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

8) resolves, in accordance with the established procedure, issues of encouragement, financial assistance and imposes disciplinary penalties on military personnel and Border guards, as well as assigns military rank;

9) makes proposals to the Chairman of the National Security Committee on the creation, liquidation, relocation and reorganization of the republican state institutions of the Border Guard Service, as well as on its structure and staff;

10) approves the regulations (charters) of subordinate state institutions, territorial divisions and structural divisions of the Border Guard Service;

11) within the limits of its powers, resolves issues related to military service, as well as with the labor relations of Border Guard Service employees;

12) submits proposals to the Chairman of the National Security Committee on candidates for the award of higher military ranks in accordance with the established procedure, awarding military personnel and Border guards, as well as persons involved in the protection of the State Border, departmental awards;

13) organizes inspections of service-combat, operational-service, military-technical, criminal procedure, border representation and other activities of the Border Guard Service;

14) exercise other powers in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The powers of the Director of the Border Guard Service during his absence are performed by the person replacing him, in accordance with the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The footnote. Paragraph 19 as amended by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/02/2026 No. 1258.

20. The Director of the Border Guard Service determines the powers of his deputies in accordance with the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Chapter 4. Property of the Border Guard Service

21. The Border Guard Service may have separate property on the right of operational management in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The property of the Border Guard Service is formed at the expense of property transferred to it by the owner, as well as property (including monetary income) acquired as a result of its own activities, and other sources not prohibited by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

22. The property assigned to the Border Guard Service belongs to republican ownership.

23. The Border Guard Service does not have the right to independently alienate or otherwise dispose of the property assigned to it and property acquired at the expense of funds provided to it under the financing plan, unless otherwise established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Chapter 5. Reorganization and abolition of the Border Guard Service

24. The reorganization and abolition of the Border Guard Service are carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

List of organizations under the jurisdiction of the Border Guard Service

1. Department of Special Purpose of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. Department of Service Cynology of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. Department of repair of equipment and weapons of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

4. Department of supply "Aktau" of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

5. Almaty Supply Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

6. Zhangyztobe Supply Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

List of territorial divisions under the jurisdiction of the Border Guard Service

The footnote. The list as amended by Decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.07.2022 No. 955; dated 09.11.2022 No. 1068 (effective from the date of its signing and subject to official publication).

1. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Aktobe region.

2. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Almaty region.

3. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Atyrau region.

4. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the West Kazakhstan region.

5. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Zhambyl region.

6. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Kostanay region.

7. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Kyzylorda region.

8. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Mangystau region.

9. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Turkestan region.

10. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Pavlodar region.

11. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the North Kazakhstan region.

12. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the East Kazakhstan region.

13. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Abai region.

14. Department of the Border Guard Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of Zhetisu.

15. Astana Border Control Department of the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

16. The Almaty Border Control Department of the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Appendix 2The Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 10, 1999 No. 282 was approved

Amendments and additions to some acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

The footnote. Appendix 2 was deleted by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 09.11.2011 No. 169.

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