Article 113. Trips outside the institution of the Penal Enforcement Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
1. Convicted persons held in institutions, as well as those left in a mixed-security institution and sent to an emergency or full-security institution to carry out maintenance work, have the right to travel outside the institution.:
1) short–term - for a period of no more than seven days, not counting the time required for round-trip travel (no more than five days), due to the death or serious illness of a spouse, a close relative who threatens the patient's life, or a natural disaster that has caused significant material damage to his family.;
2) long–term - once a year at the place of residence during annual paid leave in a minimum security facility.
2. Convicted women who have children in orphanages have the right to a short‑term leave from the facility to place their children with a spouse, relatives, or in an orphanage.
Convicted women who have minor children with disabilities outside the facility are entitled to one short‑term leave per year to visit them.
Convicted women who have or are raising a young child, and convicted men who are raising a young child alone, are entitled to two short‑term leaves per year outside a minimum‑security facility to visit them.
3. Visits on the grounds specified in parts one and two of this article shall not be granted to convicted persons.:
1) those who have committed crimes with a dangerous relapse;
2) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/16/2025 No. 210-VIII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication);
3) to life imprisonment;
4) recognized as a person with a mental, behavioral disorder (disease) that does not exclude sanity, as well as who has not completed treatment for tuberculosis, infection, mental, behavioral disorder (disease) related to the use of psychoactive substances;
5) for terrorist, extremist crimes or for crimes committed as part of a criminal group, as well as for crimes against the sexual integrity of minors;
6) having a second or third negative degree of behavior.
4. Convicts with disabilities of the first or second group who need constant care for health reasons, as well as minor convicts, are allowed to leave the institution accompanied by their spouse, relative or other accompanying person.
5. The convicted person's application for departure is considered within a day. Permission to leave is given by the head of the institution or a person acting in his place, taking into account the requirements provided for in part three of this article and the behavior of the convicted person.
6. The time spent by the convicted person outside the institution is counted in the term of serving the sentence.
7. The convicted person's expenses for traveling outside the institution are paid by him from the funds available in the control account of the temporary placement of money, or by other persons.
8. In case of unforeseen circumstances that make it difficult for the convicted person to return within the prescribed period, by reasoned decision of the head of the internal affairs body at the place of stay of the convicted person, the period of return to the institution is extended to five days with immediate notification to the administration of the institution.
9. If the convicted person is not returned on time, the administration of the institution carries out a search in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 5 July 2014 № 234-V.
President
Republic of Kazakhstan
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