Article 14. Restrictions associated with holding office in the civil service On the Civil Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. A civil servant or a person temporarily performing the duties of a civil service position shall be prohibited from:

1) serving as a member of a representative body;

2) acting as a representative on behalf of third parties in the government body in which they are employed, or in an organisation directly subordinate to or under the control of that government body;

3) using, for non-official purposes, the material, technical, financial and information resources supporting their official duties, other state property and official information;

4) taking part in actions that hinder the normal functioning of state bodies and the performance of official duties, including strikes;

5) using, for personal purposes, the services of natural persons and/or legal entities due to the performance of official duties;

6) engaging in any other paid work apart from teaching, research or creative work, or military service in the reserves.

payment for overtime, work on public holidays and at weekends, and night work for civil servants who are members of electoral commissions during the period of preparation for and conduct of elections shall be made from the funds allocated for the conduct of elections;

7) participating in the management of a commercial or non-commercial organisation, unless this forms part of their official duties pursuant to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, or is required for the management of the shares referred to in sub-paragraph 9) of this paragraph, or represents unpaid participation in the management of a political party, a trade union, a consumers’ co-operative or a housing and construction co-operative;

8) engaging in business activities;

9) acquiring securities, excluding the acquisition and/or disposal, as established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, of units in open-ended and interval unit-based investment funds, bonds and shares in commercial organisations (ordinary shares not exceeding five per cent of the total number of voting shares in such organisations).

2. A civil servant may not engage in joint civil service (work) with close relatives, spouses or in-laws, as stipulated in the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Combating Corruption”.

3. The formation of political parties within public authorities shall be prohibited.

In the performance of their official duties, civil servants shall be guided by the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and shall not be bound by the decisions of political parties, religious and public organisations or their bodies.

A civil servant must be impartial and independent in the performance of their duties.

4. The Chairman of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and their deputies; the Chairman of the authorised body for the regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organisations, and their deputies:

1) within thirty calendar days of the date of their appointment to the specified public offices, they shall transfer to a trust and present to the personnel management department (HR department) at their place of work a notarised copy of the trust management agreement relating to their investment fund units, bonds and shares in commercial organisations;

2) they shall not be entitled to purchase units in investment funds, bonds or shares in commercial organisations.

5. In line with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, within thirty calendar days of taking up their post, civil servants and persons temporarily performing the duties of a public office must transfer to a trust for the duration of their civil service any property owned by them or subject to other rights in real property, the use thereof entailing the receipt of income, with the exception of cash, bonds, units in open-ended and closed-ended unit-based investment funds, shares in commercial organisations (ordinary shares not exceeding five per cent of the total number of voting shares in such organisations), and digital assets lawfully belonging to them, as well as any property transferred under a property lease (rental agreement), as well as deliver a notarised copy of the trust management agreement to the human resources department at their place of work within the specified time limit.

Upon entering the civil service, a member of a peasant or farming household or a sole trader must take steps to cease their business activities and/or dispose of their property within a period not exceeding six months from the date of taking up a public office. Until these procedures have been completed, they shall remain prohibited from engaging in business activities and from participating in the management of their own assets. The cessation of business activities and/or the disposal of assets shall be confirmed by documents filed with the personnel management department (human resources department).

Failure to take the measures set out in this paragraph shall result in dismissal from public office.

6. A civil servant or a person temporarily performing the duties of a public office shall have the right to receive income from property placed under trust management.

A civil servant, or a person temporarily performing the duties of a public office, shall have the right to let (rent out) a dwelling owned by them and to receive income from such letting, as well as to receive income from property placed under trust management and from other lawful sources.

7. The procedure for transferring the assets of civil servants and persons temporarily performing the duties of a public office to a trust shall be established by the empowered authority.

8. A civil servant, as well as any person temporarily performing the duties associated with a public office, shall be obliged to refrain from participating in gambling and/or betting within thirty calendar days of taking up that public office, as governed by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On the Gambling Industry”.

9. Restrictions associated with holding public office and anti-corruption restrictions applicable to civil servants and persons temporarily performing the duties of a public office shall be governed by this Law, the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan “On Combating Corruption” and other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan № 290-VIII ZRK of 19 May 2026

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Republic of Kazakhstan

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-Became invalid due to the adoption of the new Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 19, 2026 No. 290-VIII SAM. About the Civil Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Article 14. Admission to the political civil service of the Law on the Civil Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1. Admission of citizens to political public service is carried out on the basis of appointment or election, as well as in other cases in accordance with the procedure and conditions established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. The occupation of a political public office is subject to the passage of the necessary approval for holding this position in cases provided for by laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and obtaining positive results of a special audit.

Candidates for holding a political public office must meet the qualification requirements for this position, if any.

It is not allowed to appoint (elect) a political civil servant to a political public position who resigned within a year before his appointment (election) for committing a corruption offense by a directly subordinate employee.

3. Additional requirements for admission to political public service may be determined by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

4. It is not allowed for political civil servants to combine administrative government positions.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 23, 2015 No. 416-V SAM.

President

Republic of Kazakhstan