Article 22. Grounds for declassification of information Chapter 5. Declassification of information and its carriers of the Law on State Secrets
1. The grounds for declassification of information are:
acceptance by the Republic of Kazakhstan of international obligations on the open exchange of information constituting state secrets in the Republic of Kazakhstan;
a change in objective circumstances, as a result of which further protection of information constituting state secrets is impractical.;
amendment of the List of information constituting state secrets of the Republic of Kazakhstan, defined in Articles 11, 12, 13 and 14 of this Law;
the end of the period for classifying information constituting state secrets;
the need to use the results of operational investigative and counterintelligence activities in criminal proceedings.
2. State bodies and organizations, whose heads are authorized to classify information as state secrets, are required to periodically, but not less than every five years, review the contents of the lists of information subject to secrecy in these bodies and organizations, regarding the validity of the classification of information and its compliance with the previously established degree of secrecy.
3. The right to change the lists of information subject to secrecy in force in government agencies and organizations is vested in the heads who approved them, who are personally responsible for the validity of their decisions on declassification of information. The decisions of these managers related to changes in the list of information to be classified are subject to coordination with the authorized state body for the protection of state secrets of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 15, 1999 N 349-1.
This Law defines the legal framework and a unified system for the protection of state secrets in the interests of ensuring the national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regulates public relations arising in connection with the classification of information as state secrets, their classification, disposal, protection and declassification.
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