Article 23. The procedure for declassifying information carriers that constitute State secrets of the Law on State Secrets
1. The media of information constituting state secrets are declassified no later than the time limits set for their classification. Before the expiration of these periods, the media are subject to declassification if the provisions of the list in force in the state body or organization on the basis of which they were classified are changed.
In exceptional cases, the right to extend the originally established time limits for classifying information carriers that constitute state secrets is granted to the heads of state bodies and organizations authorized to classify relevant information as state secrets, based on the conclusion of an expert commission appointed by them in accordance with the established procedure.
2. Heads of government agencies and organizations are given the authority to declassify information carriers that have been unreasonably classified by their subordinate officials.
The heads of the state archives of the Republic of Kazakhstan are authorized to declassify the media of information constituting the state secrets of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which are stored in the closed funds of these archives, in the case of delegation of such powers to them by the foundation organization or its successor. In the event of liquidation of the foundation-forming organization and the absence of its legal successor, the issue of the procedure for declassifying information carriers constituting state secrets is considered by the authorized state body for the protection of state secrets of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
3. The procedure for declassifying information carriers that constitute state secrets is determined by the Government 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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