Article 29. Access of officials, citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, foreign citizens and stateless persons to state secrets of the Law on State Secrets
1. The admission of officials and citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, foreign citizens and stateless persons to state secrets provides for:
assuming written obligations to the State not to disclose information entrusted to them that constitutes state secrets;
consent to partial, temporary restrictions of their rights in accordance with Article 32 of this Law;
written consent to the conduct of verification activities in relation to them by authorized bodies;
familiarization with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on state secrets, providing for responsibility for its violation;
making a decision by the head of a government agency or organization on the admission of a person being processed to information constituting state secrets.
The scope of verification measures depends on the degree of secrecy of the information to which the person being processed will be allowed.
The mutual obligations of the administration and the person being processed are reflected in the agreement on access to state secrets.
The activities of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, foreign citizens and stateless persons requiring an appropriate form of access to state secrets are not allowed until such access is issued in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on state secrets.
2. Three forms of access to state secrets of officials and citizens are established, corresponding to three degrees of secrecy of information constituting state secrets: of special importance, top secret or secret. The access of officials and citizens to information of a higher degree of secrecy is the basis for their access to information of a lower degree of secrecy.
3. The terms, circumstances and procedure for registration or re-registration of access of officials and citizens to state secrets shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
4. Foreign citizens and stateless persons are allowed to access state secrets only within the framework of the implementation of international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The procedure for access of foreign citizens and stateless persons to the state secrets of the Republic of Kazakhstan 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.
President
Republic of Kazakhstan
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