The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 23 November 2015 № 416-IV LRK.
Article 3. Scope of this Law
1. This Law shall apply to:
1) all civil servants, except for cases when the Constitution, constitutional laws or other legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan define a different legal status for them;
2) administrative civil servants appointed by local representative bodies or selected in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, to the extent not regulated by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
3) civil servants performing the law enforcement service with peculiarities stipulated by legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the law enforcement service.
2. This Law shall not apply to:
1) persons performing the maintenance and ensuring the functioning of state bodies;
2) employees and technical employees of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its departments, the authorized body for regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations;
3) persons performing activities in state bodies on an employment contract in accordance with the labor legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, including foreign employees of state bodies, with the exception of contract servants.
Footnote. Article 3 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 03.07.2019 № 262-VI (shall be enforced from 01.01.2020); dated 20.03.2023 № 214-VII (shall be enforced ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).
Article 3-1. Purpose and objectives of this Law
The purpose of this Law is to regulate legal relations in the sphere of public service.
The objectives of this Law are:
1) establishing the legal basis for admission to, performance of and termination of public service;
2) regulating the status, basic rights and obligations, legal and social guarantees of civil servants, activities of other persons in state bodies;
3) exercising state control over compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the sphere of public service.
Footnote. Chapter 1 is supplemented by Article 3-1 in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 01.07.2024 № 107-VIII (shall come into force sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).