Corruption - the illegal use by persons holding a responsible public post, persons authorized to perform public functions, persons equated with persons authorized to perform public functions, officials of their official (official) powers and related opportunities in order to obtain or extract personally or through intermediaries of property (non-property) benefits and advantages for themselves or third parties, as well as bribery of these persons by providing benefits and advantages.
Anti-corruption restrictions - restrictions established by this Law and aimed at preventing corruption offenses
Anti-corruption - the activities of anti-corruption actors within their powers to prevent corruption, including the formation of an anti-corruption culture in society, identifying and eliminating the causes and conditions conducive to committing corruption offenses, as well as identifying, combating, revealing and investigating corruption offenses and elimination of their consequences.
Corruption offense - an unlawful guilty act (act or omission) having signs of corruption, for which the law establishes administrative or criminal liability.
Anti-corruption policy - legal, administrative and organizational measures aimed at reducing corruption risks, increasing public confidence in the activities of state bodies, and other measures in accordance with this Law. The Anti-Corruption Law regulates public relations in the field of anti-corruption and is aimed at implementing the anti-corruption policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
This Law is valid on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan in relation to individuals and legal entities. Outside the Republic of Kazakhstan, this Law shall apply to citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan and legal entities registered in the Republic of Kazakhstan, unless otherwise provided by an international treaty ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Criminal liability and punishment for corruption offenses are provided for by the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, administrative liability and penalties for administrative corruption offenses are provided for by the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on administrative offenses.
Anti-corruption is based on principles
1) legality;
2) the priority of protecting the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of man and citizen;
3) publicity and transparency;
4) interaction of the state and civil society;
5) systematic and integrated use of anti-corruption measures;
6) priority application of measures to prevent corruption;
7) encouragement of persons assisting in the fight against corruption;
8) the inevitability of punishment for committing corruption offenses. The anti-corruption goal is to eliminate corruption in society. Achieving the goal of combating corruption is implemented by solving the following tasks:
1) the formation in society of an atmosphere of intolerance for corruption;
2) identifying conditions and causes conducive to the commission of corruption offenses, and eliminating their consequences;
3) strengthening the interaction of anti-corruption actors;
4) the development of international cooperation to combat corruption;
5) the identification, suppression, disclosure and investigation of corruption offenses.
The system of anti-corruption measures includes:
1) anti-corruption monitoring;
2) analysis of corruption risks;
3) the formation of an anti-corruption culture;
3-1) conducting scientific anti-corruption expertise of draft regulatory legal acts in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
4) the identification of corruptogenic norms in the process of legal examination in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan; 5) the formation and observance of anti-corruption standards; 6) financial control; 7) anti-corruption restrictions; 8) prevention and resolution of conflicts of interest; 9) anti-corruption measures in the field of entrepreneurship; 10) the identification, suppression, disclosure and investigation of corruption offenses; 11) a report of corruption offenses; 12) the elimination of the consequences of corruption offenses; 13) the formation and publication of the National report on combating corruption.