
Penalty for violation of the state of emergency
In the conditions of the declared state of emergency in the country, in order to protect themselves and the safety of those around them, the courts of the Republic of Kazakhstan successfully use all the possibilities of remote consideration of cases.
On April 5, 2020, in court No. 2 of Altai District, through the WhatsApp mobile application, 6 administrative cases were examined in relation to 6 citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan under article 476 of clause 6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Violations of the regime or failure to fulfill a state of emergency).
According to subparagraph 12 of paragraph 3 of section 2 of the Decree of the Chief State Sanitary Doctor of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 30-ПГВр dated April 1, 2020 "On measures to ensure the safety of the population of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan" On the introduction of a state of emergency in the Republic of Kazakhstan "to restrictive measures on the territory of the republic include the provision of services to the population at trade facilities in disposable gloves that must be replaced at least twice a shift and in case of violation of the integrity of awns.
During the verification activities, the employees of the OP of Serebryansk and the Altai district prosecutor’s office on April 4, 2020 established facts of violation of the state of emergency, announced on the basis of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in connection with the spread of the COVID-19 virus throughout the Republic of Kazakhstan, violations expressed in terms of non-compliance mandatory sanitary and epidemiological measures, serving the population by sellers of a number of grocery stores without medical gloves and masks, four facts of which two facts were revealed in the city of Serebryansk in the village of New Bukhtarma.
At the hearing, offenders pleaded guilty. By court orders, they were found guilty under Art. 476 p. 6 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Kazakhstan and each of the offenders was assigned an administrative penalty in the form of a fine in the amount of 10 monthly calculation indices in the amount of 26 510 tenge.
The court order did not enter into legal force.