LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of June 12, 2026 No. 311-VIII ZRK

About modification and amendments in some legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan concerning anti-corruption

Article 1. Make changes and additions to the following legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

1. In the Labor code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of November 23, 2015:

1) in Item 2 of Article 26:

1) and 2) to state subitems in the following edition:

"1) in the commercial organization to the position connected with accomplishment of managerial functions, except for the organization which is the subject of the quasi-public sector, person within one year after the termination by it of the public service or other activities connected with accomplishment state or the functions equated to them if for the last year before the termination of such labor activity the specified person owing to the ex-officio full powers directly exercised control in the form of checks of activities of this commercial organization or made the decision infringing on interests of this commercial organization, or activities of this commercial organization were directly connected with the specified person according to its ex-officio full powers;

2) person who committed corruption crime:

to position of the employee of National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its departments, authorized body on regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and the financial organizations;

to position of the employee of authorized organization for investigation of the aviation incidents, authorized organization in the field of civil aviation operating according to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on use of airspace of the Republic of Kazakhstan and activities of aircraft;

to the positions connected with execution of managerial functions in the state organizations or subjects of the quasi-public sector, and also to positions not below the head of independent structural division in the specified organizations, connected with implementation of powers on decision making on the organization and carrying out purchases, including state, or implementation of selection or financing, either realization, or monitoring of the projects and (or) programs financed from means of the government budget and (or) National fund of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

to the positions in The Government for Citizens State corporation providing direct rendering the state services or connected with rendering the state services or providing access to personal data of physical persons and (or) other information, access to which is limited;";

add with subitem 2-1) of the following content:

"2-1) to the position specified in the subitem 2) of this Item, person on who within three years before employment for making of administrative corruption offense administrative punishment was imposed;";

2) in Item 3 of Article 32:

words "civil service, connected with accomplishment of the functions equated to state or for work in subject of the quasi-public sector" shall be replaced with words ", specified in the subitem 2) of Item 2 of article 26 of this Code,";

replace the word "crimes" with the word "offenses";

3) in Article 52:

in the subitem 23) of Item 1 of the word "the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On joint-stock companies" employees of service of internal audit "shall be replaced with words" the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan employees of service of internal audit, anti-corruption komplayens-service";

2) of Item 1-1 to state the subitem in the following edition:

"2) making by the worker holding the position specified in the subitem 2) of Item 2 of article 26 of this Code, corruption crime or administrative corruption offense.";

Item 12 of Article 53 to add 4) with the subitem 3) of the following content:

"3) the court order which took legal effect for making of administrative corruption offense.";

5) in Article 139:

add Item 3 with the words "with observance of the prohibitions and restrictions for execution of an employment agreement and employment provided by this Code and other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan";

exclude item 4;

6) in Article 140:

to add heading after words of "internal audit" with words ", anti-corruption komplayens-service";

Item 1 after words of "internal audit", "internal audit" to add respectively with words ", anti-corruption komplayens-service", "to anti-corruption komplayens-service,";

to add Item 3 after words of "internal audit" with words ", anti-corruption komplayens-service";

to add Item 5 after words of "internal audit" with words ", anti-corruption komplayens-service";

Section 2 to add 7) with Chapter 12-1 of the following content:

"Chapter 12-1. Features of conducting personnel processes of public institutions and subjects of the quasi-public sector in digital personnel system

Article 146-3. General provisions about digital personnel system

1. In this Chapter the following concepts are used:

1) personnel processes - set of the actions for registration, maintaining, accounting and document storage connected with employment, implementation of labor activity including documentation of movement, encouragement, attraction to disciplinary responsibility, the termination of employment relationships, and also with implementation of selection of applicants and other personnel procedures;

2) digital personnel system - the digital system intended for automation of personnel processes in public institutions and subjects of the quasi-public sector and also for collection, storage, transfer and the information processing containing in it.

2. Provisions of this Chapter do not extend on:

1) the public institutions which are the state bodies having other digital personnel systems;

2) the public institutions and subjects of the quasi-public sector which are under authority of special state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its department;

3) legal entities, shareholder (the participant, the trustee) of which is the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Article 146-4. Procedure for conducting personnel processes of public institutions and subjects of the quasi-public sector in digital personnel system

1. Public institutions and subjects of the quasi-public sector conduct personnel processes in digital personnel system according to the procedure, determined by authorized body for public service.

2. Data on the worker, individual identification numbers of the spouse (spouse) and the close relatives of the worker who are citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and also in the presence - business and identification numbers of the organizations (individual identification numbers of individual entrepreneurs) in which the worker performed labor activity earlier, and other data connected with employment, implementation of labor activity and the termination of employment relationships are entered into the digital personnel system.

In the absence of opportunity at the worker to provide individual identification numbers of the spouse (spouse) and close relatives, and also business and identification numbers of the organizations (individual identification numbers of individual entrepreneurs) in whom he performed labor activity earlier the employer obtains the relevant data from digital systems for the purpose of identification of conflict of interest according to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on anti-corruption.

3. Monitoring of filling of digital personnel system is performed by authorized body for public service and its territorial subdivisions.

4. Monitoring of observance of the labor law of the Republic of Kazakhstan by public institutions and subjects of the quasi-public sector in digital personnel system is performed by authorized state body on work.

Article 146-5. Maintaining digital personnel system and access to it

1. The authorized body for public service performs general coordination on forming and maintaining digital personnel system and provides integrity, confidentiality and personal data protection, containing in it, according to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on personal data and their protection.

2. Authorized state bodies of the corresponding fields of activity and local executive bodies have the right to receive the data entered by their subordinated organizations from digital personnel system.";

8) in parts one, the second, third and fifth Item 4-1 of Article 159 of the word "on anti-corruption" shall be replaced with words "on anti-corruption policy".

2. In the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan of December 26, 2017 "About customs regulation in the Republic of Kazakhstan":

1) in Item 1 of Article 13:

the paragraph one to state in the following edition:

"Rights of customs authorities:";

14) after words "law enforcement agencies" to add the subitem with words ", bodies of homeland security";

The subitem 5) parts four of Item 1 of Article 18-1 after words of "law enforcement agencies" to add 2) with words ", bodies of homeland security";

Shall be replaced with words 3) in part three of Item 7-1 of Article 291 of the word "or law enforcement agency" ", law enforcement agency or bodies of homeland security".

3. In the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of September 15, 1994 "About operational search activities":

The subitem 5) of Item 1 of Article 6 to exclude 1);

2) the subitem 1) of part one of item 4 of article 12 after the words "245 (parts one and the second)" to add with the words "247 (Item 2) parts three)".

4. In the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of March 30, 1995 "About National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan":

1) in Article 20-2 part three:

in the subitem 1) to replace the words "in the procedure established by the law" with the word "court";

2) to state the subitem in the following edition:

"On 2) within three years before position assignment for which making of administrative corruption offense administrative punishment was imposed;";

4) to exclude the subitem;

The subitem 5) to state 2) to part one of Article 20-3 in the following edition:

"5) rejection of the anti-corruption restrictions established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "About anti-corruption";";

3) in Article 20-4:

in Item 2:

8) to state the subitem in the following edition:

"8) without delay to inform management and (or) authorized state bodies about the cases which became to them known of the preparing, made or committed corruption offenses;";

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