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LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of May 22, 2010 No. 277-IV ZRK

About foreign intelligence

(as amended on 23-12-2023)

This Law determines the status, competence and the organization of activities of subjects of foreign intelligence of the Republic of Kazakhstan and members of prospecting community of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law

In this Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) prospecting information - the information obtained and (or) used for ensuring national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

1-1) prospecting actions - the public and secret actions performed by subjects of foreign intelligence for the solution of prospecting tasks;

1-2) prospecting communities of the Republic of Kazakhstan - set of the state bodies and organizations of the Republic of Kazakhstan designed to provide the country leaders with prospecting information and analytical estimates, and also participating in limits of the established competence of the actions promoting strengthening of prospecting opportunities of subjects of foreign intelligence;

2) foreign intelligence of the Republic of Kazakhstan - system of the vowels and secret prospecting, organizational and managerial measures performed according to the legislation in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and beyond its limits for ensuring national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2-1) authorized body in the field of foreign intelligence (further - body of foreign intelligence) - Committee of homeland security of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

3) intelligence activities of subjects of foreign intelligence - activities for getting, processing and use of prospecting information, and also assistance of implementation of measures, performed by the state for the benefit of ensuring national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Article 2. Subjects of foreign intelligence

1. Treat subjects of foreign intelligence:

1) body of foreign intelligence.

2) bodies of military investigation of the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Kazakhstan within the powers provided by the subitem 3) of article 6 of this Law.

2. Subjects of foreign intelligence within the powers established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan are designed to ensure homeland security of the Republic of Kazakhstan by conducting intelligence activities.

Article 3. Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on foreign intelligence

1. The legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on foreign intelligence is based on the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and consists of this Law and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. If the international treaty ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan establishes other rules, than those which contain in this Law then are applied rules of the international treaty.

Article 3-1. Purposes of intelligence activities of subjects of foreign intelligence

The purposes of intelligence activities of subjects of foreign intelligence are protection of national interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan against external threats by providing with prospecting information the country leaders and state bodies, and also creation of conditions for promotion of national interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Article 4. Tasks of intelligence activities

Tasks of intelligence activities of subjects of foreign intelligence are:

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