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LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of January 7, 2003 No. 370-II

About the electronic document and the digital signature

(In edition of the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan of 20.12.2004 No. 13-III ZRK, 04.06.2009 of No. 162-IV ZRK, 17.07.2009 of No. 188-IV ZRK, 19.03.2010 of No. 258-IV ZRK, 15.07.2010 of No. 337-IV ZRK, 06.01.2011 of No. 378-IV ZRK, 15.07.2011 of No. 461-IV ZRK (see entry into force), 21.07.2011 No. 468-IV ZRK, 27.04.2012 of No. 15-V ZRK, 10.07.2012 of No. 34-V ZRK, 10.07.2012 of No. 36-V ZRK, 03.07.2013 of No. 124-V ZRK, 13.01.2014 of No. 159-V ZRK, 29.09.2014 of No. 239-V ZRK, 29.12.2014 of No. 269-V ZRK, 29.10.2015 of No. 376-V ZRK, 24.11.2015 of No. 419-V ZRK, 28.12.2017 of No. 128-VI ZRK, 16.05.2018 of No. 155-VI ZRK, 25.11.2019 of No. 272-VI ZRK, 25.06.2020 of No. 347-VI ZRK, 14.07.2022 of No. 141-VII ZRK, 19.04.2023 of No. 223-VII ZRK, 06.04.2024 of No. 71-VIII ZRK, 21.05.2024 of No. 86-VIII ZRK (22.07 became effective. 2024), 05.07.2024 No. 115-VIII ZRK (see terms entry into force), 18.07.2025 No. 215-VIII ZRK)

This Law is directed to regulation of the relations arising during creation and use of the electronic documents certified by means of digital signatures, providing establishment, change or the termination of legal relationship, and also the rights and obligations of participants of the legal relationship arising in the field of the circulation of electronic documents including making of civil transactions.

Chapter 1. General provisions

Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law

In this Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) authorized body in the field of informatization - the central executive body performing management and cross-industry coordination in the field of informatization and "the electronic government";

1-1) authorized bodies in the field of ensuring information security - the central executive body performing management and cross-industry coordination in the field of ensuring information security;

2) special certification center - the authorized division of state body of the Republic of Kazakhstan certifying the compliance of open key of the digital signature to the closed key of the digital signature performing the activities connected with use of the data constituting the state secrets;

2-1) accreditation of special certification center - official recognition of homeland security of the Republic of Kazakhstan by Committee of competence of special certification center of activities implementation;

3) authorized body in the field of archiving and documentary ensuring management - the central executive body performing management in the field of archiving and documentary ensuring management;

4) certification center - the legal entity certifying compliance of open key of the digital signature to the closed key of the digital signature, and also confirming reliability of the registration certificate;

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