Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law of the Law on Advocacy and Legal Assistance

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The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

1) advocacy is legal assistance provided on a professional basis by lawyers in accordance with the procedure established by this Law in order to protect and assist in the realization of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities.;

2) the activity of legal consultants is the professional activity of legal consultants providing legal assistance in order to protect the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities;

3) legal assistance – activities aimed at ensuring the implementation of the right of everyone to receive qualified legal assistance, including through the use of special legal knowledge and skills, as stipulated in paragraph 3 of Article 13 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in accordance with the procedure established by this Law and other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

4) participants in legal assistance – persons providing legal assistance, clients, and other persons involved in providing legal assistance;

5) the authorized state body in the field of legal aid (hereinafter referred to as the authorized body) is the central executive body that ensures the organization of legal aid, as well as control over its quality;

6) client – a natural or legal person (representative) who has applied for legal assistance;

7) legal information is a type of legal assistance provided to an indefinite circle of persons by providing information on issues of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in oral, written forms, in the form of an electronic document or in the form of visual familiarization;

8) legal advice is a type of legal assistance provided to individuals and legal entities in the form of oral and written consultations, including those related to the preparation of statements, complaints, petitions and other legal documents.;

9) conflict of interest – a conflict between the personal interests of the person providing legal assistance and the interests of the client, which may lead to non-provision or poor-quality provision of legal assistance.

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