Article 12. Responsibilities of national security agencies Chapter 3 Competence of national security agencies of the Law On National Security Agencies of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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The national security agencies, within the limits of their powers, are obliged to:

1) inform the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan about threats to the country's security;

2) to carry out intelligence activities in the interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Foreign Intelligence";

3) carry out counterintelligence activities;

4) to identify, prevent and suppress terrorism and other activities aimed at forcibly changing the constitutional order, violating the integrity and undermining the security of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

5) to identify, suppress, disclose and investigate criminal offenses attributed by law to the jurisdiction of national security agencies;

6) to assist state bodies in preventing and suppressing the activities of illegal paramilitary formations, political parties and trade unions of other states, religious-based parties, as well as the financing of political parties and trade unions by foreign legal entities and citizens, foreign states and international organizations in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

7) develop and implement measures for the counterintelligence protection of information constituting state secrets in government agencies, military formations, units and organizations, as well as monitor their activities in this area. Conduct a special check of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who are being processed (re-registered) for access to information constituting state and official secrets;

8) participate in the development and implementation of measures to ensure the safety of defense facilities, nuclear energy, transport and communications, life support facilities in the regions and other strategic facilities, the list of which is determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

8-1) participate in the performance of tasks of territorial defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Territorial Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan"

9) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/27/2010 No. 279-IV (for the procedure of entry into force, see art. 2);

9-1) participate in ensuring the security of foreign institutions of the Republic of Kazakhstan and their personnel;

10) participate, in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in resolving issues related to admission to citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan and renunciation of citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan, travel abroad of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan, entry into the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan and departure from its borders of foreigners and stateless persons, as well as the regime of their stay in the territory of the Republic;

11) to take measures in cooperation with other competent authorities to ensure the security of representative offices of foreign states and international organizations in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

12) participate, on the instructions of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, together with other government agencies, in ensuring the security of heads of state, governments of foreign countries and heads of international organizations during their stay in the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as important socio-political events held in the country.;

12-1) participate in ensuring the security of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

13) ensure the protection and protection of the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

13-1) to carry out the procedure of identity verification based on fingerprint information in respect of persons who have passed fingerprint registration when crossing the State border of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

Note from <url>! The effect of subparagraph 13-2) was suspended until 01.01.2024 by Article 27 of this Law.

13-2) carry out fingerprint registration of foreigners and stateless persons subject to expulsion from the Republic of Kazakhstan or subject to international readmission treaties ratified by the Republic of Kazakhstan;

14) Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 23, 2023 No. 51-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

15) to identify radio emissions from transmitting electronic devices, the operation of which poses a threat to the security of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

16) organize encryption and decryption work, operate, develop government communications, encrypted and classified communications, as well as special-purpose telecommunications networks used in the interests of national security agencies, and ensure their security;

16-1) organize and carry out combat duty in the national security agencies in accordance with the procedure determined by the Chairman of the National Security Committee;

16-2) organize and perform combat service in the national security agencies in accordance with the procedure determined by the Chairman of the National Security Committee;

17) implement measures to ensure their own security, including to prevent technical penetration of information from national security agencies that constitute state secrets;

17-1) take the necessary measures to ensure secrecy in the conduct of intelligence, counterintelligence, operational search activities, the sale of materials reflecting the results of these activities, as well as to prevent the declassification of information sources through the administrative activities of the Chairman of the National Security Committee or an official authorized by him, ensuring that access to materials of operational activities is restricted until they are made public the form;

17-2) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 23, 2023 No. 51-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

18) ensure the mobilization readiness of national security agencies;

19) to carry out personnel training for national security agencies, their retraining and advanced training;

19-1) carry out work aimed at the patriotic, moral and spiritual education of personnel and the prevention of offenses in the national security agencies, in accordance with the procedure determined by the Chairman of the National Security Committee;

20) carry out mandatory special inspection of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan who enter public service for the first time or re-enter public service after its termination, as well as applicants for the position of a judge, an employee of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan and its departments, an employee of the authorized body for regulation, control and supervision of the financial market and financial organizations, an aviation inspector of the authorized an organization in the field of civil aviation that performs control and supervisory functions in the field of aviation security, in cases, within the limits and in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

20-1) to carry out mandatory special inspection of foreigners employed by state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, within the limits and in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The national security agencies have the right not to explain the reason that served as the basis for refusing to hire a foreigner to the state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

20-2) Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 23, 2023 No. 51-VIII (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

21) comply with the written requirements of the prosecutor related to the exercise of his supervisory functions;

22) submit, at the request of the authorized financial monitoring body, information from its own information systems in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on countering the legalization (laundering) of proceeds from crime and the financing of terrorism.;

22-1) implement measures to protect and promote the national interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

23) perform other functions stipulated by this Law, other laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

This Law defines the status, powers and organization of activities of the national security bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 21, 1995 N 2710.

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