Article 12. Volunteer of the Law On Volunteering

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1. Individuals who have reached the age of eighteen may carry out volunteer activities.

2. Individuals under the age of eighteen may volunteer provided that they do not harm their health and moral development and do not disrupt the learning process. Individuals under the age of fourteen participate in volunteer activities with the written consent of their parents (other legal representatives) or accompanied by them.

2-1. Volunteers who have not reached the age of eighteen cannot be involved in:

1) participation in providing assistance to persons affected by natural disasters, environmental, man-made and other disasters, social conflicts, accidents; victims of offenses, refugees and internally displaced persons; as well as assistance to central and local executive bodies in preventing and eliminating the consequences of emergency situations;

2) providing assistance to persons who have or have had a criminal record, are being or have been subjected to criminal prosecution, with the exception of persons whose criminal prosecution has been terminated on the basis of paragraphs 1) and 2) of the first part of Article 35 of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

3) heavy work, work with harmful and (or) dangerous conditions.

3. A volunteer has the right to:

1) free choice of one's participation in the implementation of volunteer activities, taking into account the requirements established by this Law and other legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2) termination of volunteer activities.

If a civil contract is concluded with a volunteer, the termination of volunteering activities is carried out in accordance with this agreement.;

3) obtaining reliable information about the goals, objectives and content of volunteer activities, about the organizer of volunteer activities, about the volunteer organization, its leadership, principles of activity and organizational structure;

4) the implementation of volunteer programs (projects) and the conduct of volunteer actions and other events organized, initiated or recommended for the implementation of volunteer activities;

5) receiving work clothes and reimbursement of expenses for travel, accommodation, meals, purchase of necessary personal protective equipment, tools and other expenses when performing work related to heavy work, work with harmful and (or) dangerous conditions, if this is provided for by a written civil contract with the volunteer.;

6) receiving letters of recommendation from the organizer of the volunteer activity and the volunteer organization;

7) entering information about the volunteer activity carried out by him, the place and number of hours of its implementation, incentives, additional training received by him, the right to receive support and encouragement measures, and other information into information resources if they are conducted in accordance with the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

8) admission to organizations of education, healthcare, social protection, culture, sports and to the territory of nature protection and forestry institutions for carrying out volunteer activities in coordination with the management of these organizations;

9) participation in the promotion of employment;

10) receiving an advantage in the presence of a badge of distinction for demonstrated patriotism and active citizenship during a competition for educational grants, as well as for enrollment in students under a state educational order for higher education training in case of equal scores in accordance with the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

11) accounting of volunteer activities upon admission to the civil service in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Also, when applying for the civil service, the candidate's personal abilities and professional training are taken into account.;

12) participation in information and explanatory work among the population.

4. A volunteer must:

1) faithfully carry out the tasks received from the volunteer coordinator, and upon completion notify the volunteer coordinator of their completion;

2) not to violate the rights and legitimate interests of citizens and organizations, to comply with the orders of the organizer of volunteer activities, given in accordance with his competence;

3) observe the principles of safe volunteering, not to cause harm to third parties and the environment by their activities;

4) to respect the confidentiality of information to which the volunteer has access in the course of volunteering;

5) not to transfer the performance of their duties in carrying out volunteer activities to other persons without the consent of the volunteer coordinator;

6) take care of the material resources and equipment transferred to him in the course of carrying out volunteer activities, and return them at the end of the work;

7) not to interfere with the exercise of the powers of officials of state authorities and local self-government bodies.

5. A volunteer may exercise other rights and obligations established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as provided for by a civil contract.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 30, 2016 No. 42-VI SAM.

This Law establishes the legal basis, goals and objectives, principles, forms and types, as well as measures to support volunteer activities.

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