Article 14. Refusal to hold peaceful assemblies The Law on the Procedure for Organizing and Holding Peaceful Assemblies in the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. A local executive body shall refuse to hold peaceful assemblies within the time limits established by paragraph 1 of Article 11 and paragraph 1 of Article 13 of this Law.:

1) if their goals are to forcibly change the constitutional order of the Republic of Kazakhstan, violate the integrity of the Republic of Kazakhstan, undermine the security of the state, incite social, racial, national, religious, class and clan discord, violate other provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2) if the organizer of peaceful assemblies is a person specified in paragraph 6 of Article 5 of this Law.;

3) if there is a threat to state security, violation of public order, health protection, protection of the rights and freedoms of others;

4) if the organizer of peaceful assemblies has violated the deadlines for notification of peaceful assemblies or applications for approval established by Articles 10 and 12 of this Law.;

5) in case of providing incomplete information specified in paragraph 3 of Article 10 and paragraph 2 of Article 12 of this Law, or the absence of the signature of the organizer of peaceful assemblies or his representative (if any);

6) if it is established that the submitted documents are unreliable or that the documents, data and information necessary for holding peaceful assemblies do not comply with the requirements established by the regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

7) if the financing of the organization and conduct of peaceful assemblies is carried out:

individuals and (or) legal entities included in the list of organizations and persons associated with the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and (or) in the list of organizations and persons associated with the financing of terrorism and extremism;

a legal entity whose activity has been suspended or prohibited in accordance with the procedure established by the law of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

foreigners, stateless persons and foreign legal entities;

8) in the cases provided for by paragraph 4 of Article 2, paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article 9 of this Law;

9) if the estimated number of participants exceeds the maximum occupancy rate of specialized places for organizing and holding peaceful assemblies.;

10) if other official, cultural, entertainment, cultural, recreational, sports and other events are planned at the expected time of such events in specialized places for organizing and holding peaceful assemblies, construction and installation works are carried out.

By the Normative resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 20, 2025 No. 61-NP, subparagraph 10) of paragraph 1 of Article 14 of this Law is recognized as corresponding to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan in conjunction with the provisions of subparagraph 4) of paragraph 3 of Article 8, subparagraph 3) of paragraph one of paragraph 1 and paragraph 3 of Article 11 of this Law in the following interpretation: the local executive body refuses to holding a peaceful assembly on this basis, if a response on consent is not received within the prescribed period or the organizer of the peaceful assembly does not agree with the proposal to change the place and (or) time of the peaceful assembly. The submission of such a proposal by the local executive body to the organizer of a peaceful assembly before making a decision on refusal is mandatory.

2. The decision to refuse to hold peaceful assemblies must be justified and motivated and may be appealed in accordance with the law of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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