Article 14. The language of legal proceedings of the Civil Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. The legal proceedings in civil cases are conducted in the Kazakh language, along with Kazakh, the Russian language is officially used in court proceedings, and in cases prescribed by law, other languages.

2. The language of the proceedings is determined by the court's ruling, depending on the language in which the claim is filed with the court. The proceedings in the same civil case are conducted in the language of the proceedings established initially.

At the stage of preparing the case for trial, upon a written request from both parties, the court may, by ruling, change the language of the proceedings.

If, during the preparation for the hearing of the case in the court of first instance, it became clear that the plaintiff does not speak the language in which his representative filed the claim, then, at the written request of the plaintiff, the court issues a ruling on changing the language of the proceedings.

3. Persons participating in the case who do not speak or do not speak the language in which the proceedings are conducted, are explained and provided with the right to make statements, give explanations and testimony, file petitions, file complaints, challenge judicial acts, get acquainted with the case materials, speak in court in their native language or another language they use. speak; use free of charge the services of an interpreter, a sign language specialist for persons with hearing disabilities, in accordance with the procedure established by this Code.

4. In civil proceedings, persons who do not speak the language of the proceedings are provided free of charge by the court with the translation of the case materials required by law. Persons participating in the case are provided free of charge by the court with a translation into the language of the proceedings of that part of the court proceedings that takes place in another language.

5. Court documents, the issuance of which has been requested in writing by a person participating in the case who does not speak the language of the proceedings, are handed to him in translation into his native language or another language that he speaks.

6. After the completion of the preparation of the case for trial, documents submitted by the parties and other persons participating in the case must be accompanied by a translation into the language of the proceedings.

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