Article 15. The procedure for classifying information as State secrets of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the Law on State Secrets

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1. The assignment of information to state secrets is carried out by the heads of state bodies in accordance with the List of officials of state bodies authorized to classify information as state secrets.

State bodies headed by these officials are authorized to dispose of information constituting state secrets of the Republic of Kazakhstan within their competence.

2. Information is classified as state secrets in accordance with its industry, departmental, or program-specific affiliation.

State bodies, whose heads are authorized to classify information as state secrets, on the basis of Articles 11, 12, 13 and 14 of this Law, develop departmental (sectoral) lists of information subject to secrecy in accordance with the procedure determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan. These lists include information authorized to dispose of these bodies, and the degree of their secrecy is established. As part of targeted programs for the development and modernization of weapons and military equipment, research and development work, separate lists of information subject to secrecy may be developed by the decision of the customers of these samples and works. These lists are approved by the heads of the relevant government agencies and organizations. The expediency of classifying such lists is determined by their content.

3. The justification of the need to classify information as state secrets in accordance with the principles of information secrecy is assigned to the state bodies and organizations that received (developed) this information.

4. The validity of classifying information as state secrets may be appealed in court. In case of a court decision on the unreasonableness of classifying information, this information is subject to declassification in accordance with the procedure established by this Law.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated March 15, 1999 N 349-1.

This Law defines the legal framework and a unified system for the protection of state secrets in the interests of ensuring the national security of the Republic of Kazakhstan, regulates public relations arising in connection with the classification of information as state secrets, their classification, disposal, protection and declassification.

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