Article 158. Invalidity of a transaction, the content of which does not comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

     1. A transaction, the content of which does not comply with the requirements of the legislation, as well as a transaction made for a purpose knowingly contrary to the principles of law and order, is contested and may be declared invalid by a court, unless otherwise provided by this Code and other legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

     2. A transaction aimed at achieving a criminal goal, the illegality of which is established by a court verdict (resolution), is null and void.

     3. A person who has intentionally concluded a transaction that violates the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the charter of a legal entity or the competence of its bodies shall not have the right to demand that the transaction be declared invalid if such a requirement is caused by selfish motives or the intention to evade responsibility.

     4. If one of the parties to the transaction committed it with the intention of evading obligations or liability to a third party or the State, and the other party to the transaction knew or should have known about this intention, the interested person (the State) has the right to demand that the transaction be declared invalid.

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