Article 16. Competition for the position of judge of the Law on the Supreme Judicial Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. The recommendation of the Council on the appointment of a judge of the district court, the chairman of the judicial board and a judge of the regional court, a judge of the Court of Cassation, and a judge of the Supreme Court is given based on the results of a competitive review.

A separate competition may be held for candidates for the vacant position of a judge of the regional court or the Court of Cassation who meet the requirements set out in paragraph 4 of Article 29 of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the Judicial System and Status of Judges of the Republic of Kazakhstan" and who are specialists in certain branches of law, the list of which is approved by the Council on the proposal of the Supreme Court. The procedure for conducting such a separate competitive selection is determined by the regulations of the Council.

2. The decision to announce the competition is made by the Chairman of the Council on the proposal of the Secretary of the Council on the basis of the schedule of competitions, approved annually by the Council and posted on the Council's Internet resource.

The procedure for approving the schedule of the competition, as well as the information included in it, are determined by the regulations of the Council.

3. The schedule is drawn up taking into account the analysis and forecast of the turnover of judges, the terms of office of the chairmen and chairmen of judicial boards of local and other courts, as well as available vacancies.

4. The announcement of the Council on the competition for vacant positions of a judge of the district court, chairman of the judicial board and a judge of the regional court, a judge of the Court of Cassation, a judge of the Supreme Court is published by the Council's office within the time limits set by the Council's regulations, but not less than two weeks before the competition on the Council's Internet resource in Kazakh and Russian. At the same time, a competition for the position of chairman of the judicial board of the regional court may be announced before the expiration of the term of office of the chairman of the judicial board of the regional court.

5. To participate in the competition for the positions of judge of the district court, chairman of the judicial board and judge of the regional court, judge of the Court of Cassation, judge of the Supreme Court, it is necessary to submit an application to the Council's office within the time limits specified in the Council's announcement of the competition, but not less than two weeks from the date of publication of the announcement on the Council's Internet resource and other documents, the list of which is established by the regulations of the Council.

In order to obtain complete and objective information about the identity of applicants, the Council's staff has the right to request additional information about applicants from law enforcement agencies and their territorial divisions, other government agencies, bar associations, as well as non-governmental organizations.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 4, 2015 No. 436-V SAM.

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