Article 17. Information not subject to the secrecy of the Law on State Secrets

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1. Information about:

1) emergency situations and disasters that threaten the safety and health of citizens and their consequences, as well as natural disasters, their official forecasts and consequences;

2) the state of health, sanitation, demography, migration, education, culture, social protection, economy, agriculture, as well as the state of crime;

3) the facts of the commission of acts of terrorism;

4) the state of the environment, fire safety, as well as the sanitary-epidemiological and radiation situation, food safety;

5) privileges, compensations and benefits provided by the state to citizens and organizations;

6) facts of violation of human and civil rights and freedoms;

7) the size of the gold and foreign exchange reserve of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

8) the formation and expenditure of funds from the national and local budgets, with the exception of information disclosing the security of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

9) control over the expenditure of funds from the national and local budgets, with the exception of information disclosing the security of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

10) facts of violation of legality by state bodies and organizations, their officials;

11) mass repressions for political, social and other reasons, including those in archives, with the exception of information provided for in Article 14 of this Law.

2. Officials who have decided to classify the listed information or to include it for these purposes in the media of information constituting state secrets, are responsible in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Citizens have the right to appeal such decisions in court.

The footnote. Article 17 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/15/2011 No. 461-IV (effective from 01/30/2012); dated 11/16/2015 No. 404-V (effective ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

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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