Article 18. Adoption of the laws of the Constitutional Law on the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Status of its Deputies

     1. A law adopted by a majority vote of the total number of deputies of the Mazhilis is submitted to the Senate, where it is considered for no more than sixty days.

     The Mazhilis has the right to reject the draft law as a whole by a majority vote of the total number of deputies. The rejected bill is considered rejected and returned to the initiator.

     A law approved by a majority vote of the total number of Senate deputies is submitted to the President for signature within ten days. If the Senate does not approve the law as a whole or its individual articles, the law is returned to the Mazhilis. At the same time, the Senate has the right to propose to the Mazhilis a new version of certain articles of the law.

     If the Senate has not taken a decision within sixty days, the law is submitted to the President for signature.

     2. If the Mazhilis, by a majority vote of the total number of deputies, agrees with the wording of certain articles of the law proposed by the Senate, the law is considered to have been adopted by the Mazhilis in a new version and approved by the Senate and submitted to the President for signature within ten days.

     If the Mazhilis, by the same majority, objects to the wording of certain articles of the law proposed by the Senate, as well as if the Senate has not approved the law as a whole, disagreements between the Chambers are resolved through conciliation procedures.

     The wording of the law developed by the conciliation commission is subject to consideration by the Mazhilis and the Senate in accordance with the procedure established by paragraph 1 of this Article.

     In cases where the Mazhilis, by a majority vote of the total number of deputies of the Chamber, has not adopted the law in the wording proposed by the conciliation commission, the Mazhilis shall re-vote on the law in the previously adopted version.

     If, in a repeat vote, the Mazhilis confirms the earlier decision by a two-thirds majority of the total number of deputies of the Chamber, the law is submitted to the President for signature within ten days.

     If the law does not receive the specified majority of votes of the deputies of the Mazhilis, the law is considered rejected and returned to the initiator.

     3. In connection with the non-acceptance of the draft law submitted by the Government, the Prime Minister has the right to raise the issue of confidence in the Government at a joint meeting of the Chambers of Parliament. A vote on this issue is held no earlier than forty-eight hours after the issue of confidence is raised. If the motion for a vote of no confidence does not receive a majority of votes from the total number of deputies of each Chamber, the draft law is considered adopted without a vote. However, the Government may not exercise this right more than twice a year.

     The time period "year" in relation to this paragraph should be understood as the current year (from January 1 to December 31).

     4. Amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, draft constitutional laws, as well as draft laws introduced in accordance with the procedure provided for in the second part of paragraph 2 of Article 61 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, are considered at joint sessions of the Chambers of Parliament.

Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 16, 1995 No. 2529.

     This Constitutional Law, in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, defines the organization and activities of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the legal status of its deputies.

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