Article 247-1. Provision of illegal remuneration of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

     1. Providing illegal remuneration in the form of property or property benefits to an employee of a state body or a state organization or a quasi-public sector entity who is not a person authorized to perform government functions or a person equivalent to him, as well as to an employee of a non-governmental organization who does not perform managerial functions, for performing work or providing services that fall within the scope of his duties, in favor of the person who provided the illegal remuneration, or the persons represented by him –

     is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to eighty monthly calculation indices, or correctional labor in the same amount, or community service for up to eighty hours, or arrest for up to twenty days.

     2. The same act, committed repeatedly, –

     is punishable by a fine in the amount of up to one hundred and twenty monthly calculation indices, or correctional labor in the same amount, or community service for up to one hundred and twenty hours, or arrest for up to thirty days.

     3. The acts provided for in the first or second parts of this article, committed on a large scale, –

     are punishable by a fine in the amount of up to two thousand monthly calculation indices or correctional labor in the same amount, or community service for up to six hundred hours, or restriction of liberty for up to two years, or imprisonment for the same period, with or without confiscation of property, with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain activities for up to three years.

     Notes.

     1. It is not a criminal offense due to the insignificance of providing the person indicated in the first part of this article with property, benefits of a property nature as a gift or remuneration in the absence of a prior agreement for previously performed work or rendered service within the scope of his duties, if the value of the gift or the amount of remuneration does not exceed five monthly calculation indices.

     2. A person who has provided illegal remuneration shall be released from criminal liability if extortion of illegal remuneration has taken place against him by the person specified in paragraph one of this article, or if this person voluntarily informed a law enforcement or special state body about the provision of illegal remuneration.

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