Article 247. Receiving illegal remuneration of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1. Receipt by an employee of a state body or a state organization or a quasi-public sector entity who is not a person authorized to perform state functions, or a person equated to it, as well as by an employee of a non-governmental organization who does not perform managerial functions, of illegal remuneration in the form of property, property benefits for himself or others for performing work or providing services included in the scope of his duties for the benefit of the person who provided the illegal remuneration, or 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.

     IZPI's note!      Part 3 is provided for in the wording of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 12.06.2026 No. 312-VIII (effective from 01.01.2027).

    3. The acts provided for in the first or second parts of this Article, if they are committed:

     1) on a large scale;

     2) by extortion, –

     are punishable by a fine in the amount of up to three thousand monthly calculation indices or correctional labor in the same amount, or community service for up to eight hundred hours, or restriction of liberty for up to three 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.

    Note.

It is not a criminal offense due to its insignificance and it is punishable by disciplinary procedure if a person specified in the first part of this article receives 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 months calculated indicators.

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