Article 33. Penalties that may be applied to a deputy of the Constitutional Law on the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Status of its Deputies

     1. If a deputy is absent from meetings of the Chambers and their bodies for no valid reason more than three times, he is refused payment of wages for the days of absence. If a deputy is absent from meetings of the Chambers and their bodies for more than one month without valid reasons, he or she will be deprived of all material, financial, and social security conditions provided to him or her by paragraphs 1, 3, 4, and 5 of Article 30 of this Constitutional Law. The decision on this in the absence of a deputy at a meeting of the Chamber or at a joint meeting of the Chambers is made by the Chairman of the relevant Chamber, and in the absence of meetings of the organs of the Chamber - the Bureau of the relevant Chamber.

     2. When a deputy transfers his vote to him, by a decision of the Bureau of the Chamber, he refuses to pay wages for the day on which the transfer of votes was allowed, and in case of repeated transfer of votes, he refuses to pay monthly wages.

     3. In case of violation of the rules of parliamentary ethics established by the regulations of the Parliament and its Chambers, by the decision of the Chairman of the relevant Chamber, the following penalties may be applied to the deputy::

     1) Parliamentary censure;

     2) forcing a public apology;

     3) deprivation of speech during one joint or separate session of the Chambers;

     4) deprivation of speech during three joint or separate sessions of the Chambers;

     5) removal from the courtroom for the duration of one joint or separate session of the Chambers;

     6) removal from the courtroom for the duration of three joint or separate sessions of the Chambers;

     7) deprivation of one-day salary.

     4. The preparation of issues related to the application of these measures to deputies is carried out by the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The control over the turnout of deputies at meetings of Chambers and their bodies, as well as the inadmissibility of a deputy transferring his vote, is carried out by members of the Central Election Commission.

     5. The issue of applying penalties provided for in this article to deputies of the Mazhilis may be initiated by factions of political parties represented in the Mazhilis, which include deputies.

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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