Article 456-2. Posting, dissemination of false information, illegal content of the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offenses

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1. Posting or spreading false information in mass media, on the Internet resource of the information holder, on the Internet portal of open data or by other means provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, –

entails a fine for officials, small business entities, non–profit organizations – in the amount of thirty, for medium-sized businesses - in the amount of fifty, for large businesses – in the amount of one hundred monthly calculation indices.

2. The actions provided for in the first part of this Article, committed repeatedly within a year after the imposition of an administrative penalty, –

They impose a fine on officials, small business entities, non–profit organizations – in the amount of fifty, on medium–sized businesses - in the amount of one hundred, on large businesses - in the amount of two hundred monthly calculation indices.

3. Posting or distributing false information by users of online platforms that creates conditions for violating public order, the rights and legitimate interests of citizens or organizations, or the legally protected interests of society or the state, if these actions do not contain signs of a criminally punishable act., –

They impose a fine on individuals in the amount of twenty, on small businesses, non–profit organizations in the amount of thirty, on medium–sized businesses in the amount of fifty, on large businesses in the amount of one hundred monthly calculation indices.

3-1. Posting or distributing illegal content, if these actions do not contain signs of a criminally punishable act, –

they entail a fine in the amount of twenty monthly calculation indices.

4. The actions provided for in the third part of this Article, committed repeatedly within a year after the imposition of an administrative penalty, –

They entail a fine for individuals in the amount of forty monthly calculation indices or administrative arrest for up to ten days, for small businesses and non–profit organizations in the amount of fifty, for medium–sized businesses in the amount of one hundred, for large businesses in the amount of two hundred monthly calculation indices.

5. Actions provided for in part three of this article, committed by influencers (bloggers), –

They impose a fine on individuals in the amount of thirty, on small businesses, non–profit organizations in the amount of forty, on medium–sized businesses in the amount of eighty, on large businesses in the amount of one hundred monthly calculation indices.

6. The actions provided for in part five of this article, committed repeatedly within a year after the imposition of an administrative penalty, –

They entail a fine for individuals in the amount of fifty monthly calculation indices or administrative arrest for up to fifteen days, for small businesses and non–profit organizations in the amount of sixty, for medium–sized businesses in the amount of one hundred and twenty, for large businesses in the amount of two hundred and fifty monthly calculation indices.

Note: For the purposes of part five of this article, an influencer (blogger) is a user of an online platform who publishes information on online platforms addressed to an unspecified group of people for business purposes.

7. The actions provided for in paragraph 3-1 of this Article, committed repeatedly within a year after the imposition of an administrative penalty, –

they entail a fine of forty monthly calculation indices or administrative arrest for up to ten days.

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