Article 5. Organizer of peaceful assemblies The Law on the Procedure for Organizing and Holding Peaceful Assemblies in the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. The organizer of peaceful assemblies has the right:

1) to publicly express opinions, demands, and make decisions when holding peaceful assemblies;

2) to hold peaceful assemblies in accordance with the procedure established by this Law;

3) conduct campaigning in accordance with the procedure established by Article 15 of this Law;

4) to receive information on measures taken within the competence of state bodies and (or) organizations to assist in ensuring public order, organization of medical care and other necessary assistance;

5) organize the collection of signatures under the demands and appeals of citizens;

6) to use sound-amplifying equipment with a sound level corresponding to the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, posters, banners and other means of visual agitation, as well as vehicles in cases provided for by this Law, when holding peaceful assemblies.;

7) to use audiovisual equipment, as well as to take video and photographs during peaceful assemblies;

8) seek medical assistance and safe evacuation from the place of peaceful assembly;

9) suspend or terminate peaceful assemblies;

10) to refuse to hold peaceful assemblies;

11) exercise other rights stipulated by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. The organizer of peaceful assemblies is obliged to:

1) comply with the requirements of this Law;

2) to respect the rights and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities when holding peaceful assemblies;

3) comply with the legal requirements of a representative of the local executive body and law enforcement officers;

4) require participants in peaceful assemblies to observe public order and the rules of their conduct, as well as to prevent violations of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

5) at the request of a representative of a local executive body or law enforcement officers, suspend or terminate peaceful assemblies in the cases provided for in Articles 17 and 18 of this Law, informing participants in peaceful assemblies of the need to comply with such a requirement.;

6) to create conditions for the safety of participants in peaceful assemblies during their conduct, to ensure the safety of buildings, structures, small architectural forms, green spaces, as well as other property;

7) wear the distinctive badge of the organizer of peaceful assemblies;

8) if the organizer of peaceful assemblies decides to refuse to hold a peaceful assembly, immediately inform the local executive body and citizens through the mass media, telecommunications networks and other means not prohibited by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as stop campaigning;

9) comply with the requirements of employees of the internal affairs bodies and (or) the prosecutor's office aimed at protecting the life and health of participants in peaceful assemblies and other persons during their conduct, protecting public order and ensuring public safety, and assist the internal affairs bodies in ensuring the protection of public order;

10) perform other duties stipulated by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

3. The organizer of peaceful assemblies is prohibited from holding peaceful assemblies.:

1) to call for the violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, laws and other normative legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, mass riots, incitement of social, racial, national, religious, class and clan discord, to propagandize or publicly call for the seizure or retention of power, violent change of the constitutional order of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

2) to commit actions that interfere with the smooth functioning of transport, infrastructure facilities, the preservation of green spaces and small architectural forms, and other property, as well as hinder the free movement of citizens who do not participate in peaceful assemblies;

3) obstruct the activities of state bodies, organizations, and officials when they carry out a set of measures to protect human and civil life, health, rights and freedoms, the interests of society and the State, protect public order, and ensure public safety during peaceful assemblies;

4) involve private security organizations in ensuring public order and safety of participants in peaceful assemblies;

5) to install yurts, tents, and other structures without the approval of the local executive body;

6) carry cold steel, firearms and other weapons, as well as specially prepared or adapted objects (substances, products) that can be used against human life and health to cause material damage to citizens and property of legal entities;

7) engage in the distribution and (or) consumption of alcoholic beverages, narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances, their analogues, as well as being in a state of alcoholic, narcotic and (or) substance abuse intoxication;

8) use items of clothing and (or) other means that prevent face recognition, with the exception of personal protective equipment aimed at protecting health;

9) use symbols aimed at violating the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, laws and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, inciting social, racial, national, religious, class and clan discord, as well as symbols and illustrative materials of terrorist or extremist organizations prohibited in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

4. Peaceful assemblies may not be held in the absence of the organizer or the organizer's representative.

5. Representatives of the organizer of peaceful assemblies enjoy the same rights and bear the same responsibilities as the organizer.

6. The organizer of peaceful assemblies may not be:

1) a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan who has been recognized by a court as legally incompetent or with limited legal capacity, or who has been sentenced by a court in the form of correctional labor, community service, restriction of liberty, arrest, or imprisonment for the period of serving his sentence;

2) a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan who has an outstanding or outstanding criminal record for participating in mass riots, high treason, espionage, extremist and terrorist crimes, violation of the procedure for organizing and holding peaceful assemblies;

3) a legal entity that has not been registered in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

4) an organization whose activities have been suspended or prohibited in accordance with the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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