Article 5. The system of Prosecutor's offices of the Constitutional Law on the Prosecutor's Office

     1. The unified centralized system of prosecutor's offices is formed by the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, its subordinate departments, the educational organization, the military and transport prosecutor's offices, the prosecutor's offices of regions and equivalent prosecutor's offices (cities of republican significance and the capital), district and equivalent (urban, inter-district, as well as specialized) prosecutor's offices.

     By decision of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other prosecutor's offices may be established that are not provided for in part one of this paragraph.

     2. The activities of the prosecutor's office are carried out on the basis of subordination of lower-level prosecutors to higher-level prosecutors and the Prosecutor General.

     The subordination of prosecutors includes:

     1) the obligation to follow the instructions of higher-level prosecutors on the organization of work and activities for lower-level prosecutors;

     2) the responsibility of lower-level prosecutors to higher-level prosecutors for the performance of official duties;

     3) exercise by higher-level prosecutors, if necessary, the powers of lower-level prosecutors;

     4) cancellation, revocation, suspension or modification of acts of lower-level prosecutors by higher-level prosecutors;

     5) resolution by higher-level prosecutors of complaints against decisions, actions (inaction), and acts of lower-level prosecutors.

     3. The Prosecutor General may establish other forms of subordination of subordinate prosecutors in accordance with the procedure established by this Constitutional Law.

     4. When exercising supervision, the Prosecutor's office does not replace the functions of other State bodies.

     5. The formation, reorganization and liquidation of departments, institutions, educational organizations of the prosecutor's office, determination of their status and competence are carried out in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

     6. Other organizations may be formed in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan to ensure the activities of the Prosecutor's office.

     7. The Prosecutor's offices have their own symbols, the description of which is approved by the Prosecutor General.

Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 5, 2022 No. 155-VII SAM.  

     This Constitutional Law defines the competence, organization and procedure of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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