Article 66. Measures of legal action unrelated to disciplinary sanctions On the Civil Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan

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1. Measures of legal sanction, other than disciplinary sanctions, shall be applied to civil servants with a view to preventing them from committing disciplinary offences and eliminating the causes and conditions that contribute to such offences.

2. The grounds for reviewing the question of whether to impose legal sanctions other than disciplinary measures shall be the existence of the following circumstances:

1) the commission of a disciplinary offence;

2) the commission of an administrative offence;

3) reports from natural persons and/or legal entities, and information from the media;

4) reports from law enforcement and other public authorities.

3. Measures of legal action not involving disciplinary sanctions shall comprise:

1) a preventive discussion;

2) a written warning;

3) testing of a civil servant’s competencies required for the efficient performance of their official duties;

4) individual recommendations regarding a civil servant’s conduct;

5) preventive record-keeping and monitoring.

4. Measures of legal sanction not associated with disciplinary sanctions may be applied either in conjunction with disciplinary sanctions or separately in cases where there are circumstances that exclude or mitigate disciplinary liability.

Measures of legal action not involving disciplinary sanctions shall apply by decision of the person empowered to impose disciplinary sanctions.

A decision to impose legal sanctions other than disciplinary measures may be appealed against under the procedure laid down by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

5. The coordination of activities by public authorities regarding legal measures not involving disciplinary sanctions, and the recording of such measures, shall be undertaken by ethics officials.

Details of measures of a legal nature taken against a civil servant, other than disciplinary sanctions, may be included in the assessment of that civil servant’s performance and in the application of rewards and disciplinary sanctions.

6. Upon discovering the causes and circumstances contributing to disciplinary offences, the empowered authority, its regional office or the ethics official shall make recommendations, binding for consideration, to the person empowered to impose disciplinary sanctions, regarding the elimination of such causes and circumstances. Information on the outcome of the consideration of the recommendations and the measures taken shall be made available within one month.

7. The procedure for applying legal measures to civil servants, other than disciplinary sanctions, shall be established by the competent authority.

Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan № 290-VIII ZRK of 19 May 2026

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Article 66. Other issues of public service The Law on the Civil Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Other issues of civil service that are not regulated by this Law are regulated by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the proposal of the authorized body, and other regulatory legal acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 23, 2015 No. 416-V SAM.

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