Article 7. Selection of candidates for law enforcement service of the Law on Law Enforcement Service

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1. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/11/2022 No. 136-VII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

2. Admission to service in law enforcement agencies is carried out on a competitive basis or through initial professional training in law enforcement education organizations, with the exception of the cases established by paragraph 3 of this Article and paragraph 1 of Article 7-1 of this Law.

Selection for the law enforcement service is carried out taking into account the competitiveness index (digital rating) of the candidate for the service and the degree of his compliance with professional competencies.

The procedure and methods for determining professional competencies, key indicators, and calculating the competitiveness index (digital rating) of a candidate for service are approved by the head of the law enforcement agency.

Officials who have recruited citizens who have not passed competitive selection or initial professional training are subject to disciplinary liability in accordance with the procedure established by the law of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2-1. Entry into the service of law enforcement agencies in the positions of ordinary, junior and middle commanding staff is carried out through initial professional training in law enforcement education organizations.

The selection procedure for initial professional training and the conditions for its completion for persons entering the service of the Prosecutor's Office, the anti-corruption service and the economic investigation service, as well as the grounds for their exclusion from initial professional training are determined by a joint regulatory legal act of the heads of law enforcement agencies.

The procedure for selection for initial professional training and the conditions for its passage for persons entering the internal affairs bodies, as well as the grounds for their exclusion from initial professional training, are determined by a regulatory legal act of the head of the internal affairs bodies.

The procedure for selection for initial professional training and the conditions of its passage for persons entering the state fire service bodies, as well as the grounds for their exclusion from initial professional training, are determined by a regulatory legal act of the head of the state fire service bodies.

3. The following persons may be accepted to serve in law enforcement agencies outside of competitive selection::

1) persons who have completed their studies in law enforcement education organizations – within one year after completing their studies;

2) persons who previously served in positions in law enforcement, special government agencies and have at least three years of service experience in law enforcement, special government agencies;

3) persons who previously served in military service and held military positions in state institutions of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other troops and military formations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, if they have at least three years of military service experience.;

4) deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, political civil servants, judges who have been exercising their powers for at least six months and have terminated them, with the exception of those who terminated their powers for negative reasons.

4. An employee's occupation of a vacant position during the period of law enforcement service, if he meets the qualification requirements for the relevant vacant position, may be carried out on a non-competitive basis by way of transfer with his consent or on a competitive basis.

5. The personnel service of a law enforcement agency maintains a departmental database of candidates for service with a reflection of their competitiveness index (digital rating).

6. Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/11/2022 No. 136-VII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 6, 2011 No. 380-IV.

This Law regulates public relations related to admission to the law enforcement service of the Republic of Kazakhstan, its passage and termination, and also defines the legal status (status), financial support and social protection of law enforcement officers of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

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