On amendments and additions to certain legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan on security activities, housing relations and law enforcement service

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The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated February 12, 2026 No. 263-VIII SAM

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For the procedure for the enactment of this Law, see art. 2.

Article 1. To make amendments and additions to the following legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

1. To the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 16, 1997 "On Housing Relations":

1) in subparagraph 44-3) of article 2:

In the third paragraph, the words "in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 101-4 of this Law" should be deleted.;

In the fourth paragraph, replace the words "paragraph 4 of Article 101-1, paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 101-9 and paragraph 1 of Article 101-12" with the words "paragraph 4 or 5 of Article 101-1 and paragraphs 2 and 4 of Article 101-9";

In the fifth paragraph, replace the words "article 101-13" with the words "paragraph 3 of Article 101-1";

2) Article 101-1 should be worded as follows:

"Article 101-1. Realization of the right to housing of an employee of a law enforcement agency, a special state body, a civil protection body (with the exception of a cadet and (or) a student) and a serviceman (with the exception of a conscript, a serviceman serving in the reserve, a cadet and a cadet, conscripted, called up for military training)

1. Housing provision for an employee of a law enforcement agency, a special state body, a civil protection body (with the exception of a cadet and (or) a student) and a military serviceman (with the exception of a conscript, a military serviceman serving in the reserve, a cadet and a cadet liable for military service, called up for military training) is carried out from the day they are recognized as in need of housing in accordance with the procedure established by this chapter.

Housing provision for an employee of a law enforcement agency and a civil protection body specified in part one of this paragraph is provided by providing official housing, and an employee of a special state body, a military man, as well as an employee of a law enforcement agency and a civil protection body holding a position subject to housing payments, at their choice, is provided with official housing or their personal housing payments are transferred to a special account.

The procedure for housing an employee of a special state body, a serviceman, as well as an employee of a law enforcement agency and a civil protection body holding a position subject to receiving housing payments by providing official housing, and the procedure for calculating the amount, appointment, recalculation, implementation, termination, suspension and resumption of housing payments, as well as the purpose of their use and grounds determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The list of positions of law enforcement agencies and civil protection agencies eligible for housing benefits is determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The procedure for making housing payments to an employee and a serviceman of the active reserve, a full-time unofficial employee is determined by the first heads of special government agencies, law enforcement agencies (with the exception of the prosecutor's office and civil protection) and the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. An employee of a law enforcement agency, a special government agency, a civil protection agency, and a military personnel have the right to privatize their official housing in accordance with the procedure established by this Law.

3. A serviceman who has been in military service for ten or more years in calendar terms as of January 1, 2013, who has a military service period of twenty years or more in calendar terms and lives in a service dwelling that is not subject to privatization, is entitled to receive monetary compensation in accordance with the procedure determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

4. An employee of a special government agency or a military serviceman receives one-time housing payments for periods of housing insecurity from the state housing fund upon discharge from service upon reaching the age limit for service, for health reasons, due to staff reductions or for family reasons, with the exception of dismissal for family reasons upon a change in the place of service (military service) of the spouse (spouses) of an employee of a special government agency or a military serviceman related to the need for the family to move to another locality.

An employee of a special state body, a serviceman of the State Security Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan, upon dismissal on the grounds specified in part one of this paragraph, one-time housing payments are assigned from the date of the last date of entry into service in special state bodies (continuous service) until January 1, 2013, and in case of transfer to special state bodies (continuous service) from the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other troops and military formations after the specified da An employee of a special state body, a serviceman of the State Security Service of the Republic of Kazakhstan, upon dismissaon the grounds specified in part one of this paragraph, one-time housing payments are assigned from the date of the last date of entry intce in special state bodies (continuous service) until January 1, 2013, and in case of transfer to special state bodies (continuous service) from the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other troops and military formations after the specified date – until January 1, 2018, minus the periods of previously made current housing payments.

An employee of a special state body or a military serviceman who lived before January 1, 2018 in an office dwelling that is not subject to privatization, upon dismissal on the grounds specified in part one of this paragraph, one-time housing payments shall be made for periods of residence in the specified dwelling in the amount of fifty percent of the amount of current housing payments minus periods of previously made current housing payments..

The implementation of one-time housing payments provided for in this paragraph is determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

5. To an employee of a law enforcement agency, a special state body, a civil protection body, and a serviceman upon discharge from service due to injury (injury, injury, contusion) or illness sustained during service, for which the military medical commission declared the specified employee and serviceman unfit for service (military service) with exclusion from the reg5. To an employee of a law enforcement agency, a special state body, a civil protection body, and a serviceman upon discharge from service due to injury (injury, injury, contusion) or illness sustained during service, for which the military medical commission declared the specified employee and serviceman unfit for service (military service) with exclusion from the register (military one-time housing payments are transferred in accordance with the procedure determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

6. Housing payments are used for purposes determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

7. The right to acquire ownership of a dwelling or to acquire ownership of a dwelling through the use of housing payments is carried out once.";

3) Articles 101-4 and 101-5 should be deleted;

4) in paragraph 2 of article 101-6:

in subparagraph 1), the words "provided for in Article 101-5 of this Law" should be replaced by the words "determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan";

in subparagraph 2), the words "provided for in subparagraphs 1) and 3) of the first paragraph of paragraph 1 of Article 101-5 of this Law" shoin subparagraph 2), the words "provided for in subparagraphs 1) and 3) of the first paragraph of paragraph 1 of Article 101-5 of this Law" should be replaced by the words "determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan";

in subparagraph 8), the words "provided for in Article 101-5 of this Law" should be replaced by the words "determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan";

5) in the first part of Article 101-8, the words "specified in subparagraph 2) of the first part of paragraph 1 of Article 101-5 of this Law" shall be replaced by the words "determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan";

6) in article 101-9:

In paragraph 1, the wordn paragraph 1, the words "held in a personal special account for the purposes provided for in Article 101-5 of this Law" should be replaced by the words "in accordance with the procedure determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan";

Paragraph 2 should be worded as follows:

"2. Family members of the recipient of housing payments, deceased (deceased) upon completion of the service, one-time housing payments are made in accordance with the procedure determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.";

In paragraph 4, the words "paragraph 4 of article 101-1 or paragraph 1 of article 101-12" should be replaced by the words "paragraph 4 or 5 of article 101-1";

7) Articles 101-12, 101-13 and 101-14 should be deleted;

8) Article 101-15 should be worded as follows:

"Article 101-15. Peculiarities of the rights of some recipients of housing payments

The recipient of housing payments reserves the right to receive current housing payments until the fulfillment of assumed obligations under contracts concluded before July 1, 2025 in order to:

1) acquisition of ownership of a dwelling, including with installment payments or the use of a mortgage housing loan;

2) payment for the rental of a dwelling with subsequent purchase;

3) payment of contributions with equity partayment of contributions with equity participation in housing construction;

4) payment of contributions when participating in a housing and housing construction cooperative;

5) improvement of housing conditions in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Housing Construction Savings in the Republic of Kazakhstan", until the fulfillment of obligations under the contract for the acquisition of housing through the use of housing payments.

In this case, the current housing payments provided for in the first part of this article are terminated in cases determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The effect of the first part of this article does not apply to persons dismissed from service.".

2. To the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 30, 1998 "On State control over the turnover of certain types of weapons":

1) Paragraph 2 of Article 16 should be supplemented with sub-paragraphs 2-1) and 7) as follows:

"2-1) provide civilian and service firearms with rifled weapons for the control shooting in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;";

"7) to deposit weapons and ammunition to the internal affairs bodies in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan within ten working days from the date of suspension of the activities of the legal entity – the owner of the weapon.";

2) paragraph 1 of Article 19 should be supplemented with subparagraph 4) as follows:

"4) did not provide civilian and service firearms with rifled rifles for control shooting in a timely manner.";

3) add the words "and the formation of the State Bullet Collection" to the third part of paragraph 1 of Article 30 after the words "and law enforcement agencies".

3. To the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated October 19, 2000 "On Security Activities":

1) in article 8:

The title should be worded as follows:

"Article 8. Interaction of entities engaged in security activities, installation, commissioning and maintenance of alarm systems, as well as specialized training centers for the training and advanced training of employees holding the positions of head and security guard in a private security organization, with government agencies";

add paragraph 5 as follows:

"5. Entities engaged in security activities, installation, commissioning and maintenance of security alarm systems, as well as specialized training centers for the training and advanced training of employees holding the positions of head and security guard in a private security organization, are required to submit reports on their activities to the territorial structural subdivision of the authorized body.

The form and frequency of reporting by entities engaged in security activities, installation, commissioning and maintenance of security alarm systems, as well as specialized training centers for training and advanced training of employees holding the positions of head and security guard in a private security organization, are approved by the authorized body.";

2) Paragraph 7 of Article 10 shall be worded as follows:

"7. A mandatory requirement for the head of a private security organization, the head of a branch and representative office of a private security organization, as well as other senior security organization employees involved in security activities, is their compliance with the requirements for employees of a private security organization holding the position of a security guard.";

3) add paragraph 5 to Article 15 as follows:

"5. In cases of suspension or resumption of their activities, as well as provision of security services outside the place of registration of a legal entity, private security organizations are required to send a corresponding notification in paper or electronic form to the territorial structural subdivision of the authorized body within five working days from the date of provision or termination of security services.";

4) paragraph 3 of Article 17-1 should be supplemented with the fifth part as follows:

"Part four of this paragraph does not apply to security services provided to third parties in accordance with paragraph 1-1 of Article 33 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Railway Transport".";

5) in paragraph 4 of article 18, the words "and special means" should be deleted.

4. To the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 8, 2001 "On Railway Transport":

1) add subparagraph 4-1) to Article 1 as follows:

"4-1) paramilitary railway security (hereinafter referred to as paramilitary security) is a legal entity whose controlling stake belongs to a national management holding company or a National Railway Company that provides services for the protection of goods and railway transport facilities used in the transportation process;";

2) add paragraph 1-1 to article 33 as follows:

"1-1. In order to ensure continuous protection, paramilitary guards have the right to provide services to third parties for the protection of goods and railway transport facilities in the territories of terminals involved in the implementation of transit railway freight transportation.".

5. To the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 22, 2003 "On State Legal Statistics and Special Accounting":

1) the title and paragraph 1 of Article 4 shall be worded as follows:

"Article 4. The main purpose, objectives and principles in the field of state legal statistics and special accounting

1. The main purpose of state legal statistics and special accounting is to provide information to government agencies, individuals and legal entities about the state of law and order in the state on the basis of uniform statistical principles and standards.

The achievement of the main goal in the field of state legal statistics and special accounting is realized by solving the following tasks:

1) meeting the needs of society, the State and the international community for official legal statistical information;

2) improvement and development of the state legal information statistical system;

3) other tasks determined by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.";

2) add subparagraph 12-12) to Article 6 as follows:

"12-12) carries out predictive and analytical activities to identify criminal threats;";

3) paragraph 1 of Article 7 should be supplemented with subparagraph 5-2) as follows:

"5-2) develop and send proposals to the subjects of legal statistics and special accounting based on the results of predictive and analytical activities to identify criminal threats;".

6. To the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 26, 2007 "On State Registration of Rights to Immovable Property":

Delete the second part of Article 5.

7. To the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 6, 2011 "On Law Enforcement Service":

1) add paragraph 5-2 to Article 29 as follows:

"5-2. If an employee is appointed to a position while being promoted in violation of the requirements of this Law, identified within three years from the date of his last appointment, he is subject to dismissal from office and placed at the disposal of a law enforcement agency.";

2) paragraph 2 of Article 46-1 should be supplemented with subparagraph 9) as follows:

"9) dismissal of an employee from his position in accordance with the procedure provided for in paragraph 5-2 of Article 29 of this Law.";

3) paragraph 2 of article 54 should be supplemented with the words "and revealed violations in the personnel work in the entrusted body".

8. To the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated May 16, 2014 "On Permits and Notifications":

in appendix 2, delete line 20.

Article 2. This Law shall enter into force sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication.

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