On amendments and additions to the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offences The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 9, 2026 No. 257-VIII SAM

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On amendments and additions to the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offences

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated January 9, 2026 No. 257-VIII SAM

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

Article 1. To make the following amendments and additions to the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 5, 2014:

1) throughout the text, the words "information system", "informatization and communications", "information system", "information system", "information security", "information systems", "information and communication infrastructure", "electronic information resources", "electronic government" should be replaced respectively with the words "digital system", "digitalization and communications", "digital system", "digital system", "cybersecurity", "digital systems", "digital infrastructure", "digital resources", "digital government";

2) throughout the text, the words "instructions on the need to pay a fine", "Instructions on the need to pay a fine", "instructions on the need to pay a fine", "instructions on the need to pay a fine" should be replaced, respectively, with the words "instructions on the warning or the need to pay a fine", "Instructions on the warning or the need to pay a fine", "instructions on warning or the need to pay a fine", "instructions on warning or the need to pay a fine";

3) paragraph 2-1 of Article 1 shall be worded as follows:

"2-1. Amendments and (or) additions to this Code are carried out by a law that does not provide for amendments and (or) additions to other legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan, with the exception of laws:

1) excluding administrative liability;

2) developed in accordance with the legislative initiative of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

3) introducing amendments and (or) additions to the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Penal Enforcement Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan.";

4) add the words "warning or" to the second paragraph of the first part of Article 10 after the words "as prescribed by";

5) in article 31:

The title, parts one and two should be worded as follows:

"Article 31. Features of administrative responsibility in case of detection or fixation of an administrative offense in automatic mode

1. If an administrative offense is detected or recorded by processing data with a digital object integrated with the Unified Register of Administrative Proceedings, including using technical means operating in automatic mode, persons who have committed such offenses, established by the results of said data processing, are brought to administrative responsibility.

2. If an administrative offense committed using a vehicle is detected or recorded automatically, the owners (owners) of the vehicles are brought to administrative responsibility.";

add the following part of the third:

"3. The owner (owner) of a vehicle is released from administrative responsibility for an offense committed using this vehicle if, during an inspection, according to his message or statement, the person in whose possession it was at the time of the discovery or fixation of the offense is identified, or the fact is established that the vehicle was out of his possession in as a result of illegal actions of others.";

The second paragraph of the note should read as follows:

"The technical means in this article should be understood as certified control and measuring equipment and devices operating in automatic mode that have passed metrological verification, as well as certified technical equipment and devices operating in automatic mode that detect or record events to which measurement indicators that comply with the requirements of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of technical regulation are not applicable. and about cybersecurity.";

6) in paragraphs one and two of the second part of Article 62, the words "on an electronic document and an electronic digital signature" should be replaced with the words "as well as the digital legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (regarding compliance with the requirements for an electronic document and an electronic digital signature)";

7) in article 98:

add the words ", as well as the procedure for entering information into the unified accounting system for employment contracts" to the title;

add parts 1-1 and 2-1 to read as follows:

"1-1. Violation by the employer of the procedure for entering information on the conclusion and termination of an employment contract with an employee, amendments to it and (or) additions to the unified system of accounting for employment contracts, committed in the form of:

1) failure or late entry of information into the unified accounting system of employment contracts within the established time limits;

2) failure to fully include information in the unified system of accounting for employment contracts;

3) entering unreliable and (or) incorrect information into the unified accounting system of employment contracts, –

entails a fine for officials in the amount of thirty, for small businesses or non–profit organizations - in the amount of sixty, for medium–sized businesses – in the amount of eighty, for large businesses - in the amount of one hundred and fifty monthly calculation indices.";

"2-1. The action (inaction) provided for in paragraph 1-1 of this Article, committed repeatedly within a year after the imposition of an administrative penalty, –

entails a fine for officials in the amount of sixty, for small businesses or non–profit organizations – in the amount of eighty, for medium-sized businesses - in the amount of one hundred, for large businesses – in the amount of two hundred monthly calculation indices.";

8) in subparagraph 6) of the first part of Article 215-1, the words "information systems" should be replaced by the words "digital systems";

9) Article 529 should be worded as follows:

"Article 529. Non-stop of the vehicle

Non-stop of a vehicle passing through the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union, the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan and (or) through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as a vehicle moving through the customs border of the Eurasian Economic Union, the State Border of the Republic of Kazakhstan and (or) through the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan as goods, at the places of movement of goods through the customs the border of the Eurasian Economic Union, in places where the state revenue authorities require vehicles to stop, except in cases where such non-stop is caused by a technical malfunction of the vehicle or force majeure., –

entails a fine in the amount of ten monthly calculation indices.";

10) in article 571:

The first paragraph of the sixth part should be worded as follows:

"6. Passage of heavy vehicles exceeding weight parameters, including those detected or recorded in automatic mode in accordance with Article 31 of this Code, as well as without special permission –";

The first paragraph of the seventh part should be worded as follows:

"7. Passage of large–sized motor vehicles exceeding the overall parameters, including those detected or recorded in automatic mode in accordance with Article 31 of this Code, as well as without special permission -";

11) the first paragraph of part 4-1 of Article 597 should be worded as follows:

"4-1. Tax evasion for parking in places designated by the local executive authorities of the cities of Astana and Almaty, –";

12) in the first paragraph of the first part of Article 639, the words "objects of informatization" should be replaced by the words "digital objects";

13) the title of article 640 should be worded as follows:

"Article 640. Violation of the digital legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (regarding compliance with the requirements for an electronic document and an electronic digital signature)";

14) in article 641:

in the title, replace the words "legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on informatization" with the words "digital legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (regarding compliance with requirements in the areas of digitalization and cybersecurity)";";

in part one:

in the first paragraph, replace the words "legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on informatization" with the words "digital legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan (regarding compliance with requirements in the fields of digitalization and cybersecurity)";

in subparagraph 2), replace the words "in the field of information and communication technologies" with the words "in the fields of digitalization";

in subparagraph 6), replace the words "informatization object" with the words "digital object";

in the first paragraph of the fifth part, the words "critically important objects of information and communication infrastructure", "objects of informatization" should be replaced, respectively, with the words "critically important digital objects", "digital objects";

15) subparagraph 4) of part 4-1 of Article 743, after the words "prescriptions on", add the words "warning or";

16) in the second part of Article 744, the words "detected by certified special control and measuring equipment and devices operating in automatic mode" should be replaced by the words "detected or detected in automatic mode in accordance with Article 31 of this Code";

17) in article 802:

Subparagraph 4) of the first part should be worded as follows:

"4) detection or recording of an administrative offense in automatic mode in accordance with Article 31 of this Code;";

In part four:

The second paragraph should be worded as follows:

"If an administrative offense is detected or recorded automatically in accordance with Article 31 of this Code, an administrative offense case is considered initiated from the moment:

1) sending instructions on the prevention or the need to pay a fine for violations for which the articles of the Special Part of this Code provide for penalties in the form of a warning and (or) a fine in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 743 of this Code;

2) drawing up a protocol on an administrative offense or issuing a decision by the prosecutor to initiate proceedings on an administrative offense for violations for which other penalties are provided in the articles of the Special Part of this Code other than a warning and (or) a fine.";

add the following third paragraph:

"When committing administrative offenses, cases on which are considered by the state revenue authorities, the case of an administrative offense is considered initiated from the moment of proper delivery of the notification (notification).";

18) subparagraph 6) of the second part of Article 803 should be worded as follows:

"6) explanation of the individual or representative of the legal entity against whom the case has been initiated; name, serial number of the technical means operating in automatic mode, and for technical means classified in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on ensuring the uniformity of measurements to measuring instruments, also the number, date and validity period of the metrological verification, if such a tool was used when an administrative offense was detected or fixed;";

19) subparagraph 2) of the first part of Article 807 should be worded as follows:

"2) if an administrative offense (with the exception of an offense committed while driving a vehicle registered with the military police) is detected or recorded automatically in accordance with Article 31 of this Code and sanctions in the form of a warning and (or) a fine are imposed for these offenses by a Special part of this Code, a warning or fine in such cases in such cases, it is issued in the form of a warning order or the need to pay a fine;";

20) the second paragraph of the first part of Article 811 should be worded as follows:

"If an administrative offense is detected or recorded automatically in accordance with Article 31 of this Code, the person has the right to pay a fine in the amount of fifty percent of the specified fine amount within seven days from the date of proper delivery of the warning order or the need to pay the fine with a receipt of the established sample.";

21) the second paragraph of the first part of Article 817 should be worded as follows:

"If an administrative offense is detected or recorded automatically in accordance with Article 31 of this Code, the case is considered considered after fifteen days from the date of proper delivery of the warning order or the need to pay a fine, with the exception of cases considered on the merits in a shortened procedure.";

22) parts 1-1 of Article 821 shall be worded as follows:

"1-1. If an administrative offense is detected or recorded automatically in accordance with Article 31 of this Code, the decision on the case of an administrative offense is issued in the form of a warning order or the need to pay a fine, which is considered considered in accordance with Article 817 of this Code, with the exception of cases considered on the merits in a shortened procedure.";

23) in article 822-1:

in part one:

Add the words "warning or" to the first paragraph after the words "prescription about".;

in subparagraph 2), the words "owner (owner) of the vehicle" should be replaced by the word "person";

subparagraph 3) should be supplemented with the words "if the offense was committed in transport, in the road sector using a vehicle";

Sub-paragraphs 5), 6) and 7) should be worded as follows:

"5) readings detected or recorded in automatic mode in accordance with Article 31 of this Code;

6) the name, serial number of the technical means operating in automatic mode, and for technical means classified in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on ensuring the uniformity of measurements to measuring instruments, also the number, date and validity period of the metrological verification;

7) an administrative penalty in the form of a warning or a fine;";

The third part should be worded as follows:

"3. An order for a warning or the need to pay a fine with a receipt of the established sample is sent to the person in respect of whom it is issued within ten days from the date of detection or fixation of an administrative offense.

An order to prevent or require payment of a fine with a receipt of the established sample for administrative offenses detected or recorded in automatic mode in accordance with Article 31 of this Code, drawn up in electronic form, may be certified by means of an electronic digital signature of the authorized body in the event of its formation in the Unified Register of Administrative Proceedings in automatic mode.";

24) in the first and second parts of Article 907, the words "electronic register of permits and notifications" should be replaced by the words "digital register of permits and notifications".

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

1) subparagraph 3) of Article 1, which shall enter into force upon the expiration of ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication.;

2) sub-items 1), 6), 8), 12), 13), 14) and 24) Articles 1, which enter into force six months after the date of its first official publication.

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