On some issues of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 14, 2025 No. 944.

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On some issues of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 14, 2025 No. 944.

In accordance with subparagraph 3) I HEREBY DECREE paragraph 2 of Article 20 of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan":

The footnote. The preamble is in the wording of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/01/2026 No. 1337.

1. To approve the attached Regulations on the Anti-Corruption Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

2. Reorganize republican state institutions in accordance with Appendix 1 to this Decree.

3. To make amendments and additions to the following decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan:

1) To the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 1, 1996 No. 2922 "On approval of the Regulations on the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan":

in the Regulation on the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan, approved by the above-mentioned Decree:

Paragraph 1 should be worded as follows:

"1. The National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the National Security Committee) is a special state body of the Republic of Kazakhstan, subordinate and accountable to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which manages, within the limits of its powers, the unified system of national security bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the national security bodies), intelligence, counterintelligence, operational and investigative activities in the field of Security and safety the state border of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter – State border), provision of government communications and organization of encryption work, suppression of acts of terrorism and other particularly dangerous criminal attacks on individuals, society and the state, organization of aviation activities of national security agencies, identification, suppression, disclosure and investigation of corruption offenses, protection of state secrets, and is the authorized body for the protection of state secrets in the Republic of Kazakhstan.";

Add subparagraph 4-1) to paragraph 2 as follows:

"4-1) Anti-Corruption Service of the National Security Committee;";

Paragraph 13 should be supplemented with subparagraph 11-1) as follows:

"11-1) detection, suppression, disclosure and investigation of corruption offenses;";

in paragraph 15:

add subparagraph 34-1) as follows:

"34-1) participation in the performance of tasks of territorial defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "on Territorial Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan;";

Sub-paragraphs 210) and 211) should be worded as follows:

"210) development and approval of rules for the activities of housing commissions and the work of the information system of national security agencies;

211) development and approval of rules for housing payments to employees and military personnel of the active reserve, a full-time secret employee of the national security agencies;";

add subparagraph 211-1) to read as follows:

"211-1) development and approval of a list of closed and equipped military camps, other closed facilities, maintenance of office premises and central heating in which are provided at the expense of budgetary funds, as well as in which office housing is not subject to privatization;";

2) in the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 22, 2019 No. 74 "on certain issues of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs and the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Corruption (Anti-Corruption Service)":

Sub-paragraphs 2), 4) and 5) of paragraph 1 should be deleted.

4. To invalidate certain decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with Appendix 2 to this Decree.

5. This Decree shall enter into force from the date of signing.

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

K. Tokaev

Approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan on July 14, 2025 No. 944

Regulations on the Anti-Corruption Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan

Chapter 1. General provisions

1. The Anti–Corruption Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the Service) is an agency of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan (hereinafter referred to as the National Security Committee) responsible for the detection, suppression, disclosure and investigation of corruption offenses.

2. The Service carries out its activities in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, other regulatory legal acts and international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as these Regulations.

3. The Service is a legal entity in the organizational and legal form of a republican state institution, has seals and stamps with its name in the Kazakh language, forms of the established sample, and maintains accounts with treasury authorities in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

4. The Service enters into civil law relations on its own behalf.

5. The Service has the right to act as a party to civil law relations on behalf of the state, if it is authorized to do so in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

6. The Service, in matters of its competence, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, makes decisions drawn up by orders of the head of the service and other acts provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

7. The structure and the limit of the number of staff of the Service are approved in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

8. Location of the legal entity: 010000, Astana, Nura district, Kabanbai Batyr Avenue, 19, block B.

9. The full name of the service is the republican state institution "Anti-Corruption Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan".

10. This Regulation is the constituent document of the service.

11. The Service's activities are financed from the national budget.

12. The Service is prohibited from entering into contractual relations with business entities in order to fulfill obligations that are the authority of the Service.

If the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan grant the Service the right to carry out income-generating activities, then the income received from such activities is sent to the state budget.

The footnote. Paragraph 12 as amended by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/01/2026 No. 1337.

Chapter 2. Tasks, rights and duties of the Service

13. Task:

1) development of proposals for the development and implementation of an anti-corruption policy;

2) identification, suppression, disclosure and investigation of corruption offenses;

3) other tasks stipulated by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan and acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

14. Rights and obligations:

1) submit proposals on anti-corruption issues within the scope of their competence in accordance with the established procedure;

2) request and receive from government agencies, organizations, officials the necessary information and materials, including from digital resources, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

3) to carry out counterintelligence, general and special operational search activities;

4) to analyze the practice of operational investigative and investigative activities, pre-trial investigation of corruption crimes,

as well as counterintelligence activities;

5) according to the criminal cases in progress, to bring persons who evade appearing on a call.;

6) to seize or seize documents, goods, objects or other property in accordance with the criminal procedure legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan and (or) the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on administrative offenses;

7) use temporary detention facilities, pre-trial detention facilities in accordance with the procedure provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

8) submit submissions to state bodies, organizations or persons performing managerial functions in them to establish the circumstances that contributed to the commission of a criminal offense and other violations of the law, in accordance with the procedure established by the criminal procedure legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.;

9) require the conduct of audits, tax and other audits, audits and assessments by authorized bodies, officials and subjects of the quasi-public sector in cases provided for by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

10) in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, use digital systems that ensure the solution of the tasks assigned to it, organize an investigation during the pre-trial investigation, proceedings on cases of administrative offenses in accordance with the procedure established by law;

11) improve the forms and methods of combating corruption offenses, determine the organization and tactics of counterintelligence and operational investigative activities, develop and implement measures to improve its effectiveness;

12) escort detainees and persons in custody;

13) develop and adopt legal acts within its competence;

14) implement and develop digital systems and digital tools for detecting corruption offenses;

15) appeal to the court;

16) exercise other rights stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

17) in cases of detection of violations of the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on combating corruption, take measures within its competence in accordance with the procedure established by law to eliminate them.;

18) comply with the law when receiving, registering, recording and reviewing applications, messages, complaints and other information about violations;

19) accept and consider appeals from individuals and legal entities in the manner and within the time limits provided for by the Administrative Procedural Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

20) within the competence of the Service to ensure the detection, suppression, disclosure and investigation of crimes through the implementation of counterintelligence and operational search activities, secret investigative actions, recording their results for use in criminal proceedings;

21) to carry out a pre-trial investigation in accordance with the procedure provided for by the criminal procedure legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

22) to receive, register and consider statements and reports about crimes committed or being prepared, to take timely measures to prevent them, disclose, detain those who committed them, and prevent socially dangerous acts.;

23) take into account and monitor the safety of weapons, ammunition, and special equipment in service with the Service;

24) to take into account and store criminal cases in which the terms of the pre-trial investigation have been interrupted, material evidence in criminal cases, as well as cases of operational accounting and secret investigative actions;

25) consider acts of prosecutorial response and judicial acts;

26) to carry out proceedings on cases of administrative offences, as well as to take measures to ensure proceedings on an administrative offence in accordance with the procedure established by the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offences;

27) carry out measures to locate and detain wanted persons;

28) organize, within the limits of the established competence of the Service, the extradition of wanted persons;

29) interact in accordance with the established procedure with subdivisions, departments, territorial and other national security bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as with state bodies and organizations;

30) to ensure the readiness of communication lines and communications, as well as to carry out their maintenance and repair;

31) use documents, other methods and means that encrypt the departmental affiliation of employees and divisions of the Service, facilities and premises, vehicles and persons providing confidential assistance;

32) have other separate structural units outside its location that perform part of the functions of the Service and are not subject to registration with an authorized body.;

33) perform other duties stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The footnote. Paragraph 14 as amended by the Decree of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/02/2026 No. 1258 (effective from 07/12/2026).

15. Function:

1) participation in the development and implementation of documents of the state planning system of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of anti-corruption;

2) conducting a pre-trial investigation;

3) organization and implementation of operational-investigative and counterintelligence activities;

4) the use of special and other technical means during covert investigative actions, general and special operational search activities not related to the use of a communications network, as well as counterintelligence activities not related to the use of a communications network;

5) protection and mercy of persons who have reported the fact of a corruption offense or otherwise provided (assisted) in combating corruption, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

6) establishing the location and detention of wanted persons who have fled from the investigation, inquiry or court;

7) monitoring the sale of property confiscated in criminal cases of corruption crimes and acquired with criminally obtained funds;

8) formation of departmental statistics;

9) conducting proceedings on cases of administrative offenses in accordance with the procedure established by the Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Administrative Offenses;

10) receiving, registering, and reviewing applications, communications, and other information about criminal offenses;

11) development of proposals for improving regulatory legal acts in the field of anti-corruption;

12) interaction within its competence with other government agencies, organizations and relevant authorities of foreign states on the issues of detection, suppression, disclosure and investigation of corruption offenses On the basis of international treaties of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

13) participation in the preparation of drafts of international treaties on the detection, suppression, disclosure and investigation of corruption offenses and their coordination;

14) satisfaction of petitions and requests received from state bodies, as well as competent authorities of foreign states within the competence of the Service;

15) studying international best practices in combating corruption and implementing effective models at the national level;

16) ensuring the protection of state secrets and official information of limited distribution, as well as countering technical intelligence within the competence of the Service;

17) accounting and control over the safety of weapons, ammunition, and special protective equipment in service with the Service;

18) participation in the development and implementation of personnel policy;

19) prevention and prevention of offenses among Service personnel;

20) carrying out, in accordance with the established procedure, planning, monitoring and coordinating activities in the field of combating corruption within the competence of the Service, and reporting on its results;

21) financial and logistical support for operational-investigative and counterintelligence activities within the budget allocated to the Service for these purposes;

22) advising individuals and legal entities on anti-corruption issues;

23) organization and maintenance of combat duty;

24) organization and maintenance of documentation support in the Service;

25) provision of security, access and intra-facility modes, organization and performance of combat service at service facilities;

26) conducting theoretical and practical exercises with personnel at Service facilities according to security and defense plans;

27) provision and equipping of Service facilities with means of inspection, engineering and technical fortification, protection and security systems;

28) organization and conduct of commission surveys of Service facilities for compliance with the engineering and technical fortification of facilities to the established requirements;

29) participation in the implementation of the cybersecurity policy, ensuring and improving the technical and information activities of the Service;

30) operation of digital systems that provide solutions to the tasks assigned to the Service, as well as participation in their development, creation, modernization and acquisition;

31) ensuring the functioning of departmental communication networks and preparing proposals for their development;

32) implementation of encryption work;

33) other functions assigned by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as acts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The footnote. Paragraph 15 as amended by the Decree of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05/02/2026 No. 1258 (effective from 07/12/2026).

Chapter 3. The status and powers of the head of the Service in organizing its activities

16. The management of the service is carried out by the Director of the service, who is personally responsible for the performance of the tasks assigned to the service and the exercise of its powers.

17. The Director of the Service is appointed and dismissed in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

18. The Director of the Service has deputies who are appointed and relieved of their duties in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

19. Powers of the Director of the Service:

1) organizes the work of the Service;

2) issues orders (orders) in accordance with the established procedure and gives instructions that are mandatory for employees and employees of the Service.;

3) approves legal acts, with the exception of acts affecting human and civil rights and freedoms;

4) represents the Service in relations with the state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as special and law enforcement services of foreign states and international organizations;

5) delegates powers to his deputies and officials of the Service;

6) appoints and dismisses employees and employees of the Service within their competence;

7) spares and punishes in a disciplinary manner employees and employees of the Service;

8) provides financial assistance to employees and employees of the Service in accordance with the procedure established by law.;

9) assigns special ranks to the staff of the Service within its competence;

10) makes proposals to the Chairman of the National Security Committee on the creation, liquidation, redeployment and transformation of Service units, as well as on its structure and staff;

11) within the limits of the powers determined by the Chairman of the National Security Committee, resolves issues related to the service, as well as the labor relations of Service employees;

12) submits proposals to the Chairman of the National Security Committee on candidates for the assignment of special ranks "lieutenant" and "colonel" in accordance with the established procedure, awarding departmental awards to employees and employees of the Service;

13) approves the regulations on the structural divisions of the Service;

14) exercise other powers in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The performance of the powers of the Director of the Service during his absence is carried out by the person replacing him, in accordance with the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

20. The Director of the Service determines the powers of his deputies in accordance with the current legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Chapter 4. Service

21. The Service may have separate property on the right of operational management in cases stipulated by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The property of the Service is formed at the expense of property transferred to it by the owner, as well as property (including monetary income) acquired as a result of its own activities, and other sources not prohibited by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

22. The property assigned to the Service belongs to republican ownership.

23. The Service does not have the right to independently alienate or otherwise dispose of the property assigned to it and property acquired at the expense of funds allocated to it under the financing plan, unless otherwise established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Chapter 5. Reorganization And abolition of The Service

24. The reorganization and abolition of the Service are carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

APPENDIX 1 to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 14, 2025 No. 944

List of reorganized republican state institutions

1. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for the Abai region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Abai region".

2. The Republican state institution "Department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Corruption (Anti–Corruption Service) for the Akmola region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Akmola region".

3. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for Aktobe region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Aktobe region".

4. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for the Almaty region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Almaty region".

5. The Republican state institution "Department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Corruption (Anti–Corruption Service) in Atyrau region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Atyrau region".

6. The Republican State Institution "Department of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti–Corruption Service) for the West Kazakhstan region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the West Kazakhstan region".

7. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for the Zhambyl region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Zhambyl region".

8. The Republican state institution "Department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Corruption (Anti–Corruption Service) in the field of zhetisu" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of zhetisu".

9. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for the Karaganda region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Karaganda region".

10. The Republican state institution "Department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Corruption (Anti–Corruption Service) in Kostanay region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Kostanay region".

11. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for the Kyzylorda region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Kyzylorda region and the city of Baikonur".

12. The Republican state institution "Department of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Corruption (Anti–Corruption Service) for the Mangystau region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Mangystau region".

13. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for Pavlodar region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Pavlodar region".

14. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti–Corruption Service) for the North Kazakhstan region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the North Kazakhstan region".

15. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for the Turkestan region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Turkestan region".

16. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for the Ulytau region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the Ulytau region".

17. The Republican State institution "Department of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti–Corruption Service) for the East Kazakhstan region" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the East Kazakhstan region".

18. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for the city of Astana" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the city of Astana".

19. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for the city of Almaty" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the city of Almaty".

20. The Republican state institution "Department of the Anti–Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Anti-Corruption Service) for the city of Shymkent" - by joining the republican state institution "Department of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan for the city of Shymkent".

APPENDIX 2 to the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 14, 2025 No. 944

List of expired certain decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1. Paragraph twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth subitems 2) of paragraph 1 of Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 13, 2020 No. 447 "On Amendments and Additions to Decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 29, 2015 No. 152 "On certain issues of public service" and dated July 22, 2019 No. 74 "On certain issues of Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Civil Service Affairs and the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Corruption (Anti-Corruption Service)".

2. Paragraph 3 of Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated June 26, 2021 No. 605 "on amendments to certain decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan".

3. Paragraph 2 of Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 28, 2022 No. 970 "on certain issues of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Corruption (Anti-Corruption Service)".

4. Sub-paragraphs 1), 3) and 4) of paragraph 2 of Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated November 17, 2022 No. 1074 "on certain issues of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs and the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Corruption (Anti-Corruption Service)".

5. Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 3, 2023 No. 166 "on amendments and additions to Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 22, 2019 No. 74 "on certain issues of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs and the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Combating Corruption (Anti-Corruption Service)".

6. Paragraph 2 of the amendments and additions to certain decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated July 17, 2023 No. 286 "on amendments and additions to certain decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan".

7. Paragraphs four, five, six, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth of paragraph 3 of amendments and additions to certain decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, approved by Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated April 23, 2025 No. 853 "on amendments and additions to some decrees of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan".

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