Comment to article 161. Consequences of invalidity of a part of the transaction The Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
If it is possible to single out any illegal part of the transaction, without which the transaction will retain its significance for the parties, it is permissible to limit the invalidation of only part of the transaction so that it remains valid in the main part. The parties, for example, agreed on the purchase and sale of an apartment building, and the seller assumed the obligation to redevelop the kitchen and hallway before handing over the house to the buyer. When reviewing the redevelopment project, it was found that it violates mandatory building regulations. Only the redevelopment clause can be invalidated, but otherwise the transaction can be executed without hindrance.
But such a recognition of the invalidity of only part of the transaction is permissible only under two conditions. First of all, it should not be the part without which the transaction is impossible at all. Therefore, if invalidity has affected the constitutive (fundamental) part of the transaction, it cannot exist in the other parts either. Secondly, the transaction as a whole may remain valid if any part of it is invalid, if the parties agree to be executed without this invalid part. Otherwise, at the request of each of the parties, the entire transaction must be considered invalid.
Конституция Заң Кодекс Норматив Жарлық Бұйрық Шешім Қаулы Адвокат Алматы Заңгер Қорғаушы Заң қызметі Құқық қорғау Құқықтық қөмек Заңгерлік кеңсе Азаматтық істері Қылмыстық істері Әкімшілік істері Арбитраж даулары Заңгерлік кеңес Заңгер Адвокаттық кеңсе Қазақстан Қорғаушы Заң компаниясы
The commentary was prepared within the framework of the scientific and practical research program of the Scientific Research Center of Private Law of the Kazakh State Law University.
Head of the working group on the preparation of the draft Civil Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Professor Suleimenov M.K.
Deputy head Professor Basin Yu.G.
