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Law No. 153 “On combating corruption.”

Country/Territory
Kyrgyzstan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2012 (2017)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
General
Keyword
Framework law Governance Access-to-justice Human rights Risk assessment/management Offences/penalties Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Enforcement/compliance Local government Non-governmental entity Public participation Business/industry/corporations International relations/cooperation
Geographical area
Asia, Central Asia, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Europe and Central Asia, Landlocked Developing Nations, North Asia
Entry into force notes
This Law enters into force on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Law establishes the basic principles of countering corruption, legal and organizational grounds for the prevention of corruption and combating thereof, minimizations, liquidation of consequences of corruption offences, and also is aimed at ensuring national security of Kyrgyz Republic, protection of right and freedom of citizens and public interests from corruptions risks. Corruption shall be intended deliberate actions, consisting of creation of illegal stable network of one or more officials, vested with power, with separate persons or groups for the purpose of illegal procurement of material, or any other benefits or privileges, and also concession of the aforesaid benefits thereby to natural and legal persons, presenting risks to the interests of society of the state. Combating corruption shall be intended the activities of public authorities, local government bodies, civil society institutions, organizations and individuals within the scope of their powers: (a) prevention of corruption, including the identification and elimination of the causes of corruption (prevention of corruption); (b) detection, suppression, uncovering and investigation of corruption (anti-corruption); (c) minimizing, eliminating the consequences of corruption offences; and (d) assistance in detecting, preventing, suppressing and investigating of corruption offences. Combating corruption in the Kyrgyz Republic is based on the following basic principles: (a) ensuring and protecting the fundamental rights and freedoms of citizens; (b) legality; (c) publicity and openness of activities of state bodies and government bodies; (d) inadmissibility of any discrimination, infringement of rights and freedoms on the basis of origin, gender, race, nationality, language, political and religious beliefs or under any other conditions and circumstances of a personal or public nature; (d) ensuring the protection of the honor, dignity and business reputation of an individual and citizen; (e) ensuring legal regulation of the activities of the system of public authorities, the legality and publicity of their activities, state and public control; (f) improvement of the structure of the state apparatus, local government, staff quality improvement and the procedure for solving questions ensuring protection of rights and freedoms, legitimate interests of state and municipal employees; (g) inadmissibility of delegating powers of state regulation and control over entrepreneurial activity to natural and legal entities not authorized to carry out such activities; (h) inevitability of liability for corruption offences; (i) ensuring security of citizens assisting in combating corruption-related offenses; and (j) mutual cooperation of the Kyrgyz Republic with foreign states, international organizations, civil society institutions, individuals and international organizations. The subjects of corruption offenses include: (a) state and municipal officials, including persons holding political, special and top administrative positions of state and municipal administration, as well as the Chairperson of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic and his deputies, members of the of the Board of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, employees of the of the National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, who have committed corruption offenses; and (b) managers of institutions, organizations and enterprises financed from the state and local budgets or in which the state has a stake (stocks), who have committed corruption offences, natural and legal persons, including their officials and employees, who unlawfully grant material and other benefits and advantages to civil servants and municipal employees, as well as members of tender commissions, members of the Council for the selection of judges.

Full text
Russian
Website
cbd.minjust.gov.kg