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Law No. 187-VII “On amendments and addenda to the Civil Code on issues of strengthening administrative responsibility for environmental offenses and manifestations of vandalism.

Country/Territory
Kazakhstan
Document type
Legislation
Date
2023
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Environment gen., Forestry, General
Keyword
Access-to-justice Offences/penalties Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Protected area Liability/compensation Institution
Geographical area
Aral Sea, Asia, Caspian Sea, 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 after sixty calendar days after the day of its first official publication, except for the third paragraph of subparagraph 24) of Article 1, which becomes effective from 1 January 2023.
Abstract

Article 380-1 with the following wording shall be added to Civil Code: "Article 380-1. Violation of the protection regime of protected natural areas 1. Violation of the protection regime of protection of protected natural areas, if this action does not contain signs of a criminally punishable act, entails a fine on individuals in the amount of ten, on officials, small businesses or non-profit organizations - in the amount of twenty, on medium-sized businesses - in the amount of thirty, on large businesses - in the amount of fifty monthly calculation indices. 2. The action envisaged by part one of this article, committed repeatedly within a year after the imposition of an administrative penalty, entails a fine on individuals in the amount of twenty, on officials, small businesses or non-profit organizations - in the amount of thirty, on medium-sized businesses - in the amount of forty, on large businesses - in the amount of one hundred monthly calculation indices."; Article 709 shall be amended to add the following wording: “Article 709. Authorized bodies in the field of forestry, protection, reproduction and use of wildlife, protection, restoration and use of flora and protected natural areas shall be authorized to examine cases of administrative offenses and impose administrative penalties on behalf of the authorized bodies in the field of forestry, protection, reproduction and use of wildlife, protection, protection, restoration and use of flora and protected natural areas.”.

Full text
Russian
Website
adilet.zan.kz

References - Legislation

Amends

Civil Code.

Legislation | Kazakhstan | 1994 (2014)

Keyword: Contract/agreement, Business/industry/corporations, Access-to-justice, Cooperative/producer organization, Intellectual property rights/patents, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Liability/compensation, Procedural matters, Agricultural land, Cadastre/land registration, Common property, Concession, Credit, Inheritance, Land tenure, Lease, Ownership, Prescription/adverse possession, Private land, Property rights, Public land, Right of use, Servitude, Use restrictions, Cattle, Collecting/harvesting, Wild fauna, Wildlife products

Source: FAO, FAOLEX