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Presidential Decree No. 74 validating the Regulation on the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on counteraction to corruption (anticorruption service).

Country/Territory
Kazakhstan
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
General
Keyword
Institution Policy/planning Governance Access-to-justice Risk assessment/management Business/industry/corporations Offences/penalties Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Enforcement/compliance Data collection/reporting Access-to-information International relations/cooperation Monitoring Education
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 Presidential Decree enters into force on the date of signature.
Abstract

Regulation on the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on counteraction to corruption (anticorruption service) is a state anti-corruption body directly subordinate and accountable to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, carrying out formation and implementation of the anti-corruption policy of the Republic of Kazakhstan and coordination in the field of combating corruption, as well as identification, suppression, disclosure and investigation of corruption offenses. The Agency is a legal entity in the organizational and legal form of a state institution, has seals and stamps with its name in the state language, standard forms, as well as in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, accounts in the treasury bodies. The Agency is prohibited from entering into contractual relations with business entities for the performance of duties, which are the functions of the Agency. The Agency shall perform the following tasks: (a) formation and implementation of state policy in the field of anti-corruption; (b) identification of conditions and reasons conducive to the commission of corruption offenses, and elimination of their consequences; (с) organization of a set of measures aimed at the formation of anti-corruption culture in society; (d) coordination of the activities of state bodies, organizations and actors of the quasi-public sector in the prevention of corruption; (e) development of international cooperation to counter corruption; and (f) identification, suppression, disclosure and investigation of corruption offenses. Official functions of the Agency shall include: (a) development and implementation of strategic and program documents in anti-corruption sphere; (b) development and adoption of regulatory legal acts in the field anti-corruption in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan; (c) implementation of external analysis of corruption risks; (d) monitoring the implementation by state bodies, organizations and by actors of the quasi-public sector recommendations made on the results of an external analysis of corruption risks; (e) submission to the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for consideration of recommendations for eliminating the causes and conditions of corruption; (f) determination of the standard procedure for conducting internal analysis of corruption risks; (g) conducting anti-corruption monitoring; (h) organization of anti-corruption education; (h) interaction with civil society institutions on issues of anti-corruption; (i) annual formation of the National Report on Counteraction corruption in the Republic of Kazakhstan and its introduction in the manner prescribed by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan; and (j) reception, registration and consideration of applications, messages and other information about criminal offenses.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.gov.kz