- •The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan of August, 30 1995
- •The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- •Section I general provisions Article 1
- •Article 2
- •Article 3
- •Article 4
- •Article 5
- •Article 6
- •Article 11
- •Article 12
- •Article 13
- •Article 14
- •Article 15
- •Article 16
- •Article 17
- •Article 18
- •Article 19
- •Article 20
- •Article 25
- •Article 26
- •Article 27
- •Article 28
- •Article 29
- •Article 30
- •Article 31
- •Article 32
- •Article 33
- •Section III the president Article 40
- •Article 41
- •Article 42
- •Article 43
- •Article 44
- •Article 45
- •Article 46
- •Article 47
- •Article 48
- •Parliament Article 49
- •Article 50
- •Article 51
- •Article 52
- •Article 53
- •Article 54
- •Article 55
- •Article 56
- •Article 57
- •Article 58
- •Article 59
- •Article 60
- •Article 61
- •Article 62
- •Article 63
- •Section V government Article 64
- •Article 65
- •Article 66
- •Article 67
- •Article 68
- •Article 69
- •Article 70
- •Section VI the constitutional council Article 71
- •Article 72
- •Article 73
- •Article 74
- •Section VII court and justice Article 75
- •Article 76
- •Article 77
- •Article 78
- •Article 79
- •Article 80
- •Article 81
- •Article 82
- •Article 83
- •Article 87
- •Article 88
- •Article 89
- •Section IX concluding and transitional provisions Article 90
- •Article 91
- •Article 92
- •Article 93
- •Article 94
- •Article 95
- •Article 96
- •Article 97
- •Article 98
Article 52
1. A deputy of Parliament shall not be bound by any imperative mandate.
2. The deputies of Parliament must take part in its work. The deputies shall only vote in person in Parliament. Absence of a deputy at sittings of the Chambers and their bodies without a good reason for more than three times as well as transferring the right to vote shall cause the imposition of penalties established by law.
3. A deputy of Parliament shall have no right to be a deputy of another representative body, hold other paid offices, except teaching, research and creative activities, engage in entrepreneurial activity, enter a managing body or a supervisory board of a commercial organization. Violation of this rule shall result in the termination of a deputy's powers.
4. A deputy of Parliament during the term of his office may not be arrested, subject to detention, measures of administrative punishment imposed by a court of law, arraigned on a criminal charge without the consent of a respective Chamber except for the cases of being apprehended on the scene of a crime or committing grave crimes.
5. The powers of the deputies of Parliament shall be terminated in cases of resignation, being recognized as incapable, dissolution of Parliament and in other cases stipulated by the Constitution. A deputy of Parliament shall be deprived of his mandate in cases being duly convicted in a court of law, establishing permanent residency beyond the boundaries of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
6. Preparation of questions concerning the imposition of penalties on the deputies, their observance of the requirements of paragraph 3 of this article, principles of the deputies' ethics, as well as termination of the deputies' powers and deprivation of their powers and deputy immunity, shall be delegated to the Central Election Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Article 53
Parliament at a joint session of the Chambers shall:
1) introduce amendments and make additions to the Constitution; adopt constitutional laws, introduce amendments and make additions to the Constitution at the proposal of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan;
2) approve the republican budget, the reports of the Government, and Estimation Committee about its implementation, and introduce changes into the budget;
3) conduct a second round of discussion and voting on the laws or articles of the law that caused objections of the President of the Republic within a month's term from the moment the objections were presented. Non-observance of this term denotes the acceptance of the President's objections. If Parliament by the majority of two-thirds of votes from the total number of deputies from each Chamber confirms the decision adopted earlier, the President shall sign the law within seven days. If the President's objections .are not overruled, the law shall be deemed not adopted or adopted in the version proposed by the President;
4) have the right to delegate legislative Powers for a term not exceeding one year to the President by two-thirds of the votes from the total number of deputies of each Chamber at the initiative of the President;
5) give consent to the appointment of the Prime Minister of the Republic and the Chairperson of the National Bank of the Republic by the President of the Republic;
6) hear the report of the Prime Minister on the Government's program and approve or reject the program. A second rejection of the program brought about by the majority of two-thirds of votes from the total number of deputies of each Chamber denotes a vote of no confidence in the Government. The absence of such a majority implies the approval of the Government's program;
7) express a vote of no confidence in the Government by the majority of two-thirds of votes from the total number of deputies of each Chamber at the initiative of no less than one-fifth of the total number of the Parliament's deputies and in cases established by this Constitution;
8) decide issues of war and peace;
9) adopt a decision concerning the use of the Armed Forces of the Republic to fulfill international obligations in support of peace and security at the proposal of the President of the Republic;
10) put forward an initiative calling for an all-nation referendum;
11) hear annual messages of the Constitutional Council of the Republic on the state of the constitutional legality in the Republic;
12) form joint commissions of the Chambers; elect and release from office their chairpersons; hear reports on the activity of the commissions;
13) exercise other powers assigned to Parliament by the Constitution.