Law of the Kazakh Socialist Republic Concerning the Protection of Consumer Rights dated June 5, 1991, № 640-XII

Law of the Kazakh Socialist Republic Concerning the Protection of
Consumer Rights dated June 5, № 640-XII

See Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR Concerning the Procedure For the Implementation of this Law dated June 5, 1991 № 641-XII

This document has been amended by 26.06.1992 No 1435-XII Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan. We have added the amendment(s) in the Russian version of the document but they are not available in English

This law shall enforce the legal, economic and social foundations and also the guarantees of protecting the rights of consumers.

The bodies of the State Power and Administration shall be obliged to carry out the efficient measures in relation to protecting of personal rights of consumers in respect of providing them with quality goods, work and services.

Section 1. General Provisions

Article 1. The Objectives and the Main Purposes of the Law of the Kazakh SSR Concerning the Protection of the Rights of Consumers

The law of the Kazakh SSR "Concerning the protection of the rights of consumers" shall have the purpose of regulating relations between the consumer and the seller or producer of work and services, the establishments of their rights and obligations, resolution of the issues associated with the protection of the rights of consumers and it shall be aimed at the achievement of the following objectives:

1. The recognition of the priority of the legal interests of citizens before the interests of manufactures and sellers.

2. The exercise by the consumers of the rights to information, quality of products, exchange of goods of adequate quality, and also of the rights of the consumers in the cases of selling to them the goods of inadequate quality.

3. The protection of the consumer from the risks to his life and health.

4. The expansion of the international and interrepublic collaboration in the area of protecting of the interests of the consumers.

5. The assistance to creating and functioning of independent groups (consumer societies).

Article 2. The Main Concepts

The following concepts shall be used in this law:

1. The consumer shall be understood to mean a citizen who purchases a commodity and uses the work or services for the purposes of personal consumption or for the use in the private business.

2. The seller shall be understood to mean an enterprise, organisation, institution or a citizen who sells goods in accordance with a purchase and sale agreement.

3. The manufacturer shall be understood to mean an enterprise, organisation, institution or a citizen who manufactures goods for selling.

4. A contractor shall be understood to mean an enterprise, organisation, institution or a citizen who carry out work or render services.

5. An agreement shall be understood to mean an oral or written agreement between the consumer and seller (contractor), concerning the quality, deadlines, price and any other conditions on which the purchase, selling, work or services are carried out.