The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of March 10, 2017 № 51-VI «On introducing amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan»

The Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan of March 10, 2017 № 51-VI
«On introducing amendments and additions to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan»

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Article 1. The following amendments and supplements shall be introduced to the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan adopted at the republican referendum on August 30, 1995 (Gazette of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, 1996, No. 4, Article 217, 1998, No. 20, Article 245, 2007, No. 10, Article 68; 2011, No. 3, Article 29):

1. Article 2 shall be supplemented with paragraph 3-1 as follows:

«3-1 A special legal regime in the financial sphere may be established within the city of Astana in accordance with the constitutional law.».

2. Paragraph 3 of Article 4 shall be amended as follows:

«3. International treaties ratified by the Republic shall have priority over its laws. The procedure and conditions of the application in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan of international treaties to which Kazakhstan is a party are determined by the legislation of the Republic.».

3. Paragraph 2 of Article 10 shall be amended as follows:

«2. A citizen of the Republic may not be deprived of citizenship, the right to change his citizenship, and may not be exiled from the territory of Kazakhstan. The deprivation of citizenship is allowed only by a court decision on the ground of the commission of terrorist crimes, as well as for causing other grave harm to the vital interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan.».

4. In Article 39:

1) Paragraph 2 shall be supplemented with the words «and inter-confessional» after the word «interethnic»;

2) Paragraph 3 shall be amended as follows:

«3. No form of restrictions shall be allowed to the rights and freedoms of citizens on political grounds. In no circumstances shall there be any restriction of the rights and freedoms stipulated by Articles 11; 13-15, paragraph 1 of Article 16; Article 17; Article 19; Article 22; paragraph 2 of Article 26 of the Constitution.».

5. Paragraph 2 of Article 41 shall be amended as follows:

«2. A citizen of the Republic by birth who is not younger than forty, has a perfect command of the state language, has lived in Kazakhstan for not less than fifteen years and has higher education may be eligible for the office of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Constitutional Law may establish additional requirements for presidential candidates.».

6. In Article 44:

1) subparagraph 3) shall be amended as follows: