Article 2. Objectives of the Criminal Code

LAW No. 167 of 16 JULY 1997

OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

THE CRIMINAL CODE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

Latest amendment:

 

17) Law №10 of 9th December 2004 of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Concerning the Introduction of amendments and additions to the Criminal, Criminal Procedural? Criminal Executive codes of the Republic of Kazakhstan on issues of simplification of procedures for investigation of criminal cases, decriminalization of certain corpora delicti and improvement of the legislation concerning administrative violations.

 

Section I. Criminal Law

 

Article 1. Criminal Legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan

 

1. The criminal legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall consist exclusively of the present Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Other laws which stipulate criminal liability shall only be subject to application after their inclusion into the present Code.

 

2. The present Code is based on the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and generally accepted principles and norms of international law.

 

Article 2. Objectives of the Criminal Code

 

1. Objectives of the Criminal Code shall be as follows: the protection of the rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of individuals and of citizens, as well as of property, rights, and legitimate interests of organizations, public order and safety, the environment, constitutional order, and territorial integrity of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the interests of society and the state protected by law from criminal infringements, the protection of the peace and safety of mankind, as well as the prevention of crimes.

 

2. For the implementation of these objectives, the present Code establishes the bases for criminal liability, and defines what acts, which are dangerous for a person, society, or the state, shall be recognised as crimes, and establishes punishments and other measures of criminal-legal retribution for their commission.