Article 276. Cruel Treatment of Animals

1. Cruel treatment of animals which entailed their death or injury, if this act is committed for motives of hooliganism, or with the use of sadistic methods, or in the presence of small children, - shall be punished by a fine in an amount from one up to two hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from one to two months, or by correctional labour for a period up to one year, or by detention under arrest for a period up to six months.

2. The same act committed by a group of persons, or by a group of persons upon a preliminary collusion, or by an organised group, or committed repeatedly, - shall be punished by a fine in an amount from five hundred up to eight hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from five to eight months, or by correctional labour for a period up to two years, or restriction of freedom for a period up to two years, or arrest for a period from three to six months.

Chapter 11. Ecological Crimes

Article 277. Violation of Ecological Requirements for Economic and Other Activity

Violation of ecological requirements for the use of natural resources, engineering, deployment, construction, or reconstruction, input into operation, or operation of enterprises, installations, or other facilities, as well as in the operation of facilities of industry, energy sector, transport, or communication, facilities of agricultural designation and melioration, in the construction of cities or other populated areas, military and defence facilities, or in the military or space activity, by persons who are responsible for the compliance with them, if this entailed considerable pollution of the environment, the causation of damage to human health, mass perishing of flora or fauna, or other serious consequences, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period up to five years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to engage in certain types of activity for a period up to three years, or without it.

Article 278. Violation of Ecological Requirements in the Production and Use of Chemical, Radioactive, or Biological Substances Which Are Potentially Dangerous to Ecology

1. Violation of ecological requirements in the production, transportation, storage, burial, use, or other treatment of chemical, radioactive, or biological substances, which are potentially dangerous to ecology, if these acts created a threat of the causation of considerable damage to human health or to the environment, - shall be punished by a fine in an amount from two hundred up to five hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from two to five months, or by restriction of freedom for a period up to three years, or by imprisonment for a period up to two years.

2. The same act which entailed pollution, poisoning, or contamination of the environment, the causation of damage to human health, or mass perishing of flora or fauna, as well as such an act committed on the territory with an endangered ecological situation, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period up to five years.

3. Acts stipulated in the first or second part of this Article which entailed by negligence mass spreading of disease among people or the death of a person, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from three to eight years.

Article 279. Violation of Safety Rules in Treatment of Micro-Biological or Other Biological Agents or Toxins

1. Violation of ecological requirements in warehousing, destruction, or burial or micro-biological or other biological agents or toxins, or their illegal import into the Republic of Kazakhstan for processing, storage, or burial, if this entailed a threat of the causation of considerable damage to the health of a person or to the environment, - shall be punished by a fine in an amount from two hundred up to five hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from two to five months, or by restriction of freedom for a period up to three years, or by imprisonment for a period up to two years.

2. The same act which entailed pollution, poisoning, or contamination of the environment, the causation of damage to a person's health, or mass perishing of fauna or flora, as well as such an act committed on the territory with endangered ecological situation, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period up to five years.

3. Acts stipulated by the first or second parts of this Article, which entailed by negligence mass spreading of disease among people or a person's death, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from three to eight years.

Date: 2014-12-21; view: 812