Article 336. Illegal Interference of Members of Public Associations in the Activity of State Bodies

1. Impeding legal activity of state bodies, or appropriation of functions of state bodies or their officials by members of public associations, as well as the creation in the state bodies of organisations of political parties, if these acts entailed considerable violation of the rights and legitimate interests of citizens or interests of the society or the state protected by law, -

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 correctional labour for a period up to one year, or by detention under arrest for a period up to four months.

2. The same acts which are committed by the head of a public association shall be punished by a fine in an amount from five hundred up to seven hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from five to seven months, or by correctional labour for a period up to two years, or by detention under arrest for a period up to six months, or by imprisonment for a period up to one year with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or to engage in certain types of activity of a period up to three years.

Article 337. Creation or Participation in the Activity of Illegal Public Associations

1. Creation or guidance of a religious or public association the activity of which is associated with violence against citizens or other causation of damage to their health, or with inducing citizens to refuse to perform their civil obligations or to commit other illegal actions, as well as the creation or guidance of a party on a religious basis or a political party or a trade union which are financed by foreign states, or foreign citizens or by foreign or international organisations, -

shall be punished by a fine in an amount from two hundred up to five hundred monthly calculation bases, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from two to five months, or by correctional labour for a period up to two years, or by detention under arrest for a period up to four months, or by imprisonment for a period up to three 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.

2. Creation of a public association which proclaims or carries out in practice racial, national, tribal, social, class, or religious intolerance or exclusiveness, or which calls for the subversion of the constitutional order, disruption of safety of the state, or infringements upon the territorial integrity of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as the guidance of such an association, -

shall be punished by correctional labour for a period up to two years, or by restriction of freedom for a period up to five years, or by detention under arrest for a period up to six months, or by imprisonment for a period up to three 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.

3. Active participation in the activity of public associations indicated in the first or second part of this Article, -

shall be punished by a fine in an amount from one hundred up to three 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 four months or imprisonment for a period up to one year.

Date: 2014-12-21; view: 869