Article 165. High Treason

High treason, that is a deliberate act committed by a citizen of the Republic of Kazakhstan for a purpose of disruption or weakening the external safety and sovereignty of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which was expressed in the taking of the enemy side during a war or a military conflict, as well as in espionage, divulgation of state secrets, or other rendering of assistance to a foreign state, foreign organisations, or their representatives in the conducting hostile activity against the Republic of Kazakhstan, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to fifteen years with forfeiture of property or without it, and, during a war or in a military situation under aggravating circumstances, by imprisonment for a period up to twenty years, or by capital punishment with forfeiture of property, or without it, or by life-time imprisonment with forfeiture of property, or without it.

Note. A person having committed crimes stipulated by this Article, as well as by Articles 166 and 168 of the present Code, shall be exempt from criminal liability, if he, by voluntary and timely communication to the state bodies, or by another method contributed to the prevention of the emergence of damage to the interests of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and if his acts do not contain elements of another crime.

Article 166. Espionage

Transfer of information, as well as its collection, theft, or storage for the purpose of transfer to a foreign state, foreign organisation, or their representatives, which constitutes, state secrets, as well as transfer or collection of other information, upon an assignment from a foreign intelligence service, for its use to the detriment of the external safety of sovereignty of the Republic of Kazakhstan, if theses acts are committed by a foreign citizen or a stateless person, - shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to fifteen years with forfeiture of property, or without it.

Article 167. Attempt Upon the Life of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

An attempt upon the life of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, committed for the purposes of termination of his state activity or out of revenge for such activity, - shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from fifteen to twenty years, or by capital punishment or life-time deprivation of freedom.

Article 168. Forcible Seizure of Power or Forcible Retention of Power

Actions aimed at forcible seizure of power or forcible retention of power in violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as actions aimed at the forcible changing of the constitutional order of the Republic of Kazakhstan, shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to fifteen years.

Article 168. A Forcible Seizure of Power or Forcible Keeping of Power or Performance by Representatives of a Foreign State or a Foreign Organisation of Powers Being in the Competence of Authorised Bodies and Officials of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1. Actions directed to a forcible seizure of power or forcible keeping of power in violation of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as directed to a forcible change of the constitutional order of the Republic of Kazakhstan, - shall be punished by deprivation of liberty for a period from ten to fifteen years.

2. The performance by representatives of a foreign state or a foreign organisation of powers being in the competence of authorised bodies and officials of the Republic of Kazakhstan, - shall be punished by a penalty in an amount from one to five thousand monthly assessment indices or in the amount of wages or another income of the convict for a period from ten months to one year or by deprivation of liberty for the period of up to seven years.

Date: 2014-12-21; view: 1208