Article 232. Dishonest Attitude Towards Obligations
Non-execution or improper execution by a person, who exercises managerial functions in a commercial or other organisation, of his duties as a result of a dishonest or negligent attitude towards his service, if this entailed the death of a person or other serious consequences, -
shall be punished by restriction of freedom for a period up to five years, or by imprisonment for a period for the same period 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.
Chapter 9. Crimes Against Public Safety and Public Order
Article 233. Terrorism
1. The commission of an explosion, arson, or other actions which create a danger of people's death, causation of considerable material damage, or the emergence of other consequences dangerous for the public, if these actions are committed for the purposes of disruption of public safety, intimidating the population, or exercising coercion upon the adoption of decisions by state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan, by foreign states or international organisation, as well as a threat of commission of such actions for the same purposes, -
shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from four to ten years.
2. The same acts committed:
a) repeatedly;
b) with the use of fire arms, -
shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from seven to twelve years.
3. The acts stipulated by the first or second part of this Article, if they:
a) are accompanied with the use of, or a threat to use weapons of mass destruction, radioactive materials and the commission of, or a threat of commission of mass poisoning, spread of epidemics or epizootics, and equally other actions which may entail mass destruction of people;
b) entailed by negligence the death of a person or other serious consequences, -
shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from ten to fifteen years.
4. An attempt upon the life of an individual committed for the purposes of violation of public security, intimidation of the population or coercion with the adoption of decisions by state authorities of the Republic of Kazakhstan, foreign state or international organisation, and also an attempt upon the life of a state or public activist, committed for the same purposes, as well as for the purposes of the termination of his state or other political activity or out of revenge for such activity, -
shall be published by deprivation of freedom for a period from fifteen to twenty years of by capital punishment, or life deprivation of freedom.
Note. A person who participated in the preparation of an act of terrorism, shall be exempt from criminal liability, if he, by a timely warning of the state bodies, or by other method, contributed to the prevention of the commission of an act of terrorism and unless actions of that person contain corpus delicti of another crime.
Article 233-1. Promotion of Terrorism or Public Appeals for Commission of An Act of Terrorism
1. Promotion of terrorism or public appeals for commission of an act of terrorism, and equally distribution of materials of said contents -
shall be published by deprivation of freedom for a period up to five years.
2. The same acts committed by a person with the use of his service position or by a head of a public association or with the use of mass media, -
shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from three to eight years.
Article 233-2. Formation, Leadership of a Terrorist Group and Participation in Its Activity
1. Formation of a group for the commission of crimes which pursue terrorist objectives (a terrorist group) and also leadership of it -
shall be published by deprivation of freedom for a period from eight to fifteen years with confiscation of property or without such.
2. Participation in activities of a terrorist group or in acts of terrorism committed by it -
shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from six to twelve years with confiscation of property or without such.
3. Acts specified in the first or second parts of this Article, committed by a person with the use of his service position or by the head of a public association, - shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from ten to fifteen years with confiscation of property or without such.