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The Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan
(July 4, 2014 № 231-V, has been amended by the 2024)
Unofficial translation
Footnote. The table of contents is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 29.06.2021 No. 58-VII (shall be enforced ten calendar days after the day of its first official publication).
General part Section
1. General provisions
Chapter 1. The criminal procedure legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Article 1. The legislation, governing criminal proceedings
1. The procedure for criminal proceedings in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan is determined by the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, constitutional laws, Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan, based on the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the generally recognized principles and norms of international law. Provisions of other laws, governing criminal proceedings, shall be included in this Code.
2. International contractual and other obligations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as normative resolutions of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court of the Republic of Kazakhstan regulating the procedure of criminal proceedings, are an integral part of criminal procedural law.
3. If in the course of criminal proceedings it is necessary to address the issue that should be resolved in accordance with the civil or administrative law, it shall be resolved in civil or administrative proceedings.
Footnote. Article 1 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 05.11.2022 No. 157-VII (shall be enforced from 01.01.2023).
Article 2. Application of prevailing legal norms in criminal proceedings
1. The Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall have supreme legal force and direct effect throughout the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In case of conflict between the rules of this Code and the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall apply.
2. In case of conflict between the rules of this Code and the constitutional law of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the provisions of the constitutional law shall apply. In case of conflict between the rules of this Code and other laws, the provisions of this Code shall apply.
