THE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW No. 2529 OF 16th OCTOBER 1995 OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

CONCERNING THE PARLIAMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN AND THE STATUS OF ITS DEPUTIES

AMENDMENTS AND ADDITIONS INTRODUCED BY:
       1)  Constitutional Law No. 91 of 11th April 1997 of the Republic of Kazakhstan.  Concerning the Introduction of Additions to Edicts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Having the Force of Constitutional Laws «Concerning the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Status of Its Deputies» and «Concerning The Courts and the Status of Judges in the Republic of Kazakhstan» Concerning Issues of Regulation of Privileges to Certain Categories of Citizens. (Article 30); 
2)  Constitutional Law No. 348 of 12th March 1999 of the Republic of Kazakhstan.  Concerning Amendments to the Edicts of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Having the Force of Constitutional Laws «Concerning the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Status of Its Deputies» and «Concerning The Courts and the Status of Judges in the Republic of Kazakhstan» Concerning Issues of Regulation of Privileges to Certain Categories of Citizens. (Article 30); 
3)  Constitutional Law No. 377 of 6th May 1999 of the Republic of Kazakhstan.  Concerning the Introduction of Additions and Amendments to the Edict of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Having the Force of a Constitutional Law, «Concerning the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Status of Its Deputies».  (Heading, Preamble, Articles:  2, 3, 4, 10, 13, 24, 25, 26, 30, 33, 39, 40); 
4)  Law No. 200 of 11th December 2006 of the Republic of Kazakhstan.  Concerning the Introduction of Amendments to Certain Constitutional Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan On Issues of Bringing Them Into Conformity with the Provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Articles:  11, 13); 
5)  Constitutional Law No. 266 of 19th June 2007 of the Republic of Kazakhstan.  
Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan «Concerning the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Status of Its Deputies».  (Articles: 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11-1 introduced, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20 replaced, Chapter IV replaced, 24 replaced, 25, 30, 31, 33, 34 replaced, 36 replaced, 39 replaced).  Effective date, see also Law No. 254 of 21st May 2007; 
        6)  Law No. 133 of 3rd October 2013 of the Republic of Kazakhstan Concerning the Introduction of Amendments and Additions to Certain Constitutional Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of the Counting of Constitutional Terms. (Articles: 6, 18, 19, 20 and 36). Effective date n/a; and
       7) Law No. 232 of 4th July 2014 of the Republic of Kazakhstan  Concerning the Introduction of Amendments to Certain Constitutional Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Issues of the Improvement of Criminal Procedural Legislation. (Articles:  27, 32). Effective January 1, 2015.

This Constitutional Law in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall determine organization and activity of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the legal status of its deputies.

The Parliament shall be the Supreme Representative Body of the Republic of Kazakhstan which exercises the legislative functions.

	1.  The term of authority of Senat deputies shall be six years, the term of authority of Mazhilis deputies - five years.  Plenary powers of the Parliament of recurrent call shall be started from the moment of opening the first session and shall be terminated with the beginning of work of the first session of the Perliament of the next call. Furthermore the order of priority of call of the Parliament shall be determined by the order of priority of the Call of Mazhilis.  

The terms of authority of the Parliament shall be determined by the terms of authority of the deputies of Mazhilis of the recurrent call.

2.  The powers of the Parliament and the Majilis of the Parliament may be terminated preliminarily in accordance with the procedure provided for in the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan .

Organisation and activities of the Parliament, the legal status of its deputies shall be determined by the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan,  this Constitutional Law and other legislative acts of the Republic.

1.  The Parliament shall consist of two Chambers:  the Senate and the Majilis which operate on a permanent basis.

2.  The Senate shall be formed by deputies representing in the procedure as established by the constitutional law, by two persons from each oblast, city of the Republic’s significance and the capital city of the Republic of Kazakhstan.  A half of the elected deputies of the Parliament shall be re-elected every three years.

3.  The President of the Republic shall appoint fifteen deputies of the Senate subject to the need to provide for representation in the Senate of national-cultural and other significant interests of society.

4.  The Majilis shall consist of one hundred and seven deputies elected in the procedure as established by a constitutional law.

Ninety eight deputies of the Majilis shall be elected from political parties according to party lists under a unified national electoral district on the basis of universal, equal, and direct right of suffrage in ballot voting.  The Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan shall elect nine deputies of the Majilis.

5.  A Deputy of the Parliament may not be at the same time a member of both Chambers.

6.  The procedure for electing deputies of Senate and Majilis shall be established by a Constitutional law.

The authority of the Parliament in joint and separate sessions, meeting of the Senate and the Majilis, the exclusive authority of the Chambers shall be established by the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan and it shall be exercised at session of the Parliament, in the activities of the Chambers of the Parliament, its bodies and its deputies.

1.  Sessions of the Parliament shall be in form of joint and separate meetings of its Chambers.

2.  The first session of the Parliament shall be convened by the President of the Republic not later than 30 days after the day of publishing the results of the election.

3.  At the 1st session of the Parliament, prior to election of the Chairman of the Senate and Chairman of the Majilis at the sessions of the Senate and the Majilis appropriately, the President of the Republic and the President of the Central Election Commission shall preside.

4.  Ordinary sessions of the Parliament shall take place once a year beginning from the first working day of September and ending last day of June.

Working days shall be understood as days, which are not rest days or holidays (national and state holidays). 

5.  A session of the Parliament shall be opened and closed at joint meetings of the Senate and the Majilis.  The session of the Parliament, as a rule, shall be opened by the President of the Republic and in his absence - by the Chairman of the Majilis.

6.  During the period between sessions of the Parliament, the President of the Republic on his own initiative in pursuance of the proposals of the Chairmen of the Chambers and of not less than one third of the total number of deputies of the Parliament may convene an extraordinary session of the Parliament.

At such session only the issues which served as the basis for its convention may be considered.

Joint and separate meetings of the Chambers shall be valid when there are not less than two-thirds of the total number of deputies of each of the Chambers.

1.  Joint and separate meetings of the Chambers shall be public.  In the cases stipulated by regulations there may be held closed sessions.

2.  The President, the Prime Minister and the members of the Government, the Chairman of the National Bank, the General Prosecution officer, the Chairman of the Committee for National Security of the Republic and also the State Secretary and the Head of the Administration of the President of the Republic shall have the right to be present at any both open and closed sessions and they shall have the right to be heard.

3.  The official persons, the state bodies and bodies of local self-government the necessity of presence whereof at the sessions is adopted as decision of the Parliament or of its Chambers, shall be obliged to arrive before the Parliament and to provide required explanations on the issues which are within their authority.  The Parliament and its Chambers shall not have the right to adopt such a decision with respect to the President of the Republic.

1.  Chambers shall be headed by the Chairmen to be elected by the Senate and the Majilis amongst their deputies who have free command of the state language, by secret ballot by the majority of votes of the total number of deputies of the Chamber.

2.  A candidate to the position of the Chairman of the Senate shall be nominated by the President of the Republic.  Nomination of a new candidate instead of one rejected by the Senate shall be carried out by the President of the Republic.

3.  Deputies of the Chambers shall nominate candidates to the position of the Chairman of the Majilis.

4.  Chairmen of the Chambers may be revoked from office and also they shall have the right to resign if the majority of the total number of the deputies of the Chamber voted "pro".

5.  The Chairmen of the Chambers of the Parliament shall:

1)  convene meetings of the Chambers and preside at them;

2)  exercise general management of preparation of issues proposed for consideration of the Chamber;

3)  ensure compliance with procedural regulations concerning activities of the Chambers;

4)  manage activities of co-ordination bodies of the Chambers;

5)  sign acts issued by the Chambers;

6)  submit to the Chambers the candidates for appointment to the position of two members of the Constitutional Council, two members of the Central Election Commission, three members of the Controlling Committee for supervision over the implementation of the Republic’s bugdget;