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.