In accordance with paragraphs 3) and 5) of Article 44 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Article 17-1 of the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan ‘On the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan’, in order to further improve the civil service system and combating corruption, I hereby RESOLVE:
1. To reorganize the Ministry of Civil Service Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan by its conversion to Kazakhstan’s Agency for Civil Service Affairs and Corruption Control as a public body, directly subordinated and accountable to the President of Kazakhstan.
To establish that Kazakhstan’s Agency for Civil Service Affairs and Corruption Control is an authorized state body in the sphere of public service, a system-based warning of corrupt practices and monitoring of the quality of public services.
2. To reorganize the National Bureau of Corruption Control of Kazakhstan’s Ministry for Civil Service Affairs to the National Bureau of Corruption Control of Kazakhstan’s Agency for Civil Service Affairs and Corruption Control.
To establish that the National Bureau of Corruption Control Office stands as the Agency’s department and is a law enforcement body carrying out finding, suppression, detection and investigation of corruption criminal offenses.
3. The Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan jointly with the Administration of the President of Kazakhstan in a month's time shall take measures arising from this Decree.
4. This Decree shall enter into force on the date of signing.
The President of
the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev
Astana, Akorda, September 13, 2016
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