§ KZ Election Law Art. 59Registration of candidates to President of the Republic of Kazakhstan

1. Registration of candidates to President shall be carried out by the Central Election Commission.
2. Prior to registration, the candidate and his (her) spouse (husband) submit declarations of assets and liabilities to the state revenue authorities at the place of residence on the first day of the month of the start of the nomination period established in accordance with this Constitutional Law, in the manner and form established by the authorized the state body of the Republic of Kazakhstan, exercising leadership in the field of ensuring the receipt of taxes and other obligatory payments to the budget.
The reliability of information about the assets and liabilities declared by the candidate and his (her) spouse (husband) is checked by the state revenue authorities within fifteen days from the date of registration of the candidate.
Organizations that have received the requirements of state revenue authorities to provide information about the assets and liabilities of the candidate and his (her) spouse (spouse) are required to provide the requested information within four days from the date of receipt of the request.
For the purposes of this Constitutional Law, information about assets and liabilities is information that is subject to reflection in the declaration of assets and liabilities in accordance with the tax legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2-1. A presidential candidate shall undergo a medical examination to confirm that he/she has no diseases impeding the performance of the duties of the President of the Republic, the results of which are documented in the relevant medical opinion on the state of health.
The requirements for a medical assessment report and a list of diseases that prevent registration of a candidate for the President of the Republic shall be established by a joint regulatory legal act of the Central Election Commission and the authorized body in the field of health care.
3. Any number of candidates to President shall be admitted for the registration.
4. Registration of candidates for the Presidency shall begin two months before the elections and end at 18.00 local time forty days before the election day, unless otherwise specified when appointing the elections.
5. Registration of candidate to President nominated by a public association shall be conducted upon submission of the following documents:
1) extracts of the minutes of the meeting of the supreme body of the public association on nomination of the candidate to President with enclosure of a copy of the document on registration of the given public association in the Ministry of Justice of the Republic;
2) an application on the consent to run for election as the candidate to President;
3) protocols of the territorial election commissions on the results of the check of the authenticity of the collected citizens’ signatures in support to the candidate to President;
4) the biographic data of a candidate;
4-1) (excluded by the Constitutional Law of RK dated April 14, 2004 №545-II).
4-2) certificates of the state revenue authority on the submission by the candidate and his (her) spouse (husband) of declarations of assets and liabilities;
5) a document confirming that the candidate has deposited election contribution;
6) medical opinion on the state of health.
6. Is excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 15.06.2017 № 75-VI (shall be enforced from the day of its first official publication).
7. The Central Election Commission shall:
1) not later than on the seventh day after registration of candidates to President publish in mass media the announcement on registration with indication of the surname, given names, year of birth, position, place of work and residency of each candidate as well as depending on the candidate’s wish the data on his/her membership in a public association and ethnic origin;
2) issue the candidates the corresponding certificates at registration;
3) refuse in registration or cancel the decision on registration of the candidate in cases of:
infringement by a candidate of the rules of nomination, non-submission of the necessary documents for registration;
incompatibility of the candidate to the requirements stipulated by the Constitution and this Constitutional Law;
use by a candidate of the official or professional status for the purposes of electoral campaign;
conducting election campaigning by a candidate before the deadline for registration of candidates;
establishment by a court of the fact of distribution by a candidate and/or proxies of false information discrediting the honor and dignity of a candidate, discrediting his/her professional reputation;
establishment by the court of the fact of bribing the voters by a candidate and his/her proxies;
in other cases stipulated by this Constitutional Law;
3-1) cancels the decision to register a candidate if, at the time of filing the declaration, the information on assets and liabilities declared by the candidate or his (her) spouse (husband) is revealed to be unreliable in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on combating corruption.
Cancellation of the decision to register a candidate or reinstatement of a candidate previously removed from registration two days before the voting day is not allowed.
8. The refusal of the Central Election Commission to register the candidate to President or cancellation of the decision on registration can be appealed within ten days personally by the candidate or the public association which has nominated a candidate to the Supreme Court which shall consider the appeal within ten days from the date of its submission. The decision of the Supreme Court shall be final.
Footnote. Article 59 as amended by the Constitutional Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 28, 1995 № 2464 (see Article 133 for the enforcement procedure); dated May 8, 1998 № 222; May 6, 1999 № 375; June 28, 1999 № 407; April 14, 2004 № 545; April 15, 2005 № 44; dated 31.07.2015 № 340-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2016); dated 18.11.2015 № 413-V (shall be enforced from 01.01.2017); dated 15.06.2017 № 75-VI (shall be enforced from the day of its first official publication); dated 29.06.2018 № 162-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated05.11.2022 № 156-VII (shall come into effect from 01.01.2023).