§ KZ Election Law Art. 73Registration of candidates to the Senate deputies

1. Registration of candidates for deputies of the Senate shall be carried out respectively by regional and city (cities of republican significance and the capital) election commissions.
2. The candidate to the Senate deputies before registration and after check of his/her conformity to the requirements of the Constitution and this Constitutional Law as well as check of authenticity of signatures collected in his/her support shall be obliged to put a deposit fifteen times exceeding the size of the minimum wages established by the legislation of the Republic on the account of the Central Election Commission as an election contribution. The deposited contribution shall be paid back to the candidate if by the election results the candidate shall be elected as the deputy of the Senate of the Parliament or by the voting results the candidate has collected at least than five percent of the votes of the electors that have taken part in voting as well as in case of death of the candidate. In all other cases the deposited contribution shall not be subject for return and shall be transferred to the republican budget as the state revenue.
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 state body 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.
3. Registration of candidates for deputies of the Senate shall begin after receipt of all necessary documents and shall end at 18.00 local time twenty days before the election day, unless otherwise specified when appointing the elections.
4. Registration of the candidate to the Senate deputies nominated by the Maslikhat (Maslikhats) shall be conducted upon submission of the following documents:
1) decision of the oblast, urban or district Maslikhat on nomination of the candidate;
2) application with the expression of his/her consent to run for the candidacy;
3) protocols of the oblasts or urban (the city of the Republican status and the capital of the Republic) election commission on the results of check of the electors’ signatures in support of the candidate;
4) the biographic data of the candidate;
4-1) (excluded by the Constitutional Law of RK dated April 14, 2004 No 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 certifying the candidate’s payment of the election fee.
5. Registration of the candidate to the Senate deputies in case of his/her self-nomination shall be conducted upon submission of the following documents:
1) application of the citizen expressing his/her intent to run for the candidacy for deputies;
2) protocols of the oblast (city of the republican status and the capital of the republic) election commission on the results of check of electors’ signatures in support of the candidate;
3) the biographic data on the candidate;
3-1) (excluded by the Constitutional Law of RK dated April 14, 2004 №545-II);
3-2) certificates of the state revenue body on the submission by the candidate and his (her) spouse (husband) of declarations of assets and liabilities;
4) the document confirming the transfer by the candidate of an election contribution.
6. Oblasts or urban (the city of the Republican status and the capital of the Republic) election commission:
1) at the registration of candidates to the Senate deputies, the commission shall issue a corresponding certificate to the candidate;
2) within the seventh day after registration of candidates to the Senate deputies, shall be published in mass media the announcement on registration with indication of the surname, given names, year of birth, job position, work and home address of each candidate as well as at the discretion of the candidate, the data on his/her membership in a public association and ethnic origin;
3) shall refuse in registration of a candidate or shall cancel the decision on his/her registration in case of:
infringement of the rules of nomination by a candidate, non-submission of the necessary documents for registration;
incompatibility of a candidate to the requirements stipulated by the Constitution and this Constitutional Law;
use by a candidate of his/her official or professions status for the purposes of the 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) his/her proxies of the false information discrediting the honor and dignity of a candidate, damaging his/her professional reputation;
establishment by a court of the facts of bribing the voters by a candidate and his/her proxies;
in other cases established by this Constitutional Law;
3-1) cancels the decision on registration of the candidate in case of identification at the time of filing the declaration of unreliability of information about assets and liabilities declared by the candidate or his (her) spouse in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on combating corruption;
Cancellation of the decision on registration of a candidate or reinstatement of a candidate previously removed from registration two days before the voting day is not allowed
7. The refusal in registration of the candidate or cancellation of the decision on registration can be appealed within seven days in the Central Election Commission or in the court by the Maslikhat (Maslikhats) that nominated him/her or personally by the candidate. In this case the appeal shall be considered within seven days from the date of its submission.
8. The corresponding territorial election commission shall compile the protocol on registration of candidates to the Senate deputies which within three days shall be submitted to the Central Election Commission.
Footnote. Article 73 as amended by the Constitutional Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated September 28, 1995 № 2464 (see Article 133 for the procedure for enactment); dated May 8, 1998 № 222-I; May 6, 1999 № 375-I; June 28, 1999 № 407; April 14, 2004 № 545-II; April 15, 2005 № 44-III; 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 29.06.2018 № 162-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 28.12.2018 № 209-VI (shall be enforced upon expiry of ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 05.11.2022 № 156-VII (shall come into effect from 01.01.2023).