§ KZ Election Law Art. 118Registration of candidates for members of local government bodies

1. Registration of candidates shall be carried out by territorial election commissions.
1-1. 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.
2. Registration of a candidate nominated by an assembly of citizens shall be carried out upon availability of the following documents:
1) minutes of the assembly of citizens;
2) a citizen's statement of consent to run for a member of the local government body;
3) biographical data about the candidate;
4) is excluded by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 14.04.2004 № 545;
5) certificates of the state revenue authority on the submission by the candidate and his (her) spouse (husband) of declarations of assets and liabilities.
3. Registration of a candidate in the event of his self-nomination shall be carried out in the presence of the following documents:
1) a statement of intent to run as a candidate;
2) biographical data about the candidate;
3) is excluded by the Constitutional Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 14.04.2004 № 545;
4) certificates of the state revenue authority on the submission by the candidate and his (her) spouse (husband) of declarations of assets and liabilities.
4. Any number of candidates shall be allowed for registration.
5. The territorial election commission shall draw up a protocol on the registration of candidates.
6. Territorial election commission:
1) not later than on the fourth day after the registration of candidates, shall publish in the local mass media a message about the registration indicating the last name, first name, patronymic, year of birth, position (occupation), place of work and residence of each candidate, and also, depending on the discretion of the candidate, information about his affiliation to a public association and nationality;
2) upon registration, shall issue an appropriate certificate to candidates;
3) shall refuse to register or cancel the decision on the registration of a candidate in the event of:
violation of the nomination rules by the candidate, failure to submit the necessary documents for registration;
non-compliance of a candidate with the requirements set forth by the Constitution and this Constitutional Law;
candidate's use of official position in his election campaign;
holding of election campaign by the candidate before the end of the registration period, on election day or the day preceding it;
determination by the court of the fact that the candidate and (or) his agents have disseminated false information discrediting the honor and dignity of another candidate, damaging his business reputation;
establishment by the court of the facts of bribing of voters by a candidate and his authorized representatives;
in other cases, established 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 on the registration of a candidate or the restoration of a previously withdrawn candidate’s registration two days before voting day shall not be allowed.
7. Refusal to register a candidate or cancellation of a decision on his registration can be appealed by an assembly of citizens or a candidate to a higher territorial election commission or to a court within three days. At the same time, the territorial election commission or court shall issue a decision on the complaint within three days from the day the complaint is filed.
8. Candidate registration shall begin twenty days and end thirteen days before election day.
Footnote. Article 118 as amended by the Constitutional Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 28.09.1995 № 2464 (see Article 133 for the procedure of entry into force); dated 08.05.1998 № 222; dated 14.04.2004 № 545; dated 15.04.2005 № 44; dated 31.07.2015 № 340-V (effective from 01.01.2016); dated 18.11.2015 № 413-V (introduced effective from 01.01.2017); dated 29.06.2018 № 162-VI (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication).