According to The Law on Combating Corruption, the persons guilty of corruption may incur criminal, administrative, civil-law or disciplinary punishment in compliance with the existing legal procedure.
Persons disciplined for corruption offences will be kept on a special record maintained by prosecution authorities¹.

4.1 Criminal offences and liability

The corruption offences include:

• embezzlement or misappropriation, i.e., theft of someone else’s property;
• fraud;
  
• pseudo-entrepreneurship;
  
• legalization of money or other illegally acquired property;
• economic contraband;
  
• abuse of official powers;
• excess of authority or official powers;
  
• illegal entrepreneurial activities;
  
• provision and acceptance of bribe, and mediation in bribery;
  
• forgery;
  
• omission by an official;

Officials listed in clauses 2.2.1-2.2.2 of section 2 of this Overview as well as individuals who give bribes may be subject for prosecution for the above offences.

Types of punishment (penalties) to be imposed for the above offences depend on gravity and scope of material damage and the type of crime.  The punishment (penalties) includes:

• arrest;
• fine;
• correctional labour or community work;
• ban to hold certain positions for up to 7 years;
• imprisonment (maximum term is 15 years for especially large bribes).
  

The above types of punishment may be combined with the confiscation of property.

4.2 Administrative offences and liability

Corruption offences for which administrative punished is imposed include inter alia:

• failure to provide information or submission of false or incomplete information²;
• carrying out illegal entrepreneurial activities and derivation of unlawful income³;
• failure to take measures to prevent and counteract corruption⁴;
• hiring persons who were previously convicted of corruption offence⁵;
• receiving a gift or other benefits and advantages illegally⁶;
• provision of unlawful material compensation by legal entities or individuals⁷.
  

The principal administrative punishment is a fine.

The actions listed in clauses 3.1.1-3.1.2 of section 3 of this Overview, unless they contain the elements of administratively or criminally punishable acts, incur disciplinary punishment (e.g., demotion, removal from job, dismissal, etc.).

4.3 Offences and liability incurred by legal entities

Kazakhstan does not have a special legislative act establishing penalties for legal entities, however, legal entities may be brought to administrative charge (including for committing corruption offences). Although legal entities are not subject to criminal liability, the managers and officers of the legal entities are still liable, if there are grounds for criminal liability.
Fines or prohibition of legal entity’s activities may be imposed on a legal entity as a punishment for corruption offences.
The maximum fine that can be collected from a legal entity for a corruption offence is five hundred monthly calculation indexes (explained in 3.2.2.).

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