The Kyrgyz Republic has introduced a number of laws and policies in order to fight corruption and bribery in the country. These legal acts are specific to governmental officials, officials of local self-governed authorities and those holding state or equivalent positions in the Kyrgyz Republic. The Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Fighting Corruption” adopted on 6 March 2003 is the main legal act on fighting corruption and bribery in the Kyrgyz Republic.

The list of other major legal acts, including codes, presidential edicts and governmental regulations specific to corruption, bribery, and abuse of power are provided below.

1.1 International anticorruption regulations

• UN Convention against corruption, dated 10 December 2003, ratified by the Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on August 6, 2005.
• Millennium challenge account threshold programme assistance agreement between the United States of America and the Kyrgyz Republic for the programme to improve the rule of law and control corruption, dated 14 March 2008 ratified by law No. 56 of the Kyrgyz Republic on 14 April 2008.

1.2 Codes

• Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic dated 1 October 1997 (as amended on 11 July 2011) (Articles 5, 183, 224, 310 - 314).

Civil Code of the Kyrgyz Republic Part II dated 5 January 1998 (as amended on 17 July 2009) (Article 511).

1.3 Laws

•  Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Fighting Corruption”, dated  6  March 2003 (as amended on 26 February 2009);
• Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Public Service”, dated 11 August 2004 (as amended on 25 February 2010);

• Law of the KR “On Municipal Service” dated 21 August 2004 (as amended on 28 April 2008);

• Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Public Procurement”, dated 24 May  2004 (as amended on 20 July 2009);

• Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Combating Financing of Terrorism and Legalization of Illegally Generated Revenues (Money Laundering)”, dated 31 July 2006;
• Law of the Kyrgyz Republic “On Declaring and Publication of Data on Revenues, Obligations and Property of Persons Occupying Political and Other Special State Positions, and Close Relatives Thereof”, dated 7 August 2004 (as amended on 28 December, 2006);
• National Strategy for Fighting Corruption in the Kyrgyz Republic, dated 11 March 2009;
• Regulation on National Agency of the Kyrgyz Republic for Corruption Prevention, dated 21 October 2005;
• Regulation on National Council of the Kyrgyz Republic on Fighting Corruption, dated 17 February  2009;

1.4 Kyrgyz Republic President's anticorruption initiatives

• Edict No. 382 of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic “On additional measures on strengthening of the fight against economic crime, smuggling and corruption”, dated 14 December 1998;
• Edict No. 240 of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic “On measures on improving the system of the fight against corruption and economic crime” dated 22 July 2003;
• Edict No. 476 of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic “On urgent measures of fight against corruption”, dated 21 October 2005;
• Edict No. 155 of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic “On national strategy for fighting corruption in the Kyrgyz Republic”, dated 11 March 2009;
• Edict No. 146 of the President of the Kyrgyz Republic “On priority measures on implementing systems of testing using polygraph detectors in the sphere of public service”, dated 27 August  2010;