LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN

of December 4, 2009 No. 216-IV ZRK

About refugees

This Law determines legal status of persons who are looking for shelter and refugees in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law

In this Law the following basic concepts are used:

1) the refugee - the foreigner who owing to reasonable concerns to fall victim of prosecutions on the basis of race, nationalities, religions, nationality, belonging to certain social group or political convictions is out of the country of the civil accessory and cannot use protection of the country or does not wish to use such protection owing to such concerns or the stateless person, being out of the country of the permanent residence or civil accessory which cannot or do not wish to return to it owing to these concerns;

2) the certificate of the refugee - the identity document and the confirmatory status of the refugee;

3) it is excluded

4) the safe third country - the country in which person who is looking for shelter temporarily was before arrival in the Republic of Kazakhstan and where to it it can be provided or access to effective mechanisms of protection and determination of the status of the refugee was provided;

5) shelter - provision of protection in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan to persons who are looking for shelter by assignment of the status of the refugee;

6) person who is looking for shelter - the foreigner or the person without citizenship who showed willingness to address for shelter in the Republic of Kazakhstan, before acceptance by local executive body of area, the city of republican value and the capital of the final decision according to their petition for assignment of the status of the refugee;

7) the certificate of person who is looking for shelter - the document issued by local executive body of area, city of republican value and the capital, confirming registration of the petition for assignment of the status of the refugee;

8) authorized body - the state body performing management in the field of regulation of the relations concerning refugees;

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