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Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 20 April 2023 No. 224-VII "Social Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan"
Year: 2023
Type: Domestic law
Rights Category: Housing, land & property, Social protection
Description
The Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan "The Social Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan" regulates the system of social protection of the population, establishing basic rights and guarantees, duties of the state, employers and citizens in the field of social security, insurance, pensions, employment, assistance to families, persons with special needs, etc. Its provisions apply not only to citizens of Kazakhstan, but also to foreign citizens and stateless persons residing in the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Selected provisions
1. The applicant quarterly confirms the right to receive targeted social assistance in
accordance with this chapter in the absence of income information in the Digital Family Card.
2. The applicant is responsible for the accuracy of the information provided in accordance
with the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
3. Unconditional or conditional monetary assistance is assigned to each family member
who has the right to receive it for the current quarter from the month of application and is
paid monthly.
When assigning targeted social assistance in a proactive format, the day of applying for
assistance is the day of obtaining the applicant's consent to conduct a survey of the financial
situation of the person (family) by the precinct commission.
4. Social work consultants and assistants help the recipients of targeted social assistance
in implementing an individual plan and fulfilling their obligations under a social contract.
5. The appointment of targeted social assistance is carried out by the authorized body for
appointment of targeted social assistance within the amounts provided for by the relevant
budget for provision of targeted social assistance.
6. Local executive bodies of a district in a town, a town of district significance, a
settlement, a village, a rural district shall identify low-income persons in accordance with
Article 35 of the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On local public administration and
self-government in the Republic of Kazakhstan".
7. The applicant and the recipient have the right to appeal against actions (inaction) of the
akim of the settlement, village, rural district and decision of the authorized body for
appointment of targeted social assistance and its officials to a higher authority, court in
accordance with the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
1. Precinct commissions assist local executive bodies and akims of a settlement, village,
rural district in providing targeted social assistance to the population.
Precinct commissions prepare conclusions on the financial situation of persons (families)
who have applied for targeted social assistance.
2. Precinct commissions may consist of representatives of local government bodies,
public associations, associations of property owners, multi-apartment residential buildings,
the population, organizations and authorized bodies of education, health care, social
protection of the population, and law enforcement officers.
3. Precinct commissions carry out their activities in accordance with the regulations on
precinct commissions approved by local executive bodies of regions, cities of republican
significance, the capital in coordination with local representative bodies.
A standard regulation on precinct commissions, as well as criteria for determining the
need for targeted social assistance based on the results of a survey of the applicant's financial
situation, are developed and approved by the authorized state body.
Footnote. Article 124 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
15.07.2025 № 207-VIII (shall come into effect upon expiry of sixty calendar days after the
date of its first official publication).
1. The basis for the precinct commission's conclusion that there is no need to provide
targeted social assistance to the applicant and (or) persons meeting the requirements of
paragraph 1 of Article 120 of this Code is one of the following criteria:
1) the presence of more than one dwelling belonging to him (them) on the basis of the
right of ownership, including the dwelling that belonged to him (them) on the basis of the
right of ownership, suitable for living, which was alienated during the last five years prior to
the moment of applying for targeted social assistance, except for the case when the total
usable area of all dwellings does not exceed eighteen square meters per family member, as
well as dwellings in disrepair, which is confirmed by the relevant act;
2) the presence in his (their) ownership, possession and (or) use of separate premises used
for profit;
3) the presence in his (their) ownership of a land plot intended for individual housing
construction, provided that he (they) owns (own) a dwelling, except in the case of gratuitous
provision of a land plot to private ownership by a local executive body;
4) the presence in his (their) ownership of more than one unit of a passenger car in
technically sound condition, with the exception of large families and families that include
children with disabilities, persons with disabilities of the first and second category;
5) the presence in his (their) ownership and (or) in temporary possession, use of
agricultural machinery and (or) a bus, and (or) a minibus, and (or) a truck, and (or) a
specialized and (or) a special car used for transportation of passengers, baggage, cargo, or sea
and (or) inland water transport, and (or) air transport, which are in technically sound
condition.
The local executive body, in coordination with the local representative body, may
establish additional grounds for issuing a conclusion on the need or lack of need to provide
targeted social assistance, taking into account the characteristics of the region and (or) the
financial situation of the person (family).
2. Precinct commissions have the right to request from the relevant authorities the
information necessary for conducting surveys.
Footnote. Article 125 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
04.07.2023 № 15-VIII (shall be enforced from 01.07.2023).
1. The amount of targeted social assistance per person (family) is calculated by the
authorized body to appoint the targeted social assistance in the form of the difference between
the average per capita income and the poverty line established in regions, cities of republican
significance, the capital, for each family member.
2. An additional payment for children in accordance with this Code is made for the period
of appointment of targeted social assistance in the amount of 1.5 monthly calculation index
established for the corresponding financial year by the law on the republican budget for each
child aged one to six years inclusive.
3. The recipient of targeted social assistance within ten working days from the date of
occurrence of circumstances that may serve as a basis for changing the amount of targeted
social assistance or the right to receive it, is obliged to inform the career center, and in rural
areas – the akim of the village, settlement, rural district.
4. The average per capita income for the quarter preceding the appeal and the amount of
targeted social assistance assigned are recalculated in the following cases:
changes in the composition of the family – from the date of the change in the composition
of the family;
revelation of facts or information not taken into account when determining the total
family income, except for the submission by the applicant of false information and (or)
unreliable documents in order to receive targeted social assistance – from the month of the
application.
Excessively paid and (or) unlawfully received amounts of targeted social assistance are
subject to refund on a voluntary basis, and in case of refusal – in court.
Upon further receipt of targeted social assistance, the overpaid and (or) illegally received
amounts are withheld from subsequent payments.
5. Forms of reporting documentation in the field of targeted social assistance are
developed and approved by the authorized state body.