Criminal liability for pseudo-entrepreneurship is abolished
President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the corresponding law Humanization of a number of criminal offenses in the economic sphere is being conducted in Kazakhstan. In particular, criminal liability for pseudo-entrepreneurship is excluded. Today the Head of State Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the law "On Amendments and Additions to Some Legislative Acts of the Republic on Improving the Law-Enforcement System", - the Akorda press-service reports.
The document presupposes a more detailed specification of the powers of the criminal prosecution authorities, as well as further improvement of the activities of law enforcement agencies. Amendments and additions are made to the criminal, criminal procedural codes, the code of administrative violations and a number of laws.
In order to humanize a number of criminal offenses in the economic sphere, amendments were made aimed at reducing sanctions for violations in the business environment and decriminalizing economic offenses with a low degree of public danger.
The proposal of NCE RK "Atameken" on excluding the 215th article of the Criminal Code was approved at the plenary session of the Mazhilis of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
It should be added that the practice of applying Article 215 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan (pseudo-entrepreneurship) exerted serious pressure on business. False entrepreneurs were fined, and their numerous counterparties are forced to pay taxes, fines and penalties. Now, honest businessmen will have the opportunity to prove the validity of their transactions, using all the legal tools provided for by law to protect their rights.
The law contains a number of amendments aimed at the humanization of punishment for economic violations. In particular, the person who first committed an offense in the business environment is released from criminal liability if he voluntarily reimbursed the damage caused to them.
In addition, the law exempts from criminal liability the person who first committed an act provided for in separate articles of the Criminal Code, if the accused voluntarily reimburses the damage caused to him.
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