The state financing of elections

1. Elections of the President, deputies of the Parliament, except for deputies of Mazhilis of the Parliament, elected on the basis of party lists, maslikhats, members of other local selfgovernment bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be funded from the republican budget through the accounts of local executive bodies opened specifically for these purposes. The territorial election commissions shall control the funds that are transferred to the above named accounts from the republican budget. The order of financing shall be established by the budgetary legislation.

2. The following expenses shall be covered from the funds of the republican budget:

1) for organization and activity of election commissions, rent of premises, travel and living allowances, salary of advisers, experts, members of the linguistic commission, specialists, maintenance of electronic electoral system;

2) for speeches of candidates in mass media, except the candidates who stand for elections under the party lists, according to provisions established in clause 3 of Article 28 of this Constitutional Act;

3) for the conduct of public pre-election activities of candidates and for issue of campaign materials of candidates, except the candidates who stand for elections under the party lists to be covered in accordance with clauses 4 and 5 of Article 28 of this Constitutional Act;

4) for transport charges of candidates, except the candidates who stand for elections under the party lists to be covered in the size established by the Central Election Commission;

5) for the production of posters about candidates to President, the Senate and maslikhats deputies, members of other local self-government bodies as well as about political parties, which have nominated party lists, which shall be placed in the premises of an election commission and at polling stations.

3. Financing of elections in the Republic on the part of international organizations and international public associations, foreign state bodies, foreign legal entities and citizens as well as stateless persons, any their direct or indirect participation in financing of elections in the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be forbidden.

4. (The clause is excluded by the Constitutional Act of RK of 14 April 2004 No. 545-II).