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Article 54
 

Requirements to candidates to President of the Republic of Kazakhstan


1. To be elected as a President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a citizen of the Republic shall meet the requirements established in clause 2 of Article 41 of the Constitution as well as have a positive suffrage according to the clauses 2 and 3 of Article 33 of the Constitution and this Constitutional Act.


2. Conformity of candidates to President of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the requirements established by the Constitution and this Constitutional Act shall be determined by the Central Election Commission within five days from the moment of submission by a citizen of an application for self-nomination for the presidency or upon submission of an abstract of the minutes of the meeting of the supreme body of the republican public association on nomination of the candidate with enclosure of the candidate’s application confirming his/her consent to run for the presidency. In this case the Central Election Commission shall establish the fact of residence of the candidates to President of the Republic of Kazakhstan during the last fifteen years in the Republic of Kazakhstan, while the procedure for determination of the fluent command by a candidate of the State language shall be determined by the resolution of the Central Election Commission in compliance with the act of the Constitutional Council of the Republic on the official interpretation of clause 2 of Article 41 of the Constitution.


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