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Tengrinews.kz — The President has signed a law introducing amendments and additions to certain legislative acts on matters of administrative justice, rule-making, and the organization of legal aid, citing a statement from Akorda.
The law is aimed at further improving legislation in the areas of administrative justice, rule-making, and the organization of legal assistance.
“The transfer of separate categories of public-legal disputes from the Civil Procedure Code and the Code on Administrative Offences to the Administrative Procedural-Processual Code is envisaged. The procedure for conducting administrative procedures has also been revised. A number of amendments are provided for scientific support of rule-making activity and provision of legal assistance to citizens. We believe the law will have a positive influence on expanding the sphere of administrative justice and increasing public trust in administrative procedures,” the Speaker of the Senate said earlier, commenting on the law approved by the upper chamber.
The amendments and additions are being made to a number of legislative acts, including the Code on Administrative Offences, the Civil Procedure Code, the Administrative Procedural and Processual Code, as well as other laws.
“To increase professional standards and guarantees of independence of advocates, ensure their procedural rights in accordance with the principles of the rule of law, a number of amendments are proposed to the Law ‘On Advocacy Activity and Legal Assistance.’ Thus, the Law clarifies the mechanism for deprivation of a license to engage in advocacy activity, eliminates redundancy of procedures and duplication of powers of justice bodies and bar associations,” the Senate previously noted.
These amendments were proposed to maintain a balance between state oversight and the professional autonomy of the bar, to unify the procedure for granting advocates access to state secrets with that applied to other participants in the justice system, and to reduce the administrative burden on justice authorities.
