The President signed the amendments to legislative acts on development of innovation, digitalization, information security and education

Special edition №149

In brief

On 14 July 2022 the President signed the Law "On introduction of amendments to certain legislative acts of Kazakhstan on development of innovation, digitalization, information security and education” (the “Law”).

In details

The Law provides, among others, for the follow ing changes:

Document in electronic form, certified by means of electronic digital signature, is equivalent to a signed document on paper and does not require certification in other w ay. Identity documents used and submitted to individuals and legal entities through the digital document service are equivalent to paper documents;
The follow ing registration actions are performed on the basis of an electronic application submitted through the e-government w eb portal:
- state (re-)registration of legal entity (including state registration of legal entity, created as per result of reorganization);
- state registration of changes to the constituent documents of legal entity;
- record registration of branches (representative offices) of legal entities;
- state registration of termination of legal entity’s activities.
The above procedures do not apply to state (re-)registration of political parties and religious associations, including their structural subdivisions.
Changing the location of legal entities, being subjects of private entrepreneurship, and their branches (representative offices), except for joint-stock companies, is carried out w ith the consent of the ow ner of real estate through an electronic digital signature.

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