Article 15
1. Everyone shall have the right to life.
2. No one shall have the right to deprive life of a person arbitrarily. The death penalty is established by law as an exceptional punishment for terrorist offenses involving the death of people, as well as for particularly serious crimes committed in wartime, with giving the sentenced person the right to seek pardon. <*>
Footnote: See resolution of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 10 dated January 30, 2003;
Footnote: Article 15 as amended by the Law of Republic of Kazakhstan No. 254 dated May 21, 2007 (shall be applied from the date of its official publication).
Section III. Punishment
Article 49. Capital Punishment
1. Capital punishment, that is a sentence to be shot, as an exceptional form of punishment, may be established only for especially grave crimes infringing upon a person's life, as well as for crimes committed in war time, or in a combat situation, high treason, crimes against the peace and safety of mankind, and especially grave military crimes.
THE SPECIAL PART
Chapter 4. Crimes Against Peace and Safety of Mankind
Article 156. Planning, Preparation, Starting, or Waging an Aggressive War
1. Planning, preparation, or starting an aggressive war, -
shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from seven to twelve years.
2. Conducting an aggressive war shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten up to twenty years, or by capital punishment, or by life-time imprisonment.
THE SPECIAL PART
Chapter 4. Crimes Against Peace and Safety of Mankind
Article 160. Genocide
shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from ten to twenty years, or by capital punishment or life-time imprisonment.
1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:
(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or
(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.
2. In addition to imprisonment, the Court may order:
(a) A fine under the criteria provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;
(b) A forfeiture of proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from that crime, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.