/This paragraph was amended by the law as of July 9, 2015/ 14.З./This paragraph was annulled by the law as of July 9, 2015/ 14.4./This paragraph was annulled by the law as of July 9, 2015/ 14.5.Agent and contracted agent shall implement the duties issued, within the scope of this law, by organizations that conduct intelligence activity and its intelligence officers. The agent and contracted assistant may refuse to implement the duties if they consider that the duties are not inconformity with the provisions of this law and not under the responsibilities of said organization. 14.6.Intelligence officers who issued illegal duties to an agent, contracted agent shall be considered as exceeding of legal authority and shall be held accountable for criminal liability. Article 15.Financing of intelligence activity 15.1.The intelligence operation shall be financed by state budget. 15.2.Revenues generated from the commercial entity which was established as a cover organization in accordance with relevant legislation for the necessity of intelligence activity may be utilized to finance of intelligence activity. 15.З.The intelligence activity budget expenditures shall be inspected by an authorized official as stated in the law on State Audit. /This paragraph was amended by the law as of July 9, 2015/ 15.4.The head of the organization that conducts intelligence operation shall be responsible for the distribution of the intelligence activity funding to branches and units, and monitoring the expenditures. 15.5.The budget regulations regarding planning, financing, expenditure reporting of clandestine units and branches of the organization that conducts intelligence activity shall be made by the head of the Intelligence organization and member of the Cabinet in charge of finance and budget matters. /This paragraph was added by the law as of July 9, 2015/ 15.6.When acquiring, manufacturing, registering, expending, transferring, destroying equipment used in intelligence activity shall be conducted in accordance with article 31.5 of the Law on State and local government property. /This paragraph was added by the law as of July 9, 2015/ Article 16.Legal guarantee of activities of intelligence officers, agents, and contracted agents 16.1.The State shall be responsible for the damage caused to life, health and dignity of intelligence officers, agents and contracted agents, their family and property in relation to the implementation of their authorized duties. 16.2.The State shall be responsible for the damage caused to individual, business entity and organization due do intelligence operation conducted within the frame of law. 16.З.Information about the previous or current employment of the agent and contracted agent in accordance with the grounds and procedures of this law shall be state secret. 16.4.Organization that conducts intelligence operation shall provide stimulation to agents based on their work results and appropriate payment to contracted assistant. 16.5.Agent and contracted agent shall be entitled to receive one time lump sum payment and other assistance which are similar to those given to intelligence officers in the same situation, when they are deceased or lost capacity to work, or become disabled during the implementation of their duties issued by organizations and officers that conduct intelligence activity, and pension of loss of family members shall be provided to his family in accordance with the Law on pensions and benefits to be issued from Social insurance fund. 16.6.It is prohibited to intervene, hinder and threaten the organizations that conduct intelligence activity and their officers in conducting intelligence activity in accordance with the grounds and procedures specified in this law, from legal entities and citizens. CHAPTER FOUR CONDUCTING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITY Article 17.Intelligence, information verification 17.1.Organization that conducts intelligence activity shall examine and investigate the information received, in accordance with relevant legislation, from citizens and legal entities, or gathered on the basis specified in article 11 of this law. 17.2.In case the information is not under the jurisdiction of that organization that conducts intelligence activity, it shall be immediately transferred to the relevant organization that conducts intelligence activity and the citizen and legal entity who sent the information shall be notified of the process. Article 18.Utilization of intelligence activity results