Article 11. Application on recording of periodical printed publication and
(or) information agency
1. The application on recording of periodical printed publication or information
agency shall include:
1) last name, first name and patronymic (in its existence), unique identification
number, place of residence of the possessor of periodical printed publication or
information agency – an individual, name, business identification number, location area,
legal organizational form of the possessor of periodical printed publication or
information agency – a legal entity;
2) language (languages) of periodical oriented publication, materials and
communications of information agency;
3) supposed periodicity of production;
4) main thematic scope;
5) territory of distribution;
6) last name, first name, patronymic (in its existence) of chief editor (editor);
7) address of editor board.
2. Submitting other requirements upon recording of periodical printed publication
and (or) information agency shall be prohibited.
Footnote. Article 11 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 5
July 2006 No. 156 (the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated 06.02.2009 No. 123-IV
(the order of enforcement see Article 2); dated 10.07.2012 No. 36-V (the order of
enforcement see Article 2).
Article 12. Exemption from recording of mass media
Recording of periodical printed publications shall not be required as follows:
circulation of which is less than one hundred copies;
official, regulatory and other acts;
bulletins of judicial practice.
Footnote. Article 12 as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated
03.05.2001 No. 181; dated 18.01.2012 No. 546-IV (shall be enforced upon expiry of thirty
calendar days after its first official publication).
Article 13. Suspension and termination of production of mass media or
distribution of media products
1. Suspension or termination of production of mass media or distribution of media
products is possible under decision of the possessor or court.
2. Suspension means temporary termination of production of one or several numbers
of publications, broadcast of television-, radio programs, television-, radio channels,
as well as distribution of media products. Suspension of production of mass media or
distribution of media products shall be allowed for the term not more than three months.
3. Grounds for suspension of production of mass media or distribution of media
products in the manner, established by the Law are: disclosure of details that are state
secrets or other secret, protected by the Law, distribution of information, propagating
suicide, disclosing techniques and technical tactics of antiterrorist operations in the
period of their conducting, propaganda of narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and
precursors, propaganda or agitation of the inhumanity and violence cult, social, racial,
national, religious, class and generic superiority, distribution of television-, radio
programs, television-, radio channels, as well as demonstration of cine and video
products of pornographic and special sexual and erotic nature, use of mass media for the
purpose of violation of the conditions of conducting election campaign, carrying out of
the activity by foreign persons, stateless persons, foreign legal entities and
international organizations, impeding and (or) enabling nomination and election of
candidates, political parties, nominated party list, achievement of certain result on