Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Court: document secrecy status is determined in each criminal case

The court reviewed a petition challenging the Criminal Procedure Code rule on seizing secret documents.

Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Court reviewed a petition challenging the constitutionality of a Criminal Procedure Code provision on seizing documents containing state secrets or other legally protected secrets.

Source: Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan

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Kazakhstan’s Constitutional Court reviewed a petition seeking to determine whether the first part of Article 254 of the Criminal Procedure Code complies with the Constitution.

The provision governs the seizure of documents containing state secrets or other information protected by law.

Whether a document qualifies as a legally protected secret is determined in the context of the specific criminal case.

Translated from Russian. Source: Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan