Conscription of citizens for military service is a set of measures carried out by government agencies aimed at recruiting personnel of the Armed Forces on the basis of military duty.
Conscription of citizens for military service includes:
- conscription of citizens for military service;
- conscription of reserve officers for military service;
- conscription for military training;
- conscription under mobilization/martial law and in wartime.
Conscription of citizens for military service is organized and ensured by local executive bodies.
Local executive bodies provide military administration bodies with equipped conscription (assembly) points, their maintenance, supply of medicines, tools, fire-fighting, medical and household property, motor transport, as well as means of communication and security.
With aim to carry out conscription of citizens for military service, draft commissions are formed in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Military Service and Status of Military Personnel".
The procedure for organizing and conducting the conscription of citizens for military service is set forth by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The heads of organizations are obliged to call back citizens subject to conscription from business trips as well as arrange proper notification and timely arrival at the recruiting station for medical examination of citizens when they are drafted for military service.
Conscription of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan temporarily residing abroad is carried out in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Military Service and Status of Military Personnel" upon their arrival at their permanent place of residence in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the absence of deferment or exemption from conscription.
A citizen is considered to be drafted for military service from the moment the order of a head of a local military administration body of the region (city of republican significance or the capital) is issued on conscription for military service.
Conscription of citizens for urgent military service
Conscription of citizens for urgent military service is carried out twice a year based on the Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Citizens aged from eighteen to twenty-seven years who do not have the right for deferment or exemption from conscription are subject to conscription for military service in the amounts necessary for staffing the Armed Forces, other troops and military formations of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Conscription of reserve officers for military service
Reserve officers under the age of twenty-nine, fit for military service are drafted in peacetime based on the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan for military service in officer positions at the request of authorized bodies.
Conscription of draftees for military training
Draftees are called up for military training:
1. Under the republican mobilization training activities conducted by central executive bodies based on the order of Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
2. Under the activities for mobilization training, preparation of territorial defense conducted by local executive bodies of regions, cities of republican significance, the capital based on a resolution of akimat of a region, city of republican significance, the capital in coordination with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Conscription of citizens under mobilization/martial law and in wartime
Conscription of citizens for military service under mobilization/martial law and in wartime is carried out based on a Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and in accordance with the procedure established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On Military Service and Status of Military Personnel".
A full settlement is carried out at the place of work (service), wages are paid for the time actually worked, and severance pay and compensation payments for unused vacation are provided for draftees and conscripts drafted for military service under mobilization/martial law and in wartime. Accommodation occupied by citizens drafted for mobilization under martial law and in wartime is retained for them. State provision (allowances, pensions) of families of citizens drafted for military service under mobilization/martial law and in wartime is carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Local executive bodies and organizations are obliged to ensure timely notification and delivery of draftees and conscripts to recruiting stations or military units during mobilization, introduction of martial law and in wartime.
