The conscription of citizens for military service is a set of measures carried out by state bodies aimed at recruiting the personnel of the Armed Forces on the basis of military duty.
The conscription of citizens for military service includes:
- conscription of citizens for active military service;
- conscription for military service of reserve officers;
- conscription for military training;
- conscription for mobilization, during martial law and in wartime.
The conscription of citizens for military service is organized and provided by local executive bodies.
Local executive bodies provide military command bodies with equipped draft boards, their maintenance, supply of medicines, instruments, fire-fighting, medical and economic property, automobile transport, as well as communication and security equipment.
For the conscription of citizens for military service, draft commissions are formed in the manner prescribed by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On military service and servicemen status”.
The procedure for organizing and conducting the conscription of citizens to military service is determined by the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The heads of organizations are obliged to recall citizens subject to conscription from the business trips, to organize notification and timely arrival at the draft board, to conduct a medical examination of the citizens when they are called up for military service.
The conscription for military service of citizens of the Republic of Kazakhstan temporarily residing abroad is carried out in the manner established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On military service and servicemen status” , " upon their arrival at their permanent place of residence in the Republic of Kazakhstan in the absence of the right to defer or exempt from conscription.
A citizen is considered to be called up for military service from the moment of issuance of the order of the head of the local military department of the region (republican significance city or capital city) on his call for military service.
Appeal to urgent military service
The conscription of citizens for active military service is carried out twice a year on the basis of Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and resolution of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Appeal of reserve officers to military service
Citizens between the ages of eighteen and twenty-seven years old, who do not have the right of deferment or exemption from conscription, in the amount necessary to recruit the Armed Forces, other troops and military formations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, are subject to the conscription for military service.
Appeal to military calls
- Within the framework of republican mobilization training measures conducted by central executive bodies, on the basis of order of the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
- Within the framework of measures for mobilization preparation, preparation of territorial defense, carried out by local executive bodies of the regions, cities of republican significance, capital city, on the basis of resolution of the governor’s office (akimat) of the region, a city of republican significance, capital city upon agreement with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Mobilization appeal during military emergency and wartime
The conscription of citizens for military service for mobilization, during martial law and in wartime is carried out on the basis of Decree of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan and in the manner established by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan "On military service and servicemen status” .
The servicemen and conscripts called up for military service upon mobilization, during martial law and in wartime, are fully settled up at the place of work (service), the salaries are paid for actually worked time, severance pay and compensation payments for unused leave for vacation. The citizens called up for mobilization, during martial law and in wartime have the right to occupy the living space. The state support (benefits, pensions) of the families of citizens called up for military service upon mobilization, in martial law and in wartime, is carried out in accordance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Local executive bodies, organizations, during mobilization, martial law and in wartime, are obliged to ensure timely notification and delivery of servicemen and conscripts to the draft boards or military units.
