NO VANDALISM - APPRECIATE CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS

Spring has come and more and more people go out for walks in public places, including children. Unfortunately, the facts have become more frequent that children and teenagers run and play on the basis of monuments, its adjacent territory, while breaking tiles destroying monuments, some parents encourage children to play at the base of monuments.

We remind you that actions entailing harm to an object of historical and cultural heritage are an offense (can be classified as vandalism and hooliganism) entailing criminal and administrative responsibility.

What is the penalty for acts of vandalism?
Article 294 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan provides for criminal liability for vandalism "Vandalism, that is, desecration of buildings, other structures, historical and cultural monuments, natural objects protected by the state, inscriptions or drawings, or other actions insulting public morality, as well as intentional damage to property on transport or in other public places,
– shall be punished by a fine in the amount of up to one hundred and sixty monthly calculation indices or correctional labor in the same amount, or community service for up to one hundred and sixty hours, or arrest for up to forty days."
Article 448 of the Code of Administrative Offences in the Republic of Kazakhstan provides for the responsibility of minors for committing acts that fall under the signs of the offense of vandalism "Vandalism, that is, desecration of buildings, other structures, historical and cultural monuments, natural objects protected by the state, places of burial of people with inscriptions or drawings, or other actions insulting public morality, and equally intentional damage to property on transport or in other public places committed by minors under the age of sixteen,
- entail a fine on parents or persons replacing them in the amount of fifteen monthly calculation indices.