Documents and legal acts
Standing Orders, resolutions of the Mejlis, rulings of the Speaker and the principal statutes in force. Official texts of acts are those published in the Gazette; the texts given here are for information.
On the calendar of the autumn session 2026
In forceFixes the autumn session from 6 October to 18 December 2026, the Tuesday sittings and the timetable for the Budget Bill 2027.
Ruling on the motion for a hearing on the capacity of the Governor
Final (Standing Order 12)The Speaker ruled out of order the motion of three deputies for the Nurzhan city constituency for a hearing on the capacity of the Governor to discharge his office. No question was put.
Budget Act 2026
In force, 1 January – 31 December 2026The budget of the Irad Special Economic Zone for the fiscal year 2026: revenue 32.4 billion som, spending 34.9 billion som, deficit 2.5 billion som covered from the Toktogul export escrow reserve. Published summary.
On the structure of the Secretariat (Apparatus) of the Mejlis
In forceApproves the departments of the Secretariat, the post of Chief of Staff and the staff establishment of 118 posts.
On the standing committees of the Mejlis
In forceForms the five standing committees of the chamber elected in 2023 (Ways and Means; Legal and Constitutional Affairs; Security and the Line; Social Affairs and Education; Cities and Districts), sets their competence and elects their chairmen and members. Each deputy other than the Speaker sits on one or two committees. The list of members by committee is kept in the Library of Legislative Hall. See The chamber.
Standing Orders of the Mejlis
In force, as amendedThe rules of procedure of the chamber: sessions and sittings, the order paper, readings of bills, the budget, questions to ministers, points of order, the record, the public gallery and appeals of citizens. Consolidated text with the amendments of 2016 and 2024; extract of the principal articles.
State Symbols Act 1993, as amended 2009
In force, as amendedEstablishes the flag, the State Emblem and the State Anthem, The Spirit of Irad. The amendment passed by the Mejlis on 29 September 2009 and in force from 1 November 2009 introduced the State Emblem, used on the acts of the Mejlis.
Customs Code of the ISEZ 2008
In force; amendment before the MejlisSets ad valorem duties of 0, 5 or 10 per cent, duty-free regimes, the export duty on antimony concentrate and a transit regime with bonded storage yards. An amending bill on electronic declarations and storage periods passed its first reading on 20 October 2026; see Bills.
Standard Time Act 1993
In forceFixes Irad Time at UTC+6 for all official purposes, timetables and the sittings of the Mejlis. Summer time was abolished by the territorial legislature in 1996.
Elective Governor Acts, as amended
In force, as amended in 2013Provide for the election of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor on a joint ticket for four years, on the same day as the deputies of the Mejlis; candidates must be at least 30 years of age with ten years' residence. Since the election of 2011 the term begins on the fourth Monday of November. The amendment passed by the chamber in 2013 removed the limit on the Governor's terms.
Organic Act of the Territory
In force as basic lawOrganized the Territory of Irad in August 1992 and provided for an elected legislature, the Governor and the Supreme Court. Since 2007 the Organic Act and the territorial statutes are part of the basic law of the Zone, administered by the territorial institutions until a unification referendum.