KazakhstanLaw on Protection of Children from Harmful Information, age classification and marking
Law No. 169-VI (), Arts. 9, 15
In force.
An age-appropriate design code rule binding public and private bodies.
- How the hook was established
- express
- What makes it apply
- Place of effect
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Applies to every item of information production distributed in Kazakhstan, online platforms included.
- Give every item an age classification before distribution, assessing its theme, genre, content and artistic design, how a child of a given age category is likely to perceive it, and the likelihood of harm to a child's health and development.
- Classify into one of six categories: under 6, from 6, from 12, from 14, from 16, and from 18 (information containing content prohibited for children).
- Distributors: mark the age-category sign on the product and do not distribute it without the sign.
- Marking is exempt for live news, entertainment and sports broadcasts, general political print periodicals, news and analytical television programmes, radio broadcasting, advertising and ordinary internet resources; internet publications and online platforms are not exempt.
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.
What it makes you log
Logging duty
Articles 9 and 15 require an owner or distributor to classify information products by age before distribution and to mark them with the age-category sign; neither names a record of the classification, a retention period or regulator access to one. Article 7 gives the authorised body monitoring and state control of compliance with the Law, which names no record either.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Article 9 requires every item of information production to receive an age classification before distribution in Kazakhstan, assessing theme, genre, content and artistic design, how a child of a given age category is likely to perceive it, and the likelihood of harm to a child's health and development. Article 9(3) sets six categories: "under 6", "from 6", "from 12", "from 14", "from 16", and "from 18" (information containing content prohibited for children).
Article 15 requires the age-category sign to be marked on the product by its distributor, and bars distribution without the sign, subject to a list of exemptions (live news, entertainment and sports broadcasts; general political print periodicals; news and analytical television programmes; radio broadcasting; advertising; and internet resources).
That exemption list itself excludes internet publications and online platforms, so marking on an online platform is not voluntary the way it is for an ordinary internet resource. Article 9 was amended only by Law 289-VI of . Article 15 was amended in June 2024 and again at the end of December 2025. The sections this entry groups came into force on different days.
When LexLint raises it
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