Law No. 305-Z “On combating corruption”.

This Law establishes the legal framework of state policy in the field of combating corruption, is aimed at the protection of the rights and freedoms of citizens, public interests from risks arising from manifestations of corruption, ensuring the effective work of state bodies, other organizations, public officials and persons equated to them by preventing, detecting and suppressing offences which create conditions for corruption and corruption offences, eliminating their consequences. Corruption shall be intended the intentional use by a public official or a person of equivalent status or a foreign public official of his or her office and related opportunities for the purpose of obtaining property or other benefits by works, service, patronage, promise of advantage for oneself or for third parties, as well as bribing a public official or a person of equivalent status or a foreign official by providing him or her with property or other benefit in the form of works, service, patronage, promise of an advantage for them or for third parties in order that the public official or equivalent public official or a foreign public official to commit or refrain from committing acts in the performance of his or her official (work) duties, as well as the performance of these actions on behalf of or in the interests of a legal entity, including a foreign person. Conflict of interest shall be intended situation in which the personal interests of a public official, his or her spouse, close relatives or associates could affect the proper performance by a public official of his official (working) duties in the process of decision-making or the performance of other actions in his office (work). The subjects of offences that create conditions for corruption, shall be: (a) public officials; (b) persons equivalent to public officials; (c) foreign officials; (d) persons bribing public officials or persons with equivalent status, or foreign officials. Combating corruption shall be based on the principles of: (a) legality; (b) justice; (c) equality before the law; (d) transparency; (e) the priority of measures to prevent corruption; (f) inevitability of liability; (g) personal culpability; and (h) humanism. Corruption is combated by the prosecutor's office, internal affairs bodies and state security bodies. The public authorities in charge of combating corruption carry out their tasks independently and in cooperation with each other, with other government bodies and other organizations and also with the assistance of the citizens of the Republic of Belarus. This Law consists of 8 Chapters divided into 50 Articles. Chapter 1 lays down general provisions. Chapter 2 specifies state bodies combating corruption, their special units, state bodies and other organizations involved in combating corruption. Chapter 3 deals with prevention of corruption. Chapter 4 regards declaration of income and property. Chapter 5 classifies corruption offences. Chapter 6 regards elimination of the consequences of corruption offences. Chapter 7 regards enforcement and supervision over the activities for combating corruption. Chapter 8 lays down final provisions.