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Article 83 1. The Prosecutor’s Office, on behalf of the state and in the limits and forms established by law, supervises the observance of legality on the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan, represents the interests of the state in court, and carries out criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state. 2. The Office of the Public Prosecutor of the Republic shall compile a single centralized system with the subordination of the lower level prosecutors to the higher and to the Prosecutor General of the Republic. It exercises its authority independently of other state bodies and officials, and is accountable only to the President of the Republic. 3. The Prosecutor General of the Republic during his term of office may not be arrested, brought to trial, be subject to administrative measures imposed in court or brought to criminal responsibility without the consent of the Senate, except in cases of detention at the crime scene or committing serious crimes. The term of office of the Prosecutor General is five years . 4. The competence, organization and procedure for the activities of the Prosecutor's Office of the Republic shall be determined by the constitutional law. Footnote. See the resolutions of the Constitutional Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 26.12.2000 No. 23/2; dated January 30, 2003 No. 10; dated 31.12.2003 № 13. Footnote. Article 83 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 10.03.2017 No. 51-VI (shall be enforced from the date of its first official publication); dated 08.06.2022 (shall be enforced from 08.06.2022).