Book Three: Prosecution Stage › Part Two: Termination of the Public Prosecution › Chapter One: Conclusion of the Hearing and Judgment
(1) The judgment shall be rendered only with respect to the act constituting the offence whose elements are set out in the indictment and its offender.
(2) The court shall not be bound by the prosecution and the defence in the characterisation of the act.
Original Turkish text
MADDE 225 · Hükmün konusu ve suçu değerlendirmede mahkemenin yetkisi
(1) Hüküm, ancak iddianamede unsurları gösterilen suça ilişkin fiil ve faili hakkında verilir.
(2) Mahkeme, fiilin nitelendirilmesinde iddia ve savunmalarla bağlı değildir.