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Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 249: Representation of the legal person

Book Five: Special Trial Procedures › Part One: Trial of Absent and Fugitive Persons, Representation of Legal Persons in Investigation and Prosecution, Procedure Relating to Certain Offences › Chapter Three: Representation of Legal Persons in Investigation and Prosecution

(1) In investigations and prosecutions conducted for offences committed within the scope of the activities of a legal person, the organ or representative of the legal person shall be admitted to the hearing in the capacity of a party standing alongside the intervening party or the defence.

(2) In this case, the organ or representative of the legal person shall benefit from the rights that this Code grants to the intervening party or to the accused.

(3) The provision of paragraph 1 shall not apply where the accused also holds the capacity of organ or representative of the legal person.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 249 · Tüzel kişinin temsili

(1) Bir tüzel kişinin faaliyeti çerçevesinde işlenen suçlardan dolayı yapılan soruşturma ve kovuşturmada tüzel kişinin organ veya temsilcisi, katılan veya savunma makamı yanında yer alan sıfatıyla duruşmaya kabul edilir.

(2) Bu durumda, tüzel kişinin organ veya temsilcisi bu Kanunun katılana veya sanığa sağladığı haklardan yararlanır.

(3) Birinci fıkra hükmü, sanığın aynı zamanda tüzel kişinin organ veya temsilcisi sıfatını taşıması hâlinde uygulanmaz.

Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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