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What Is Done If the Statement Was Entered Wrongly on the Minute?

Author · Av. Ayşenur Konar, Avukat

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In short

If the statement was entered wrongly on the minute, a correction before the signature and a record request after the signature are separated from each other. A wrong line before the signature is placed is had corrected on the same minute. A record written into the file after the signature is placed does not erase the signed text; the two documents stand side by side. Which minute carries the wrong line is read from that minute's unit and date line. Whether it is necessary to sign is not the subject of this article.

The correction line before the signature

While the minute has not yet been signed, the person compares the sentence that was written with the sentence they said. The comparison is made by reading that page of the paper. If they see a difference, they ask that the difference be corrected on the same paper. The correction is the wrong line being closed in a readable way and the correct one being written on that page. An oral promise that we will look later does not change the line. If the correction was asked for but the line stands as it was, the correction is not treated as made.

If the correction does not appear on the minute, it is not treated as made. The correction on each page belongs to the text of that page. A correct sentence on another page does not of itself correct the wrong line on the earlier page. If there is more than one page, which page was corrected is shown in the petition with that page. If the page number is not on the document, a number is not invented. A mark placed beside the correction is reported if the mark stands on the paper. If there is no mark, it is not drawn as if the mark existed. A line scribbled so that it cannot be read is written as a scribble. If the word under the scribble cannot be read, the word is not guessed.

If the minute writes that the statement was read to the person, this sentence is also on the line. If the person says it was not read, the petition places the sentence on the minute that it was read and their own account side by side. If there is no sentence that it was read, it is not added as read. Whether the signature will be placed is not the question of this heading. That question stands in a separate article. This text says that if a correction was asked for, the correction should appear on the minute. If there is an interpreter line, the interpreter's name is read from that line. While there is no name, it is not said that the interpreter was present. If the interpreter line is blank, the blank is not filled with a sentence that closes the language difference.

The record request after the signature

A wrongness noticed after the signature is placed is not erased by going back over the signed minute. The person writes into the file, with a separate record request, the sentence they say was entered wrongly and their own account. The request shows which sentence of the signed text it targets. Saying the whole is wrong without the target sentence being written closes which line is discussed. If the target sentence is long, it is written by shortening the state of the sentence on the minute and stating its page. The shortening does not add a word that turns the meaning of the sentence the other way.

The record request can also be a new statement minute. The new minute is not pasted in the place of the old one. Both stand in the file. The authority builds in its own assessment which weight it will give to which. This article does not say a statement given later will erase the earlier one. If the same wrong word stands on the new minute too, the second paper does not make the first one corrected. The second paper's own sentence is read separately.

The request is written to the unit that holds the file. There is no number of days in this text. A period is not invented. A request written late is not announced as invalid in this article. What is written is this: while the signed line stands, a record that comes later is a separate document. The date of the request petition is not put in the place of the date of the signed minute. The two dates stand side by side. If the minute date cannot be read, the petition date is not written as the minute date.

The two steps do not erase the same paper

The correction before the signature is inside a single minute. The request after the signature is a second record. The second does not tear the first. If the two are mixed, the petition has a line that was not yet corrected at the signature read as corrected. The state in the file does not change this reading. If the correction appears on the same page, the petition shows with that page that the correction was made before the signature. If it does not appear, it is named a request after the signature. The naming does not change the state of the paper. If the paper is not corrected, it is read as not corrected.

The source of the wrongness can be a word the person did not say being written. It can also be a sentence left incomplete. An incomplete sentence is not used to add to the minute a new event that came to mind later. The request stays in the difference between the sentence that stands on the minute and the sentence that was said. If a new event will be told, this is not a correction of a wrong line; it is a separate statement and it is written separately. The separate statement is not hidden inside the petition of the wrong line. If the two requests will go in the same envelope, each carries its own heading. A single heading does not have both pieces of work counted as done.

A detail the person did not say at that moment and remembered later is not a wrong line either. If the remembered detail does not contradict the sentence that stands on the minute, it is not written as a correction. If it contradicts, the contradicting word is shown in its state on the minute. Additional information that does not contradict enters the file as a new statement and with it being written expressly that it is a new event.

Which minute carries the wrong line

The law-enforcement minute and the public prosecutor's minute are not a copy of the same conversation. Whichever one the wrong line is on, the petition writes that minute's unit, date and page. If there is no date, it is said there is none. If a correction was asked for at the law enforcement and it was never spoken at the public prosecutor's office, the public prosecutor's paper is not treated as corrected. If the same word was written correctly at the public prosecutor's office, this correctness does not of itself erase the wrong line on the law-enforcement paper. The two minutes stand side by side. Which sentence each carries is read from each one's own page.

If there are statements of more than one person on the minute, the name under which the sentence called wrong stands is the name that is written. If under the name it is mixed, the mixture is not hidden. Another person's sentence cannot be had corrected like one's own sentence. If one's own sentence was written into another person's section, the petition shows the section heading and the sentence together.

The face of the public prosecutor's text is under a public prosecutor's statement minute. The reading of a law-enforcement statement as evidence is under the evidential value of a police statement. The question of whether it is necessary to sign stands under signing the police minute. This text does not take the place of that heading. The frame before the statement is in the article on before giving a statement.

The sentence shown in the petition

The petition carries three things in the same order. The first is the state on the minute of the sentence called wrong. The second is the state the person states they said. The third is whether this difference emerged before the signature or after the signature. If the third line is missing, the two steps are mixed. In Ankara the petition is written to the law-enforcement unit or the public prosecutor's office in the heading of the minute. If there is no unit in the heading, the unit is not chosen with the station name that is remembered.

The quotation is not turned into a new story longer than what is written on the minute. A sentence that is not on the minute is not reported as if it were on the minute. If the sentence is long, it is summarised and it is written on which page it stands. If the page number is not on the document, it is said there is no page number. The summary does not produce an acceptance sentence that does not stand on the minute. If it does not write that I accepted, it is not added as I accepted. The word denial or acknowledgement is reported in whichever form it stands on the minute. The form is not softened or hardened in the petition.

The copy of the minute given to the person and the original in the file may not carry the same number of pages. If the wrong line that appears on the copy was corrected on the original, the petition writes both states. Before the original is asked for, the line on the copy is not announced as the final text of the file. If the original also carries the same wrong sentence as the copy, from which copy it was read is stated. Before the copy is stated, the correction is not treated as made both on the copy and on the original. If the signature stands on one page and the wrong sentence is on another page, the petition shows the two pages together. If the signature page is missing, it is said it is missing. A missing signature page does not of itself come to mean the signature was not placed. This result is written if the page whose signature place is blank appears in the file.

If there is an hour and place line on the minute, the hour of the event called wrong is not mixed with this line. If the hour of the event is written separately on the minute, that line is reported. If it is not written, the hour of the event is not completed as the hour the minute was drawn up. The hour of drawing up is not the moment of the event either. If there are two hours, the two are written apart.

The framework is on the criminal law page.

Conclusion

The wrong line is separated from a correction before the signature and a record request after the signature. The first is on the same paper. The second is added to the file without erasing the signed text. The sentence that it was read and the interpreter line are reported as they stand on the minute. The law-enforcement paper does not of itself correct the public prosecutor's paper. The basis is the text of Criminal Procedure Code No. 5271.

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Frequently asked questions

Is a wrongness seen before the signature is placed and a difference after the signature the same step?

It is not. A difference before the signature is had corrected on the same minute. A difference after the signature is written into the file with a separate record request. The first is inside the paper. The second is a new record that comes beside the signed text.

Does a statement given later erase the signed minute?

It does not. The new record is not pasted in the place of the old text. Both can stand in the file. Which weight will be given to which is the assessment of the authority that holds the file. This article does not say the last statement will erase the earlier one.

Does the correction change according to whether the signature was placed?

Yes. A difference before the signature is corrected on the same minute. A difference after the signature is written into the file with a separate record and does not erase the signed text. The signature not being placed at all is assessed apart from these two steps.

Does a correction on the law-enforcement minute also correct the public prosecutor's paper?

No. The law-enforcement minute and the public prosecutor's minute are not a copy of the same conversation. Whichever one the wrong line is on, the petition writes that minute's unit and date. A line corrected at the law enforcement does not have a text that was never spoken at the public prosecutor's office counted as corrected.

Which three pieces of information stand side by side in the petition?

The state on the minute of the sentence called wrong, the state the person states they said, and whether the difference emerged before the signature or after the signature. If the third piece of information is missing, the two steps are mixed. A sentence that is not on the minute is not reported as if it were on the minute.

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This article sits under one practice area. The neighbouring guides carry the detail that does not belong in this text.

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Av. Ayşenur Konar

Lawyer on the Ankara Bar Association roll, founder of Konar Hukuk. This text is general information; a specific file is reviewed separately. Author profile · Editorial policy

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