Prosecution and crime
Article 231, the operative part and deferral of the announcement
Article 231 of the Criminal Procedure Code begins with the rule on reading the operative part of the judgment at the end of the hearing and telling a defendant who is present about the appeal route. A later paragraph of the same article speaks of deferral of the announcement of the verdict as the established judgment producing no legal result for the defendant, apart from confiscation. The list of conditions and the penalty threshold are in the official text. This page does not write the threshold or the result.
Reading the operative part is not a decision to defer the announcement. The two sit one after the other in the same article. The letters HAGB on a screen do not mean the operative part was read, and do not mean the conditions occurred.
The current result is in the existing article on deferral. This guide does not replace that article and does not add an unverified decision number. The appeal period is not brought here as a number either.
On 14 November 2026 this article heading was read in the official consolidated text. The wording was not carried here.
This page does not replace the official text.
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Questions
Is 231 only the deferral article?
No. The article begins with reading the operative part. Deferral is in a later paragraph.
Are the conditions and the penalty threshold here?
No. The list and the threshold are in the official text. The result stands in the deferral article.
Last legislation check: 2026-11-13. Av. Ayşenur Konar.