The crime of rigging during the discharge of the contractual obligation

The crime of rigging during the discharge of the contractual obligation is regulated under ninth section entitled "Crimes Related to Economy, Industry and Trade", under third part headed "Crimes Against Society", under second book which involves special provisions of Turkish Criminal Code No. 5237. By the section of the provision, the crime of rigging during the discharge of the contractual obligation constitutes an economic crime. The second paragraph of the article 236 stipulates the fraudulent acts of rigging during the discharge of the contractual obligation as delivering or accepting a product differ from the one specified its quality in the contract, delivering or accepting a product less than indicated, accepting the execution of the contractual obligation as prompt even though it is not fulfilled within the specified period, accepting the execution although it is not conformed with the specified conditions, amount or quality in construction bids and accepting the execution of the service despite its inconvenience by quality or quantity. Lastly the third paragraph of the article disposes that the public officers who afford advantage by the act of acceptance above-mentioned have to be punished for both of the crimes.