Բայանդուրյան Հովհաննես 021
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CRIMINAL-PROCEDURAL REPRESENTATION OF LEGAL ENTITIES: ISSUES OF LEGAL REGULATION AND DOCTRINAL UNDERSTANDING
BAYANDURYAN HOVHANNES
Member of the Chamber of Advocates of the Republic of Armenia,
PhD Student at the Chair of Criminal Law and
Criminal Procedure Law of Armenian-Russian University ___________________________________________
Abstract. The article examines the theoretical and practical aspects of criminal-procedural representation of legal entities, particularly in the context of their participation in criminal proceedings as defendants, victims, and other procedural subjects. The author analyzes the existing models of representation, highlighting the specific features of legal and authorized representatives, and proposes a classification and a distinction between the concepts of “legal entity's governing body” and “representative”. Special attention is paid to the gaps in the Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia concerning the lack of legal regulation regarding the status of a lawful representative of an accused legal entity. As a solution, the article proposes amendments to Article 6 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Armenia to eliminate any legal uncertainty and to ensure procedural guarantees. The study is comprehensive and aims at developing the legal doctrine and legislative framework of criminal representation of legal entities. The author emphasizes that without clear regulation of representation mechanisms, it is impossible to guarantee fairness and equality of the parties in criminal proceedings.
Key words: legal representation in court, legal representative, voluntary representation, mandatory representation, limitation of authority, power of attorney, legal entity
DOI: https://doi.org/10.63925/18294847-2026.bl21-21