administrative or other activities within the framework of the rights and duties of the
Republic, in the local self-government units, as well as persons who permanently or
temporarily perform an official duty in these bodies and organizations,
b) a civil servant performing professional, normative-legal, executive, administrativesupervisory activities and administrative activities in accordance with the Constitution and a
law.
c) an authorized person within a legal entity which by law or by some other enacted
regulation based on a law is entrusted with performing public duties, when the duty is
performed within the framework of those authorities, as well as an authorized person for
representation of associations, foundations, unions and organizational types of foreign
organizations, sports associations and other legal entities in the field of sports,
d) a person performing certain official duties, based on the authorization given by law or by
some other enacted regulations based on a law,
e) a military person, when considering crimes in which an official person is pointed out as
the offender and
f) a representative of a foreign country or an international organization in the Republic of
Macedonia.
(5) A foreign official person, when designated as an offender of a crime, is considered to be
the person who, in a foreign country, international organization or public institution
performs some of the functions or duties stipulated in paragraph (4) points a) through e).
(6) A legal entity shall refer to: the Republic of Macedonia, units of the local self-government,
political parties, public enterprises, trade companies, institutions, associations, foundations,
unions and organizational types of foreign organizations, sports associations and other legal
entities in the field of sports, funds, financial organizations, and other organizations
specified by law and registered as legal entities and other associations and organizations
being recognized the capacity of a legal entity. A foreign legal entity shall refer to: a public
enterprise, institution, fund, bank, trade company or any other form of organization in
accordance with the laws of a foreign country pertaining to the performance of economic,
financial, banking, trade, service or other activities, with head office in another country or a
branch office in the Republic of Macedonia or founded as an international association, fund,
bank or institution.
(7) A responsible person within a legal entity shall be considered to be a person within the
legal entity, who considering his function or based on special authorization in the legal
entity, is entrusted with a certain circle of matters which concern the execution of legal
regulations, or regulations adopted on the basis of a law or a general act of the legal entity
in the management, use and disposition of property, the management of the production or
some other business venture, or other economic process and their supervision. An official
person shall also be considered to be a responsible person, when this concerns crimes
where a responsible person is found to be the offender, while the crimes are not foreseen
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