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Influence of defects on ferroelectric properties of the (CH_{3}ΝΗ_{3})_{5}Bi_{2}Χ_{11} (Χ = Cl, Br) crystals in the vicinity of ferro-paraelectric phase transition was investigated. γ-irradiation of both crystals insignificantly shifts Tc towards higher temperature. The substitution of chlorine atoms by iodine ones in the (CH_{3}ΝΗ_{3})_{5}Bi_{2}Cl_{11} crystal drastically reduces the magnitude of the dielectric permittivity but does not influence on the temperature behaviour of the spontaneous polarization.