Assessment of the proposal to amend the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure Cover Image

Ocena propozycji nowelizacji Kodeksu karnego i Kodeksu postępowania karnego
Assessment of the proposal to amend the Criminal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure

Author(s): Natalia Podraza-Majewska
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: Criminal Code;Code of Criminal Procedure;bill

Summary/Abstract: The author assesses a draft amendment, which, in the opinion of its sponsor, assumes an improvement of the substantive and legislative level of the legal acts in question. In the view of the author of the opinion, some of the proposed amendments to the Criminal Code raise doubts and may cause a limitation of the hitherto judicial discretion and penal reaction of the court. Amendments to the statutory definitions set forth in the Criminal Code may also translate into depenalization of certain types of criminal offences. With regard to the amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure, the author assesses that allowing the appointment of a court-appointed attorney in the application of consensual procedures may improve the actions undertaken in consensual proceedings and ensure that the interests of the suspect are properly represented.

  • Issue Year: 76/2022
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 125-148
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Polish