Spóźniona rejestracja małżeństwa zawieranego w formie wyznaniowej. Glosa częściowo krytyczna do uchwały Sądu Najwyższego z dnia 10 maja 2023 roku (III CZP 71/23)
Late registration of marriage concluded in religious form: A partially critical commentary on the resolution of the Supreme Court of 10 May 2023 (III CZP 71/22)

Summary/Abstract: In its resolution issued on May 10, 2023 (III CZP 71/22), the Polish Supreme Court held that activities related to the submission of a certificate of marriage declarations to the registry office and the subsequent drawing up of a marriage certificate constitute a particular administrative procedure in which the clergyman holds the status of a special administering entity. Moreover, the Supreme Court tacitly found that the timely submission of a marriage certificate is not an element of the constitutive requirement for the conclusion of marriage and that the only entity obliged to comply with the five-day deadline specified by law is the clergyman. However, as a consequence of its adoption of the above assumptions, the Court should recognise the rights of prospective spouses to shape their situation as parties to their marriage registration proceedings. As a result, it should be assumed that a civil marriage conducted in the religious form is concluded when, after the ineffective expiration of the clergyman’s deadline to deliver the certificate, the persons who made the declarations pertaining to the “civil effects” of marriage, apply for marriage registration. In these situations, the registrar should draw up a marriage certificate.

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