PREZYDENT RZECZYPOSPOLITEJ POLSKIEJ JAKO ŚWIADEK W POSTĘPOWANIU KARNYM
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND AS A WITNESS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the legal status of the President of the Republic of Poland acting in the capacity of a witness in the course of legal proceedings. Having noted the insufficiency of the current legal regulation, the author begins his research with a detailed analysis of the concept of immunity and the possible legal circumstances which would allow the Head of the Polish state to be summoned as a witness in criminal proceedings. Then, the procedure of questioning the President of the Republic of Poland and the admissibility of imposing penalties on the Head of the State are presented in detail. The conclusion of the discussion is that although the admissibility of summoning the President of the Republic of Poland to witness should be beyond doubt, the shape of the existing regulations continues to hinder the actual use of the source of evidence in question.

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