Legal opinion on Deputies’ rights under Article 19(1) of the Act on the Exercise of the Mandate of a Deputy or Senator in relation to Companies (...) Cover Image

Opinia prawna na temat poselskich uprawnień z art. 19 ust. 1 ustawy o wykonywaniu mandatu posła i senatora wobec spółek z udziałem Skarbu Państwa.
Legal opinion on Deputies’ rights under Article 19(1) of the Act on the Exercise of the Mandate of a Deputy or Senator in relation to Companies (...)

Author(s): Paweł Kościelny
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: Poland; Deputy; mandate; information; documents; oversight; company; State Treasury;

Summary/Abstract: The author attempts to answer the question: ‘which actions may be taken by a Deputy under Article 19(1) of the Act on the Exercise of the Mandate of a deputy or Senator in relation to companies with State shareholdings’. He provides an analysis of the following phrases ‘the right to obtain information and materials’, ‘the right to enter the premises where the information and materials are kept’ and ‘the right to inspect the activities’. As a consequence of the analysis, the author proposes that a narrowing interpretation of rights resulting from Article 19 of the Act must be adopted, and points to the need for ‘restraint in the exercise of rights specified in Article 19’, particularly ‘the right to inspect the activities’.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 209-215
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: Polish