Criminal Liability of the Auditor of the Supreme Audit Office for the Crime of Intellectual Forgery Cover Image

Odpowiedzialność karna kontrolera Najwyższej Izby Kontroli za przestępstwo fałszu intelektualnego
Criminal Liability of the Auditor of the Supreme Audit Office for the Crime of Intellectual Forgery

Author(s): Stanisław Dziwisz
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Polska Akademia Umiejętności / Krakowski Instytut Prawa Karnego Fundacja
Keywords: intellectual forgery; post-control statements; Supreme Audit Office;

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the elements of the crime of intellectual forgery, with particular emphasis on the criminal liability of auditors of the Supreme Audit Office (NIK) for certifying falsehood in the post-control statements. The author presents that NIK auditors are public officers within the meaning of Article 115 § 13 of the Polish Criminal Code (k.k.). It is also presented that the post-control statement is the document within the meaning of Article 271 k.k. and it contains a certification of the legally significant circumstances by an authorized person. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the possibility of imposing criminal liability for the crime described in Article 271 k.k. on the NIK auditors.

  • Issue Year: 24/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 25-38
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish