Pre-trial detention in Poland Pre-trial detention is the most important measure for safeguarding proper procedure of criminal proceedings in Poland. The Polish Code of Criminal Procedure stipulates that the pre-trial detention arrangement is only permissible if the purpose cannot be achieved by other measures. Thus the Polish Code of Criminal Procedure and others provides police…

Criminal law for corporations in Poland Unlike Germany, Poland has a criminal law for corporations existing already for over 13 years, basing on which in the event of the appropriate prerequisites provides the possibility to impose a penalty on the company as an organizational unit. The concept of an undertaking in the Polish criminal law…

Interrogation in preliminary proceedings in Poland Interrogation of the accused In Poland, the accused is obliged to present himself at the police station in response to the summons by the police. Once there, the accused should only refer to personal data and restrain from statements on the matter itself. There is a risk for the…

The search of premises according to Polish Criminal Procedural Law Preliminary proceedings will be conducted to determine whether a criminal offense of the Polish Penal Law has been realized. If this is the case, the Office of the public prosecutor and the police acting on his behalf have to secure the existing evidence in the…