Amendments to the Penal Code of 2020 Based on the So-Called Covid Acts in the Light of the Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 14 July 2020, file ref. no. Kp 1/19

According to the Statute of Sejm, introducing changes to an act, which is a code, requires a special procedure, which purpose is not to make such changes too fast. Meanwhile, in a relatively short period, polish parlament made a numer of changes to the penal code as part of the enactment of laws aimed at combating the coronavirus epidemic. The scope of these changes was relatively large. They concerned important issues not only in the general part of the Penal Code, defining the principles of criminal liability, but also in the specific regulations, modifying statutory threats and introducing new types of crimes. This is particularly important due to the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal issued on July 14, 2020, which also concerned the legislative pace of the 2019 amendment to the Penal Code.