Home / Dz.U. 1997 nr 89 poz. 555
Law of 6 June 1997 - Code of Criminal Procedure
Ustawa z dnia 6 czerwca 1997 r. - Kodeks postępowania karnego.
Type
Law (Ustawa)
Status
act has a consolidated text (akt posiada tekst jednolity)
Announced
1997-06-06
Entry into force
1998-09-01
Texts
The consolidated text (tekst ujednolicony) is unofficial; only the signed PDFs from Dziennik Ustaw / Monitor Polski are legally authentic.
Keywords
court of appealdirect coercioncommon courtspre-trial detentiondocumentscriminal proceedingsappealoffencescompensationadvocacyjudgesbieglicassationcourt costs and feescode of criminal procedurepecuniary and disciplinary penaltiesmilitary courts
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Acts Declared Repealed (2)
- Announcement of the Minister of Justice of August 8, 1958, on guidelines for the administration of justice and court practice regarding the application of Articles 510-516 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. · 1998-09-01
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of June 4, 1993, on the fee for an application for an extraordinary cassation appeal in criminal cases. · 1998-09-01
Implementing Regulations (162)
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of February 21, 2026, on the procedure and method of submitting procedural documents in electronic form via the information portal in criminal proceedings
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of June 10, 2025, on the amount of the lump-sum equivalent of expenses in private prosecution cases
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of January 13, 2025, on the determination of the forms of information on the course, manner, and conditions of interrogation for persons interrogated under the procedure specified in Art. 185a-185c of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Art. 185e of the Code of Criminal Procedure
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of February 7, 2025, amending the regulation on bodies authorized, alongside the Police, to conduct investigations and bodies authorized to file and support indictments before the court of first instance in cases where an investigation was conducted, as well as the scope of matters entrusted to these bodies
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of February 2, 2025, on determining the form of the individual assessment questionnaire for victims and witnesses
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 16 January 2024 on determining the lump sum due to a family assistant for participation in a session or hearing
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of April 17, 2024, on the determination of remuneration rates for experts, lump-sum tariffs and the method of documenting expenses necessary for issuing an opinion in criminal proceedings
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of March 12, 2024, on the service of documents in electronic form in criminal proceedings
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of December 11, 2024, amending the regulation on determining the remuneration rates of experts, lump-sum tariffs, and the method of documenting expenses necessary for issuing an opinion in criminal proceedings
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 12 November 2024 on the determination of the form of instructions on the rights of the accused in the event of the application of temporary detention
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 7 November 2024 on the determination of the form of written instructions on the rights of a detainee based on a European arrest warrant and the forms of written explanations regarding the scope of rights of such detainee
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 7 November 2024 on the determination of the forms of written explanations for the suspect, the injured party and the witness regarding the scope of their rights and obligations and the manner and conditions of interrogation
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 7 November 2024 on the determination of the forms of written instructions on the rights and obligations of the suspect, the injured party and the witness
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of October 31, 2024, on the determination of the forms of information on the course, manner, and conditions of questioning a suspect and a witness who have not reached the age of 18
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 26 January 2023 amending the Regulation on the list of medical facilities, including psychiatric ones, intended for temporary arrest and the security conditions of these facilities
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of August 13, 2024, on the determination of the forms of written explanations for the suspect, the injured party and the witness regarding the scope of their rights and obligations and the manner and conditions of interrogation
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of August 13, 2024, on the determination of the form of written instructions on the rights of a detainee based on a European arrest warrant and the forms of written explanations regarding the scope of rights of such a detainee
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of August 13, 2024, on the determination of the forms of written instructions on the rights and obligations of the suspect, the injured party and the witness
- Regulation of the Minister of Health of 20 October 2023 amending the regulation on the list of psychiatric facilities and addiction treatment facilities intended for observation and the method of financing observation, as well as the security conditions of facilities for persons deprived of liberty
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of September 29, 2023, amending the regulation on the list of healthcare facilities, including psychiatric facilities, intended for the execution of pre-trial detention and the security conditions of these facilities
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of June 22, 2023, amending the regulation on the amount and method of calculating the expenses of the State Treasury in criminal proceedings
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of May 23, 2023, amending the regulation on the method of preparing interrogations conducted under the procedure specified in Articles 185a-185c of the Code of Criminal Procedure
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of December 23, 2022 amending the regulation on the detailed rules and procedure for serving documents of procedural bodies in criminal proceedings
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of June 18, 2021, on the technical method of preparing systems and networks for transmitting information for the collection of IT data and data not constituting the content of a telephone conversation or other information transmission, as well as methods of their securing in devices containing this data and in systems and on IT data carriers
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of March 27, 2020, amending the regulation on detailed rules and procedures for serving documents of procedural bodies in criminal proceedings
- Regulation of the Minister of Health of October 12, 2020 amending the regulation on the list of psychiatric institutions and addiction treatment institutions designated for observation and the method of financing observation, as well as the security conditions of institutions for persons deprived of liberty
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 28 September 2020 on the method of preparing an interrogation conducted under the procedure specified in Articles 185a-185c of the Code of Criminal Procedure
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 28 September 2020 on the method of ensuring the accused's access to the assistance of a court-appointed defence counsel
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 14 September 2020 on the determination of the form of information on the rights and obligations of a witness in criminal proceedings
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 14 September 2020 on the determination of the form of information on the rights and obligations of the injured party in criminal proceedings
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Amending Acts (172)
- Law of 10 September 1999 Provisions introducing the Fiscal Penal Code. · 1999-10-17
- Law of July 20, 2000, amending the Law - Code of Criminal Procedure, the Law - Provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Law - Fiscal Penal Code. · 2000-09-01
- Act of July 21, 2000, Telecommunications Law. · 2001-01-01
- Law of 9 September 2000 on amending the law - Penal Code, the law - Code of Criminal Procedure, the law on combating unfair competition, the law on public procurement and the law - Banking Law. · 2001-02-04
- Law of 24 May 2000 on the National Criminal Register. · 2001-06-22
- Law of 24 August 2001 introducing the Code of Procedure in Cases of Misdemeanours · 2001-10-17
- Law of 27 July 2001 on Court Custodians. · 2002-01-01
- Law of May 24, 2002, on the Internal Security Agency and the Intelligence Agency. · 2002-06-29
- Law of June 13, 2003, amending the Penal Code and certain other laws · 2003-07-01
- Law of 10 January 2003 on amending the law - Code of Criminal Procedure, the law - Provisions introducing the Code of Criminal Procedure, the law on the protected witness, and the law on the protection of classified information · 2003-07-01
- Law of June 12, 2003, Postal Law · 2003-08-24
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 16 March 2004 case file K 22/03 · 2004-03-30
- Law of April 16, 2004, amending the Penal Code and certain other laws · 2004-05-01
- Law of March 18, 2004, on amending the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and the Code of Petty Offences · 2004-05-01
- Law of 8 October 2004 amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Execution of Sentences · 2004-11-23
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of December 6, 2004, case ref. SK 29/04 · 2004-12-15
- Law of 17 December 2004 on amending the Police Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure · 2005-02-01
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of March 14, 2005, case ref. K 35/04 · 2005-03-25
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 23 May 2005 case file SK 44/04 · 2005-06-02
- Law of 7 July 2005 amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Misdemeanor Procedure · 2005-08-02
- Law of 3 June 2005 on amending the Code of Criminal Procedure · 2005-08-29
- Law of 7 July 2005 on amending the Law - Code of Criminal Procedure · 2005-09-21
- Law of 27 July 2005 amending the Penal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Execution of Sentences · 2005-09-26
- Law of 28 July 2005 on amending the Law - Fiscal Penal Code and certain other laws · 2005-12-17
- Law of 17 February 2006 amending the Code of Criminal Procedure · 2006-05-06
- Law of April 5, 2006, amending the Law - Code of Criminal Procedure · 2006-06-21
- Law of June 9, 2006, on the Central Anticorruption Bureau · 2006-07-24
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 26 July 2006, case file SK 21/04 · 2006-08-08
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of September 7, 2006, case file SK 60/05. · 2006-09-19
- Law of June 9, 2006, Provisions introducing the Law on the Counterintelligence Service of the Armed Forces and the Military Intelligence Service · 2006-10-01
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Information on Consolidated Text (9)
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of March 1, 2021, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Criminal Procedure
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 27 March 2026 on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Law - Code of Criminal Procedure
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of November 27, 2024, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Criminal Procedure.
- Announcement by the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of December 7, 2023, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Criminal Procedure
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of May 13, 2022, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Code of Criminal Procedure
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of September 16, 2016, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law - Code of Criminal Procedure
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 15 September 2017 on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Criminal Procedure
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of September 14, 2018, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law - Code of Criminal Procedure
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of November 22, 2019, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Criminal Procedure
References (4)
Constitutional Tribunal Ruling (65)
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of May 20, 2014, file ref. SK 13/13
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of March 25, 2014, case file SK 25/13
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 30 September 2014 ref. act SK 22/13
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of January 21, 2014, file ref. SK 5/12
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of January 8, 2013, case file no. K 18/10
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of June 11, 2013, case file SK 23/10
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 26 November 2013 case file SK 33/12
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of October 8, 2013, file ref. K 30/11
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 10 December 2012 ref. no. K 25/11
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 20 November 2012, ref. no. SK 3/12.
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 11 October 2012 file ref. SK 18/10
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 25 September 2012 file ref. SK 28/10
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of July 18, 2011, ref. no. SK 10/10
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of December 13, 2011, ref. no. K 33/08
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 18 October 2011 file ref. SK 39/09
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 7 December 2010, case file P 11/09
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 5 October 2010 ref. no. SK 26/08
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of July 13, 2009 ref. SK 46/08
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of April 28, 2009 case file P 22/07
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 6 October 2009 case file SK 46/07
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 22 July 2008 ref. no. K 24/07
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 3 July 2008 file ref. K 38/07
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of June 10, 2008, ref. no. SK 17/07.
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 3 June 2008, ref. no. K 42/07
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of February 5, 2008, case file K 34/06
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of October 7, 2008, case file P 30/07
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 10 July 2007 ref. act SK 50/06
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of September 7, 2006, case file SK 60/05.
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 16 January 2006 case ref. SK 30/05
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 27 July 2006, case file SK 43/04
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Introductory Provisions (1)
Acts referring to this act
- Amended Acts: Law of January 23, 2026, on the profession of psychologist and the professional self-government of psychologists
- Amended Acts: Law of June 11, 2026, on amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Fiscal Penal Code
- Amended Acts: Law of 15 May 2026 amending the Code of Criminal Procedure
- Amended Acts: Law of May 15, 2026, on the participation of the Republic of Poland in the Eurodac system
- Amended Acts: Law of March 27, 2026, amending the Code of Criminal Procedure
- Amended Acts: Law of February 13, 2026, on amending the law on the National Criminal Register and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of July 9, 2025, amending the Law - Code of Criminal Procedure and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of December 4, 2025, on amending certain laws to improve road traffic safety
- Amended Acts: Law of September 12, 2025, on amending the Code of Criminal Procedure Act
- Amended Acts: Law of January 24, 2025, amending certain laws in connection with the accession of the Republic of Poland to enhanced cooperation in the field of the European Public Prosecutor's Office
- Amended Acts: Law of July 12, 2024 - Provisions introducing the law - Electronic Communications Law
- Amended Acts: Law of July 26, 2024, on amending certain laws to improve the actions of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, the Police, and the Border Guard in the event of a threat to state security
- Amended Acts: Law of April 14, 2023, on amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of July 28, 2023, on amending the Law - Family and Guardianship Code and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of July 7, 2022 on amending the Law - Penal Code and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of July 7, 2023 on the amendment of the law - Code of Civil Procedure, the law - Law on the Organization of Common Courts, the law - Code of Criminal Procedure and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of January 13, 2023 amending the Code of Civil Procedure and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of March 9, 2023, amending the law on combating domestic violence and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 5 August 2022 amending the Law - Executive Penal Code and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of October 27, 2022 on amending the Law - Code of Criminal Procedure and the Law - Prosecution Law
- Amended Acts: Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of April 27, 2022, case file SK 53/20
- Amended Acts: Law of March 11, 2022, on Homeland Defence
- Amended Acts: Law of December 17, 2021, on amending certain laws in connection with the establishment of the Central Bureau for Combating Cybercrime
- Amended Acts: Law of November 18, 2020, on electronic delivery
- Amended Acts: Law of 20 April 2021 amending the Penal Code and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 16 December 2020 amending the law - Code of Criminal Procedure
- Amended Acts: Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 19 August 2020, case ref. K 46/15
- Amended Acts: Law of June 19, 2020, on subsidies for interest on bank loans granted to entrepreneurs affected by the effects of COVID-19 and on simplified approval proceedings in connection with the occurrence of COVID-19
- Amended Acts: Law of March 31, 2020, on amending the law on special solutions related to the prevention, counteracting and combating of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and crisis situations caused by them, and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of March 4, 2020, case file P 22/19
- Amended Acts: Law of 19 July 2019 amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of June 26, 2019 file no. K 8/17
- Amended Acts: Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of December 14, 2017, ref. no. K 17/14
- Amended Acts: Law of February 21, 2019 on amending the Law - Executive Penal Code and the Law - Code of Criminal Procedure
- Amended Acts: Law of December 6, 2018, on amending the law on the medical and dental professions and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 22 March 2018 on court bailiffs
- Amended Acts: Law of 15 June 2018 on the amendment of the law on free legal aid and legal education and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of December 14, 2018 amending the law on the Police and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 3 October 2018 case file no. SK 5/16
- Amended Acts: Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 17 July 2018, case file no. K 9/17
- Amended Acts: Law of 26 January 2018 - Provisions introducing the Law on the Marshal's Guard
- Amended Acts: Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of May 16, 2018, case file K 12/15
- Amended Acts: Law of December 8, 2017, on the Supreme Court
- Amended Acts: Law of January 10, 2018, on amending the law - Code of Criminal Procedure and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 8 December 2017 on the State Protection Service
- Amended Acts: Law of 9 November 2017 on amending the law on certain rights of employees of the office serving the minister competent for internal affairs and officers and employees of offices supervised by this minister and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 12 July 2017 on amending the law - the Act on the structure of common courts and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 23 March 2017 amending the Penal Code, the Law on Juvenile Proceedings and the Code of Criminal Procedure
- Amended Acts: Law of March 23, 2017, on amending the law - Penal Code and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 23 March 2017 amending the Penal Code and certain other laws