Home / Dz.U. 2001 nr 106 poz. 1148
Law of 24 August 2001 - Code of Procedure in Cases of Misdemeanours
Ustawa z dnia 24 sierpnia 2001 r - Kodeks postępowania w sprawach o wykroczenia.
Type
Law (Ustawa)
Status
act has a consolidated text (akt posiada tekst jednolity)
Announced
2001-08-24
Entry into force
2001-10-17
Texts
The consolidated text (tekst ujednolicony) is unofficial; only the signed PDFs from Dziennik Ustaw / Monitor Polski are legally authentic.
Keywords
compensationevidenceterritorial jurisdictionfinesCourt costs and feesdirect coercioncode of procedure in cases of petty offencespecuniary and disciplinary penaltiesPenalty Ticketssubject-matter jurisdictionoffences
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- Regulation of the Minister of the Interior of November 29, 2013, amending the regulation on offenses for which municipal guards are authorized to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of 15 May 2025 on amending the regulation amending the regulation on imposing fines by means of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of 11 October 2025 amending the regulation on offences for which Border Guard officers are authorised to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of April 11, 2023, amending the regulation on imposing fines by means of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of March 27, 2023 on offenses for which employees of the office providing services to the minister competent for water management performing water management control are authorized to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket, and on the conditions and method of issuing authorizations to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the President of the Council of Ministers of March 30, 2023, amending the regulation on granting powers to employees of mining authorities performing inspection and technical activities in mining plants to impose fines by way of penalty tickets
- Regulation of the President of the Council of Ministers of March 28, 2023, amending the regulation on granting powers to officials of the Veterinary Inspectorate, the Trade Quality Inspectorate of Agricultural and Food Articles, and the State Inspectorate for Plant Protection and Seed Production to impose fines by way of penalty tickets
- Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of February 16, 2023, amending the regulation on offenses for which Border Guard officers are authorized to impose fines by means of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of September 28, 2023, amending the regulation on offences for which municipal guards are authorised to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of June 30, 2023, amending the regulation on the amount of fines imposed by way of penalty tickets for selected types of offenses.
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of 14 June 2023 amending the regulation on granting powers to impose fines by way of penal orders to officers of the Veterinary Inspection, the Trade Quality Inspection of Agri-food Articles and the State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of March 3, 2022, amending the regulation on granting officers of the Veterinary Inspectorate, the Trade Quality Inspectorate of Agricultural and Food Articles, and the State Inspectorate for Plant Protection and Seed Production the powers to impose fines by way of a penal order
- Regulation of the Minister of Infrastructure of 23 November 2022 on offences for which road transport inspectors and employees of the General Inspectorate of Road Transport are authorised to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of 30 November 2022 repealing the regulation on granting road transport inspectors and employees of the General Inspectorate of Road Transport the powers to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of September 1, 2022, repealing the regulation on granting inspectors of the Environmental Protection Inspectorate the powers to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Minister of Climate and Environment of August 30, 2022, on offenses for which inspectors of the Environmental Protection Inspectorate are authorized to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of July 4, 2022, amending the regulation on offenses for which Border Guard officers are authorized to impose fines by way of a penalty order
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of March 18, 2021, amending the regulation on the amount of fines imposed by way of penalty tickets for selected types of offenses
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of December 30, 2021, amending the regulation on the amount of fines imposed by way of penalty tickets for selected types of offenses
- Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of December 1, 2021, amending the regulation on offenses for which Border Guard officers are authorized to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of September 10, 2021, amending the Regulation on offenses for which Border Guard officers are authorized to impose fines by means of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of July 30, 2021 amending the regulation on offenses for which municipal guards are authorized to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Council of Ministers of April 14, 2020, amending the regulation on the procedure for penalty ticket forms, penalty tickets generated using an IT system, fines imposed by penalty tickets, and entities purchasing penalty ticket forms for consideration
- Regulation of the Minister of the Interior and Administration of December 7, 2020, amending the regulation on offenses for which Border Guard officers are authorized to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of September 4, 2020 amending the regulation on granting officers of the Veterinary Inspectorate, the Trade Quality Inspectorate of Agricultural and Food Products, and the State Plant Protection and Seed Inspectorate the powers to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Minister of Interior and Administration of 4 August 2020 amending the regulation on offences for which municipal guards are authorised to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Minister of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation of July 15, 2020, on offenses for which employees of the State Water Holding Polish Waters performing water management control are authorized to impose fines by way of a penalty order, and the conditions and procedure for issuing authorizations to impose fines by way of a penalty order
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of June 12, 2020, amending the regulation on granting powers to impose fines by way of penalty tickets to officials of the Veterinary Inspectorate, the Trade Quality Inspectorate of Agricultural and Food Articles, and the State Inspectorate for Plant Protection and Seed
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of 29 April 2019 amending the regulation on imposing fines by means of a penalty ticket
- Regulation of the Prime Minister of March 14, 2019 amending the regulation on granting police officers of the State Sanitary Inspectorate the powers to impose fines by way of a penalty ticket
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Amending Acts (76)
- Law of 22 May 2003 on amending the law - Code of Procedure in cases of misdemeanors · 2003-07-01
- Law of 14 November 2003 on amending the Labour Code and on amending certain other laws · 2004-01-01
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 18 May 2004, case file SK 38/03 · 2005-01-01
- Law of 7 July 2005 amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Misdemeanor Procedure · 2005-08-02
- Law of 6 May 2005 on amending the Law on the Code of Procedure in Misdemeanour Cases · 2005-08-03
- Law of November 16, 2006, on amending the Law - Penal Code and certain other laws · 2007-03-12
- Law of May 9, 2007, amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and certain other laws · 2007-06-20
- Law of 13 April 2007 on the State Labour Inspectorate · 2007-07-01
- Law of 24 October 2008 amending the Law on the Penal Code and certain other laws · 2008-12-18
- Law of December 5, 2008, on amending the law on criminal procedure and certain other laws · 2009-01-01
- Law of October 9, 2009 on Military Discipline · 2010-01-01
- Law of 9 October 2009 amending the Law on the Prosecution Service and certain other laws · 2010-03-31
- Law of November 5, 2009, amending the Law - Penal Code, the Law - Code of Criminal Procedure, the Law - Code of Enforcement of Penal Sentences, the Law - Fiscal Penal Code, and certain other laws · 2010-06-08
- Law of 24 September 2010 on amending the Act on the Children's Ombudsman and certain other acts · 2010-11-09
- Law of October 29, 2010, amending the law on road traffic and certain other laws · 2010-12-31
- Law of 5 August 2010 on the protection of classified information. · 2011-01-02
- Law of 31 August 2011 amending the Law on the Safety of Mass Events and certain other laws · 2011-11-12
- Law of 16 September 2011 amending the Code of Enforcement of Sentences and certain other laws · 2012-01-01
- Law of September 16, 2011, amending the Law on Road Transport and certain other laws · 2012-01-01
- Law of 31 August 2012 amending the Code of Criminal Procedure Act and certain other acts · 2012-11-05
- Law of May 10, 2013 amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Misdemeanor Procedure · 2013-07-18
- Law of 14 March 2014 amending the Law on Road Traffic and certain other laws · 2014-04-30
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of June 3, 2014, file ref. K 19/11 · 2014-06-16
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of July 15, 2014, case file K 23/13 · 2014-07-24
- Law of April 4, 2014, on amending the Law – Code of Procedure in cases of misdemeanors · 2014-11-09
- Law of November 28, 2014, on the protection and assistance for victims and witnesses · 2015-04-08
- Law of September 27, 2013, on the amendment of the law - Code of Criminal Procedure and certain other laws · 2015-07-01
- Law of February 20, 2015, on amending the law - the Penal Code and certain other laws · 2015-07-01
- Law of May 15, 2015, amending the law on the code of procedure in cases of petty offenses. · 2015-08-01
- Law of June 12, 2015, amending the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Procedure in Misdemeanor Cases · 2015-09-17
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Information on Consolidated Text (10)
- 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 Procedure in Misdemeanor Cases
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of June 13, 2025, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Petty Offenses Procedure
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of June 11, 2024, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Law on Misdemeanor Proceedings
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of April 28, 2022, concerning the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Petty Offence Procedure
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of March 26, 2020, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the law - Code of Petty Offence Proceedings
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of May 16, 2019, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law - Code of Petty Offence Proceedings
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of February 9, 2018, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law - Code of Petty Offenses 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 Act - Code of Procedure in Misdemeanour Cases
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of February 20, 2013, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Procedure in Misdemeanor Cases
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of June 25, 2008 on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Procedure in Misdemeanour Cases
References (1)
Constitutional Tribunal Ruling (7)
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of January 8, 2019, ref. no. SK 6/16
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 17 July 2018, case file no. K 9/17
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of December 14, 2017, ref. no. K 17/14
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of July 15, 2014, case file K 23/13
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of June 3, 2014, file ref. K 19/11
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of February 19, 2008, case file P 48/06
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 18 May 2004, case file SK 38/03
Introductory Provisions (1)
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