The Penal Code – differentiation with regard to the right to impose an aggregated penalty, depending on the moment when individual penalties or aggregated penalties become legally enforceable K 16/16
Ref. No. <link s k-1616 _blank>K 16/16
JUDGMENT
IN THE NAME OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
Warsaw, 4 July 2018
The Constitutional Tribunal, composed of:
Julia Przyłębska – Presiding Judge
Grzegorz Jędrejek
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski
Leon Kieres – Judge Rapporteur
Mariusz Muszyński
Justyn Piskorski
Piotr Pszczółkowski
Małgorzata Pyziak-Szafnicka
Stanisław Rymar
Piotr Tuleja
Michał Warciński
Jarosław Wyrembak,
Recording Clerk – Krzysztof Zalecki,
having considered, at hearings on 27 June and 4 July 2018 – in the presence of the applicant, the Sejm and the Public Prosecutor-General – the Ombudsman’s application lodged with the Tribunal to consider the conformity of:
Article 19(1) of the Act of 20 February 2015 amending the Penal Code and certain other acts (Journal of Laws – Dz. U. item 396) – insofar as it provides for differentiation with regard to the right to impose an aggregated penalty, depending on the moment when individual penalties or aggregated penalties become legally enforceable – to Article 32(1) of the Constitution,
adjudicates as follows:
Article 19(1) of the Act of 20 February 2015 amending the Penal Code and certain other acts (Journal of Laws – Dz. U. item 396) is consistent with Article 32(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland.
The ruling was unanimous.
Julia Przyłębska
Grzegorz Jędrejek
Zbigniew Jędrzejewski
Leon Kieres
Mariusz Muszyński
Justyn Piskorski
Piotr Pszczółkowski
Małgorzata Pyziak-Szafnicka
Stanisław Rymar
Piotr Tuleja
Michał Warciński
Jarosław Wyrembak