Home / Dz.U. 1971 nr 12 poz. 114
Law of 20 May 1971 Code of Petty Offences.
Ustawa z dnia 20 maja 1971 r. Kodeks wykroczeń.
Type
Law (Ustawa)
Status
act has a consolidated text (akt posiada tekst jednolity)
Announced
1971-05-20
Entry into force
1972-01-01
Texts
The consolidated text (tekst ujednolicony) is unofficial; only the signed PDFs from Dziennik Ustaw / Monitor Polski are legally authentic.
Keywords
code of petty offencesoffences
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Information on Consolidated Text (11)
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of October 14, 2021, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Petty Offenses
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of May 21, 2025, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Law - Code of Petty Offences
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of September 4, 2023, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Code of Petty Offenses
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 28 September 2022 on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law - Code of Petty Offences
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of January 22, 2021, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Law - Code of Petty Offenses
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of April 4, 2019 on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Petty Offenses
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of March 1, 2018, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the law - Code of Petty Offenses
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of July 3, 2015, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the law - Code of Petty Offences
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of March 11, 2013, concerning the announcement of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Petty Offenses
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of March 16, 2010, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act - Code of Petty Offences
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of June 4, 2007, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law - Code of Petty Offenses
Constitutional Tribunal Ruling (12)
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of July 16, 2020, case file P 19/19
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