Home / Dz.U. 1990 nr 30 poz. 179
Law of 6 April 1990 on the Police.
Ustawa z dnia 6 kwietnia 1990 r. o Policji.
Type
Law (Ustawa)
Status
act has a consolidated text (akt posiada tekst jednolity)
Announced
1990-04-06
Entry into force
1990-05-10
Texts
The consolidated text (tekst ujednolicony) is unofficial; only the signed PDFs from Dziennik Ustaw / Monitor Polski are legally authentic.
Keywords
arbitrationfamily allowancecity guardemployee leaveremunerationholiday leavepolice ranksspecial leave entitlementscriminal proceedingsorders, decorations and badgespensions and annuitiesTenancy Lawrules for the use of weapons by officersbroń, amunicja i materiały wybuchowesupreme and central administrative bodiesawardsdisciplinary proceedingsfuneral grantpolitical partiesseverance paytrade unionsnursing benefit
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Acts Declared Repealed (2)
- Regulation No. 32 of the President of the Council of Ministers of December 24, 1985 on directing officers released from the Security Service and the Citizens' Militia to work. · 1991-05-10
- Regulation of the Ministers of Health and Social Welfare and Internal Affairs of October 23, 1986 on the use of medical services of social healthcare facilities by officers of the Security Service and the Citizens' Militia and their family members. · 1991-05-11
Implementing Regulations (746)
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of February 26, 2026, on the use of units and subunits of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland to assist units and subunits of the Police.
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 21, 2025, No. 112.55.2025, on appointment to the rank of Police Inspector General
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 21, 2025, No. 112.51.2025, on appointment to the rank of Police Inspector General
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 21, 2025, No. 112.50.2025, on appointment to the rank of Police General Inspector
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of November 8, 2025, No. 112.88.2025, concerning the appointment to the rank of Police Superintendent General
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of November 20, 2025, on the use of units and subunits of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland to assist units and subunits of the Police
- Order No. 113 of the Prime Minister of November 8, 2024, on the use of Military Gendarmerie soldiers to assist the Police
- Regulation of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 23, 2024, No. 112.55.2024 on appointment to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Regulation of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 23, 2024, No. 112.54.2024 on appointment to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Regulation of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 23, 2024, No. 112.53.2024 on appointment to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Regulation of the President of the Republic of Poland of 6 July 2022 no. 112.48.2022 on promotion to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 2 July 2021 No. 112.35.2021 on appointment to the rank of Police Inspector General
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 2 July 2021 No. 112.40.2021 on appointment to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 2 July 2021 No. 112.39.2021 on appointment to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 2 July 2021 No. 112.38.2021 on appointment to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 2 July 2021 No. 112.37.2021 on appointment to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 2 July 2021 No. 112.36.2021 on appointment to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 2 July 2021 No. 112.34.2021 on appointment to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 24, 2020, No. 112.48.2020 on promotion to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 24, 2020, No. 112.46.2020 on promotion to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 24, 2020, No. 112.43.2020 on promotion to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 24, 2020, No. 112.45.2020 on promotion to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 24, 2020, No. 112.44.2020 on promotion to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of July 24, 2020, No. 112.47.2020 on promotion to the rank of Police Superintendent
- Regulation of the President of the Republic of Poland of March 18, 2020 on the approval of a decision regarding the use of units and sub-units of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland to assist the Police
- Order No. 180 of the President of the Council of Ministers of October 23, 2020, on the use of soldiers of the Military Gendarmerie to assist the Police.
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 24 July 2019 No. 112.57.2019 on appointment to the rank of Chief Inspector of Police
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 24 July 2019 No. 112.56.2019 on appointment to the rank of Chief Inspector of Police
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 24 July 2019 No. 112.55.2019 on appointment to the rank of Chief Inspector of Police
- Order of the President of the Republic of Poland of 24 July 2019 No. 112.54.2019 on appointment to the rank of Chief Inspector of Police
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Amending Acts (200)
- Law of May 23, 1991, on Trade Unions. · 1991-07-25
- Law of September 28, 1991, on remuneration in the budgetary sphere in 1991. · 1991-10-04
- Law of September 27, 1991, on the principles of payment for medicines and sanitary articles. · 1991-11-21
- Law of October 16, 1991 amending the Law on the Police and the Law on the Office for State Protection. · 1991-12-07
- Law of January 25, 1992, on the principles of state financial management in 1992. · 1992-01-01
- Law of June 20, 1992, on the rights to subsidized travel on public transport. · 1993-01-01
- Law of February 18, 1994, on the retirement benefits for officers of the Police, Internal Security Agency, Intelligence Agency, Military Counterintelligence Service, Military Intelligence Service, Central Anticorruption Bureau, Border Guard, Marshal's Guard, State Protection Service, State Fire Service, Customs and Fiscal Service, and Prison Service, and their families. · 1994-05-25
- Law of December 23, 1994, on shaping remuneration funds in the state budget sector and on amending certain laws. · 1995-01-01
- Law of December 1, 1994, on family and care benefits. · 1995-03-01
- Law of 21 July 1995 on amendment of the laws: on the office of the Minister of Internal Affairs, on the Police, on the Office for State Protection, on the Border Guard and certain other laws. · 1995-10-11
- Law of April 25, 1996, on the Amendment of the Law on the Police and the Law on the Office for State Protection. · 1996-06-12
- Law of 8 August 1996 amending certain laws regulating the functioning of the economy and public administration. · 1997-01-01
- Law of 17 July 1997 amending the Law on the Police · 1997-07-18
- Law of 29 August 1997 on municipal guards. · 1998-01-01
- Law of August 22, 1997 on the safety of mass events. · 1998-03-12
- Law of 6 June 1997 - Provisions introducing the Penal Code · 1998-09-01
- Law of July 24, 1998, amending certain laws defining the competences of public administration bodies - in connection with the state's structural reform. · 1999-01-01
- Law of February 6, 1997, on universal health insurance. · 1999-01-01
- Law of September 4, 1997, on government administration departments. · 1999-04-01
- Law of 23 December 1999 on shaping remuneration in the state budget sphere and on amending certain laws. · 2000-01-01
- Act of July 21, 2000, Telecommunications Law. · 2001-01-01
- Law of March 30, 2001, on amending the law on the safety of mass events and the law on the Police. · 2001-05-24
- Law of 24 August 2001 introducing the Code of Procedure in Cases of Misdemeanours · 2001-10-17
- Law of 27 July 2001 amending the Law on the Police, the Law on Insurance Activity, the Banking Law, the Law on District Self-Government, and the Law on provisions introducing laws reforming public administration. · 2001-10-19
- Law of July 6, 2001, on the amendment of the Law on the universal obligation to defend the Republic of Poland, the Law on compensation due in case of accidents and illnesses related to service in the Citizens' Militia, the Law on the provision for war and military invalids and their families, the Law on soldiers' pay, the Law on the Police, the Law on the Office for State Protection, the Law on the State Fire Service, the Law on tax control, the Law on pension provision for professional soldiers and their families, the Law on pension provision for officers of the Police, the Office for State Protection, the Border Guard, the Government Protection Bureau, the State Fire Service and the Prison Service and their families, the Law on housing for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, the Law on the Prison Service, and the Law on Customs Inspection. · 2001-11-08
- Law of September 6, 2001, on amending the Law on Counteracting Drug Addiction and on amending other laws. · 2001-11-14
- Law of 21 December 2001 on the amendment of the Law on the Organization and Mode of Operation of the Council of Ministers and on the Scope of Competences of Ministers, the Law on Departments of Government Administration, and on the amendment of certain laws. · 2002-01-01
- Law of August 24, 2001, on the Military Gendarmerie and military disciplinary bodies. · 2002-01-01
- Law of May 24, 2002, on the Internal Security Agency and the Intelligence Agency. · 2002-06-29
- Law of 24 May 2002 amending the Law on the Police. · 2002-08-08
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Amended Acts (3)
Information on Consolidated Text (13)
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 10 January 2002 on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Law on the Police.
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 10 April 2025 on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Law on Police
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of January 16, 2024, concerning the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Law on the Police
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of December 8, 2022, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Law on the Police
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of October 1, 2021, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the law on the Police
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of January 28, 2020, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Law on the Police
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of 17 January 2019 on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act on the Police
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of October 13, 2017, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law on the Police
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of October 7, 2016, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law on the Police
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of February 20, 2015, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the law on the Police
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of October 14, 2011, on the promulgation of the consolidated text of the Act on the Police
- Announcement of the Marshal of the Sejm of the Republic of Poland of February 12, 2007, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Law on the Police
- Announcement of the Minister of Interior and Administration of October 16, 2000, on the announcement of the consolidated text of the Act on the Police.
References (10)
- Budget Law for 1990 of February 23, 1990.
- Law of December 28, 1989, on special principles for terminating employment relationships with employees for reasons concerning the work establishment and on amending certain laws.
- Law of February 1, 1983, Road Traffic Law.
- Law of September 16, 1982 on State Office Employees.
- Law of June 26, 1974, Labour Code.
- Law of May 20, 1971, Code of Procedure in Misdemeanor Cases.
- Law of 20 May 1971 Code of Petty Offences.
- Law of April 19, 1969 Code of Criminal Procedure.
- Law of January 31, 1959, on the pension benefits for Citizens' Militia officers and their families.
- Law of June 17, 1959, on passports.
Constitutional Tribunal Ruling (16)
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 30 October 2018, case file K 7/15
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of December 14, 2017, ref. no. K 17/14
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 15 November 2017 ref. no. SK 29/16
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of June 14, 2016, case file SK 18/14
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 17 May 2012 file ref. K 10/11
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of February 23, 2010, case file K 1/08
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of September 18, 2008, file ref. K 7/07
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of September 2, 2008, file ref. K 35/06
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of March 19, 2007, case file no. K 47/05
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of December 12, 2005, case file no. K 32/04
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 29 November 2004, case file K 7/04.
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of April 10, 2002 case file K. 26/00.
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of October 8, 2002 ref. no. K. 36/00.
- Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 14 May 2001, case file no. SK. 1/2000.
- Resolution of the Constitutional Tribunal of January 25, 1995 on establishing the universally binding interpretation of Art. 105 in conjunction with Art. 78 of the Act of April 6, 1990 on the Police, Art. 92 in conjunction with Art. 65 of the Act of April 6, 1990 on the Office for State Protection, and Art. 109 in conjunction with Art. 82 of the Act of October 12, 1990 on the Border Guard.
- Resolution of the Constitutional Tribunal of March 16, 1994, concerning the determination of the universally binding interpretation of Art. 2 and Art. 8 of the Act of July 5, 1990, on assemblies and Art. 54 of the Act of February 1, 1983, on road traffic and Art. 14 sec. 2 of the Act of April 6, 1990, on the Police.
Acts referring to this act
- Amending Acts: Law of October 8, 1982, on trade unions.
- Amending Acts: Law of July 31, 1985, on the service of officers of the Security Service and the Citizens' Militia of the Polish People's Republic.
- Amending Acts: Law of November 21, 1967, on the universal obligation to defend the Republic of Poland.
- Amended Acts: Act of 18 October 2024 on the participation of the Republic of Poland in the Entry/Exit System
- Amended Acts: Law of January 23, 2026, on the profession of psychologist and the professional self-government of psychologists
- Amended Acts: Law of 29 May 2026 amending certain laws in connection with the regulation of the functioning of public order service aviation
- Amended Acts: Act of May 29, 2026, on amending the Act on crisis management and certain other acts
- Amended Acts: Act of May 29, 2026, on the establishment of the Military Medical Academy
- Amended Acts: Law of May 15, 2026, on the participation of the Republic of Poland in the Eurodac system
- Amended Acts: Law of 17 April 2026 on amending the Law on Civil Protection and Defence and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of February 13, 2026, on amending the law on the National Criminal Register and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of May 9, 2025, on amending the Law on pensions and annuities from the Social Insurance Fund and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 12 September 2025 amending certain laws in connection with the determination of the rules for the accommodation of officers of the Police, Border Guard, State Fire Service, Internal Security Agency, Intelligence Agency, Military Counterintelligence Service, Military Intelligence Service, State Protection Service and improving certain conditions of service
- Amended Acts: Law of December 6, 2024, amending the Labour Code and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of January 24, 2025, amending the Aviation Law and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of November 21, 2024, on amending the law on special solutions related to the removal of flood effects and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of July 12, 2024 - Provisions introducing the law - Electronic Communications Law
- Amended Acts: Law of October 1, 2024, on amending certain laws in connection with the establishment of units with a uniformed profile and facilitating the return to service in the Police and Border Guard
- Amended Acts: Law of October 1, 2024, on amending the law on special solutions related to the removal of flood consequences and certain other laws
- 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 June 14, 2024, on special solutions related to the preparation and exercise by the Republic of Poland of the presidency in the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2025
- Amended Acts: Law of June 28, 2024, on amending the law on public finance 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 July 7, 2022 on amending the Law - Penal Code 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 April 14, 2023, on changing the names of state service universities supervised by the minister competent for internal affairs, on amending the law on the Police, the law on the Border Guard, the law on the State Fire Service, 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 March 9, 2023 on amending the Labour Code and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of January 26, 2023, on amending certain laws in connection with the introduction of a long-service benefit
- Amended Acts: Law of 1 December 2022 amending the Labour Code and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of January 13, 2023, on amending the law on assistance to citizens of Ukraine in connection with the armed conflict on the territory of that state 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 July 7, 2022, on crowdfunding for economic ventures and assistance to borrowers
- Amended Acts: Law of May 12, 2022 on amending the law on pension benefits for professional soldiers and their families, the law on pension benefits for officers of the Police, Internal Security Agency, Intelligence Agency, Military Counterintelligence Service, Military Intelligence Service, Central Anticorruption Bureau, Border Guard, Marshal's Guard, State Protection Service, State Fire Service, Customs and Fiscal Service and the Prison Service and their families, and certain other laws
- 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 December 17, 2021, on establishing the 'Programme for the Modernisation of the Police, Border Guard, State Fire Service and National Security Service in the years 2022-2025', establishing the 'Programme for the Modernisation of the Prison Service in the years 2022-2025', and amending the Law on the Police and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of December 2, 2021, on special remuneration rules for persons performing tasks in the field of cybersecurity
- Amended Acts: Law of August 11, 2021, on amending the Law on the Police and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of November 18, 2020, on electronic delivery
- Amended Acts: Law of 15 April 2021 amending the Law on Toll Motorways and the National Road Fund and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 11 September 2019 - Provisions introducing the Law - Public Procurement Law
- Amended Acts: Law of April 30, 2020, amending the Code of Civil Procedure and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 14 August 2020 on special solutions concerning the support of uniformed services supervised by the minister competent for internal affairs, on amending the law on the Prison Service and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of October 28, 2020, on amending certain laws in connection with counteracting crisis situations related to the occurrence of COVID-19
- Amended Acts: Law of 4 October 2018 on amending the Code of Petty Offences and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of 19 July 2019 amending the Law on the Police, the Law on the Border Guard, and the Law on the Prison Service
- Amended Acts: Law of 19 July 2019 amending the Law on Veterans of Operations outside the State Borders and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of November 22, 2018, on amending the law - Educational Law, the law on the education system and certain other laws
- Amended Acts: Law of July 19, 2019, on amending the law on the system of monitoring road and rail transport of goods and certain other laws