Dozwolony zakres interpretacji prawa – rozważania na kanwie charakteru postępowania w sprawach o odmowę dokonania czynności notarialnej – glosa do wyroku Trybunału Konstytucyjnego z dnia 13 stycznia 2015 roku (SK 34/12)
Permitted scope of interpretation of the law – a discussion in the context of the nature of proceedings in cases of refusal to perform a notarial act – a commentary to the Judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal of 13 January 2015 (SK 34/12)

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this commentary is to present the issue of the permitted scope of interpretation of the law by Polish courts under the Polish legal system and its impact on the practice in judicial decisions. The starting point is the discussed judgement of the Constitutional Tribunal. This judgment addresses the legal nature of a notary’s refusal to perform a notarial act, which is significant from the practical point of view. Pursuant to Article 83(1) of the Law on Notaries, a notary may refuse to perform a notarial act and such a refusal may be complained against. Therefore, a question on the nature of the complaint against a refusal to perform a notarial act arises. The research method used in this article consists in the analysis of legislative acts, judicial decisions and relevant literature. In its judgement, the Constitutional Tribunal agrees with the position that a decision of a regional court issued as a response to a complaint against is refusal in question is non-appealable. In consequence, the Constitutional Tribunal recognized the notary’s decision as a quasi-judgment of the first instance court. The research conducted allows the formulation of a thesis that the Tribunal’s standpoint, although accurate in many places, is mainly based on judicial decisions, including those of the Supreme Court, which are contrary to the rational legislator theory. What is more, despite many amendments to the act, the legislator did not decide to settle this problem directly in the regulation in force. The author addresses the issue of a juridical precedent and its impact on the rational legislator concept that is in force in the Polish legal order and also refers to the issue of the permissible limits of courts’ interpretation of laws.

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