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Material forgery of the document

Summary/Abstract: The article is an attempt to confirm the recent changes in chapter XXXIV of the cur-rent Penal Code, with particular emphasis on crimes against the credibility of documents. This applies mainly to changes resulting from the consolidated text of April 28, 2022, i.e. Journal Laws of 2022, item 1138 and changes: Journal Laws of 2022, item 1726, item 1855; Sejm printout 1911 and 2024. Where the main goal is to explain and provide a basic comment speci-fying the changes made by the legislator for the proper understanding of the issue of material falsification, as defined in Art. 270 k.k..Analyzing the scope of legal regulations defining the crime of material forgery of a document in the content of art. 270 k.k., it is necessary to discuss the subject of protectionand the subject page, taking into account the notion of a document, the subject of a common crime and the subject page § 1, § 2 and § 3 of Art. 270 of the Penal Code. A prag-matic commentary and in-depth descriptions of basic concepts like; forgery of a document, alteration of a document, use as an authentic one, or the criteria of a minor case indicate the correct interpretation of the discussed issue of material falsification. The argumentation pre-sented in the article refers to the views of the doctrine and jurisprudence in the discussed thematic scope. In order to properly illustrate the threats and the scale of the commented cate-gory of crime on the documents, two tables present an analysis of the size and scale of crimes identified under Art. 270 k.k., using statistical data of the Ministry of Justice and the Police. The literature listed in the study includes cited items and publications relevant to the commen-ted article.The issues presented in the study cover the legal status as of November 30, 2022

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