Ochrona funkcjonariusza publicznego przewidziana w art. 226 § 1 Kodeksu karnego
The protection of a public official under Article 226 § of the Penal Code

Summary/Abstract: The article concerns the offence of insulting a public official, which is defined in art. 226 § 1 of the Penal Code. The purpose of the publication is to indicate the scope of protection of public officials provided for in this provision. Done in this publication, the analysis concerns in particular: the features of the offence of insulting a public official, the conditions of the perpetrator’s liability for an attack undertaken due to profession or position, and the possibility of applying extraordinary mitigation of punishment to the perpetrator or refraining from imposing it. Attention was also drawn to several terms that may raise doubts about whether they are considered offensive. The conducted analysis led to the conclusion that the penalization of insulting a public official is a very important manifestation of the criminal law protection of all public officials in Poland and the provisions of the current Penal Code protect the dignity of these officials to the appropriate extent.

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