STATUTORY ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATES FORGERY
STATUTORY ELEMENTS OF THE CRIME OF MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PLATES FORGERY

Summary/Abstract: This article is of a scientific and research nature and covers the subject of offences defined inArticle 306c of the Criminal Code, which has been in force since 1 October 2023. It addresses,inter alia, the counterfeiting or altering of a motor vehicle registration plate to use it as anauthentic one (§ 1) and using it as an authentic one (§ 2). The primary research goal is to assessthe reasonableness of introducing this provision into the Criminal Code and the correctness ofdetermining the conditions for its application and its objective scope. The assumption is that thecriminalisation of such behaviour could be an effective weapon in combating the phenomenonof fuel theft from petrol stations, as the perpetrators of these thefts usually attach counterfeitplates to their vehicles. The analysis covers the object of protection of this provision, the typesof this crime, their elements such as counterfeiting and alteration, the concept of a registrationplate, the legalisation of the plate, the purpose of the causative behaviour, and the concept ofa motor vehicle. It is sufficient to use the normative and dogmatic method to analyse the issues.

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