Legal opinion on a bill on the family allotment gardens prepared by the ad hoc. Cover Image

Opinia prawna w sprawie projektu ustawy o rodzinnych ogrodach działkowych przygotowanego przez podkomisję nadzwyczajną
Legal opinion on a bill on the family allotment gardens prepared by the ad hoc.

Author(s): Katarzyna Pałka
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence
Published by: Kancelaria Sejmu
Keywords: Poland; allotment gardens; bill; Constitutional Tribunal;

Summary/Abstract: The need to adopt a new law stems from the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal finding unconstitutionality of the existing law. The author claims that the provisions of the bill regarding the legal consequences of liquidation of the Polish Association of Allotment Holders and transformation thereof into a garden association, cause doubts of a constitutional nature, since they may lead to a monopoly of one organization of allotment holders. The author is positive about the provisions concerning the legal status of allotment holders, and about the contract of allotment lease. As admissible she assesses the regulations relating to the transfer of the right to allotment and the legal consequences of death of the allotment holder, as well as those protecting his right to bring an action. She questions the provisions making it possible to establish, free of payment, ownership right of the allotment holder or perpetual usufruct with a share in common parts of family allotment gardens. The author argues that such regulation would result in giving the possibility to use an allotment without limitation, e.g. by making residence in its area. Doubtful is also the acquisition by the association, by the operation of law, of usufruct of real property of the local self‑government in the event that it is not legally entitled to the real property.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 195–206
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish
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