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Penalties for the offence of stalking have a short history in Polish law. Article 190a was added to the penal code in 2011, and Section 190a §1 states: “Anyone who, through the persistent harassment of another person or another person's next of kin, creates a justified sense of danger or significantly violates the person's privacy, is subject to imprisonment for up to three years”. There was difficulty counteracting this offence prior to the 2011 Criminal Code amendment because previous rules did not always p...

Some offences under Polish law are codified in Acts other than the Criminal Code. For example, Criminal Liability is regulate in the 14th chapter of the Act of 4th February 1994 “Law on Copyright and Related Rights”. The most important offences legislated are acts of plagiarism and copyright piracy. The first offence is codified in Article 115 and the second in Articles 116 and 117. Plagiarism is prosecuted ex officio, with maximum penalty up to 3 years imprisonment, and Copyright piracy is prosecuted on a com...