Voluntary Submission Oneself to Criminal Responsibility of art. 387 in the Light of the Amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure of 27 September 2013

Abstract

The article refers to one of the most classical forms of a consensual way to complete a criminal proceedings – an institution of voluntary acceptance of penalty which, due to the entry into force of the changes adopted by the Parliament in the Act of 27 September 2013 on the amendments of the Code of Criminal Procedure and some other acts, will significantly modify its hitherto shape. The Author has omitted strictly theoretical considerations and focused only on purely procedural issues. This paper states an attempt to assess the adopted amendments and to answer a question whether the measures introduced by the Polish legislator guarantee proper balance between effectiveness, swiftness and efficiency of the proceedings and realization of the objectives and tasks of a criminal procedure.