Legislator Case Law & Legislation
DE FR IT EN
Analyze in Legislator
ICCJ_160847 AI generated

Scope of "police officer" under Penal Code Art. 257(4): inclusion of local police officers in criminal liability for specific offenses

Case Number ICCJ_160847
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
Decision Date
Outcome Allowed / Granted
Open official source Machine-readable Markdown (.md)

Legislator summary

AI generated

The High Court of Cassation and Justice, sitting as the Panel for Resolving Questions of Law, admitted the preliminary reference from the Court of Appeal of Oradea and established a binding interpretation that the term "police officer" under Article 257(4) of the Penal Code has a broad meaning encompassing local police officers governed by the Local Police Act, rather than a narrow interpretation limited to national police officers defined by specific national police and status laws. This decision resolves a legal uncertainty regarding the scope of criminal liability for specific offenses applicable to public safety personnel, effectively ruling that local police officers are included in the statutory definition for the purposes of the referenced penal provision. The ruling is mandatory for all lower courts from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, pursuant to Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, ensuring uniform application of the law across jurisdictions.

Legislator headnote

AI generated

art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală; Scope of "police officer" under Penal Code Art. 257(4): inclusion of local police officers in criminal liability for specific offenses: This decision resolves a legal uncertainty regarding the scope of criminal liability for specific offenses applicable to public safety personnel, effectively ruling that local police officers are included in the statutory definition for the purposes of the referenced penal provision. The ruling is mandatory for all lower courts from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette, pursuant to Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, ensuring uniform application of the law across jurisdictions.

Keywords

AI generated
police officer code of criminal procedure liability of public officials scope of applicable law public safety public legal official

Cited Legislation

AI generated
art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală
Cited as the procedural basis establishing that the decision is mandatory for all courts from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
AI generated
Decizia nr. 19/2020
Local police officers qualify as "police officers" for aggravated outrage; preliminary ruling admitted.
Decizia nr. 304/2009
Criminal liability for administrative transfers and disciplinary sanctions by public police officers: absence of unlawful harm and abuse of power
Decizia nr. 2066/2009
Scope of criminal liability for unauthorized police inspections and disciplinary proposals; abuse of office vs. internal regulatory violations
Decizia nr. 3914/2004
Jurisdictional conflict over police officer criminal liability: statutory appellate competence under Law 360/2002 vs. ordinary jurisdiction
Decizia nr. 1885/2012
Civil liability for police officers: absence of fault where statutory control did not exceed legal limits

Key legal questions extracted by Legislator

AI generated
art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală

Cited as the procedural basis establishing that the decision is mandatory for all courts from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

Need to analyze how this precedent applies to your matter?

Cross-reference this judgment against statutes, commentaries, and subsequent citing case law inside Legislator AI.

Open in Legislator →

Full text

ROMÂNIA

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept

Minuta deciziei nr.19 Dosar nr. 895/1/2020

Şedinţa din data de 22 iunie 2020

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Admite sesizarea formulată de Curtea de Apel Oradea - Secţia penală şi pentru cauze cu minori în dosarul nr.13613/271/2018 prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea de principiu a următoarei chestiuni de drept: „dacă noţiunea de poliţist prevăzută de art.257 alin. (4) din Codul penal are un sens restrâns şi se referă doar la poliţiştii a căror activitate şi statut sunt reglementate de Legea nr. 218/2002 privind organizarea şi funcţionarea Poliţiei Române şi Legea nr. 360/2002 privind Statutul Poliţistului sau are un sens larg, general, care cuprinde şi poliţiştii locali a căror activitate şi statut sunt reglementate de Legea nr. 155/2010 a Poliţiei Locale şi Legea nr. 188/1999 privind Statutul funcţionarilor publici”.

Stabileşte că, în interpretarea dispoziţiilor art.257 alin.(4) din Codul penal, noţiunea de „poliţist” are în vedere şi persoana care exercită funcţia de poliţist local în temeiul Legii poliţiei locale nr. 155/2010.

Obligatorie de la data publicării în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, potrivit art. 477 alin. (3) din Codul de procedură penală.

Pronunţată în şedinţa publică astăzi, 22 iunie 2020.