IX Ka 1355/13
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Court acquits defendant because new regulation exempts fuel tanks from mandatory metrological control. The appeal court overturned the lower court's conviction based on a change in the law. The defendant is now free from criminal liability for the alleged offense.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe appellate court overturned the lower court's conviction and acquitted the defendant of the alleged offense. The defendant argued that a new regulation, effective June 18, 2013, exempted stationary fuel tanks from mandatory metrological control. The court agreed, noting that the tanks in question were used solely for storage and thus fell under the exemption, rendering the act no longer criminal under the law applicable at the time of the trial.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedUstawa z dnia 11 maja 2001 r. Prawo o miarach; art. 2 § 1 k.w.; If a regulatory change exempts specific equipment from mandatory metrological control, acts involving such equipment performed after the change do not constitute offenses under the relevant measurement law.
Keywords
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retroactive application of law
metrological control exemption
stationary fuel tanks
change in regulation
acquittal based on new law
principle of lenity
criminal liability threshold
Cited Legislation
AI generatedUstawa z dnia 11 maja 2001 r. Prawo o miarach
art. 26 ust. 1 pkt 2 w zw. z art. 8 ust. 1 ustawy z dnia 11 maja 2001 r. Prawo o miarach
art. 2 § 1 k.w.
art. 109 § 2 k.p.w.
art. 436 k.p.k.
art. 456 k.p.k.
art. 437 § 1 i 2 k.p.k.
art. 62 § 3 k.p.w.
art. 5 § 1 pkt 2 kpw
art. 118 § 2 k.p.w.
§ 14 ust. 2 pkt 2 w zw. z § 16 i § 14 ust. 2 pkt 4 Rozporządzenia Ministra Sprawiedliwości z dnia 28.09.2002 r.