II K 502/22
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Court convicted defendant of water law violation and imposed fine for lake bank damage.
Poland (PL)
Legislator summary
AI generatedThe court convicted the defendant of damaging a lake's shoreline and imposed a daily fine totaling 300 units. The prosecution argued the defendant caused significant harm by filling the area and building a water channel without permission. The court accepted these facts, noting the lack of a mandatory retroactive application of newer laws at the time of the offense.
Legislator headnote
AI generatedArt. 475 Prawa wodnego; Art. 188 k.k.: The court established that a defendant who damages a water body without a permit commits a crime punishable by fine, provided the act occurred before mandatory retroactive application of newer statutes.
Keywords
AI generated
water law violation
criminal conviction
daily fine penalty
environmental damage
retroactive application
procedural law
criminal liability
Cited Legislation
AI generatedArt. 475 of the Water Law of 20 July 2017
Art. 188 of the Criminal Code
Art. 11 of the Criminal Code
Art. 33 of the Criminal Code
Art. 4 of the Criminal Code
Art. 627 of the Criminal Procedure Code
art. 387 k.p.k
Cited Case Law
AI generatedSN of 12 March 1996, I KZP 2/96
SN of 3 December 2001, V KKN 67/01
Related Decisions
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II K 362/22
Court convicts defendant of water law violation for unauthorized landfill causing lake damage and orders fine and restitution.
II Ka 805/25
Court upheld conviction for environmental damage under Nature Protection Act and ordered defendant to pay appeal costs.
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P.została obwiniona o to, że w okresie czasu od 17 maja 2011 r.