Supreme Court allows prison officer to be charged with training costs as prior law covered the period.

The Supreme Court of Poland allowed the Minister of Justice to charge a prison officer with training costs incurred in 1996. The officer argued that the new 1996 Prison Service Act did not apply retroactively to his 1996 training, but the court found the older 1959 Act already mandated such costs for early discharge. Consequently, the court ruled that no retroactive legislation occurred because the obligation existed under the law in force at the time of training.