Illegal Crossing of the State Border in Light of Polish Criminal Law
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2016
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Banasik, Katarzyna
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Abstract
The subject of this paper is the illegal crossing of the Polish border. The paper focuses on
criminal law issues. To explain the element "in violation of the relevant regulations", being one
of the elements of the criminal offences regarding the illegal crossing of the state border, the
author begins by presenting the significant regulations of the Schengen Borders Code and of the
Polish statute on the protection of the state border. The author then makes a detailed analysis
of offences concerning the unlawful crossing of the Polish border. The statute of limitations on
punishability and provisions for the rehabilitation of offenders convicted of the illegal crossing
of the Polish border are also the subject of the analysis. The author concludes by making the
evaluation of Polish criminal law regulations on the illegal crossing of the state border.
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Schengen Borders Code, internal borders, external borders, unlawful crossing of the state border, penalization of illegal crossing the Polish border, statute of limitations, rehabilitation of offender, article
Citation
Banasik K. Illegal Crossing of the State Border in Light of Polish Criminal Law / Katarzyna Banasik // Kyiv-Mohyla Law and Politics Journal. - 2016. - No. 2 : Legal and Political Dimensions of Contemporary Conflicts in Europe. - P. 189-201.