Czynności wyjaśniające w sprawach o wykroczenia (uwagi de lege lata i de lege ferenda)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the institution in charge of clarifying activities in cases concerning petty offences. The author discussed the objective, the character of clarifying activities, and the conditions of their application and also the significance of these activities in the proceeding. The evolution of the scrutinised institution in the development of the Polish petty offences law was shown in the article; attention was also paid to the proposal of successive changes that can lead to the simplification and the acceleration in the proceedings concerning cases prosecuted as petty offence. The realisation of this objective is aimed at, among others, the introduction of obligatory requirement of establishing the clarifying activities before placing the motion for punishment by the public prosecutor and also the necessity of interrogation of the suspect during these activities.