Ponownie w sprawie zakresu odpowiedzialności karnej osoby nieletniej według Kodeksu karnego z 1997 r. (zagadnienie form popełnienia czynu zabronionego) – uwagi o metodzie rozwiązania problemu

Abstract

In the Polish criminal law it is an issue which causes far-reaching interpretation discrepancies what the scope of criminal acts is for whose commission a minor can be held liable according to general principles specified in the Criminal Code. In this paper a solution is presented based on a derivational conception of statutory interpretation. Application of this conception leads to the conclusion that the scope of such acts is only limited to those behaviours that in Polish criminal law are referred to as direct perpetration. Therefore, the possibility is rejected of holding a minor criminally liable according to the principle laid down in the Polish Criminal Code if they commit other criminal acts, in particular in case of organising the perpetration of an offence; directing a person to commit an offence; inciting; aiding and abetting; attempted offence.