Przepis art. 240 § 1 Kodeksu karnego a tajemnica obrończa, adwokacka, radcowska i tajemnica spowiedzi

Abstract

The study attempts to answer the question of what the relationship with each other is the secrecy of defense / lawyer / legal counsel / confession and the obligation to notify about the crime, and more precisely: in what relation to each other the legal norms set out in Article 178 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (and other provisions) and in Article 240 § 1 of the CC. The research method used in the work is the dogmatic and legal method. As a result of the considerations, it was found that: 1) a defender / advocate / legal counsel / clergyman, without immediately notifying the body appointed to prosecute crimes of the fact of committing one of the prohibited acts listed in Article 240 § 1 of the CC, does not exceed any sanctioned law norm (especially the one mentioned in Article 240 § 1 of the CC), due to the fact that it does not violate the rules of conduct also with regard to the legal interest in the form of the proper functioning of the judiciary; 2) the provisions of Article 178 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 6 sec. 1-3 of the Act - Law on the Bar, Article 3 sec. 3-5 of the Act on Legal Advisers, Article 86 § 1 of the CCP, Article 180 § 2 of the CCP do not constitute provisions modifying the scope of application or standardization of the sanctioned norm set out in Article 240 § 1 of the CC (all the more so, they do not constitute circumstances that make it impossible to accept the unlawfulness of human behavior, i.e. counter-types; it is also impossible to use in their context the lex specialis derogat legi generali rule). They only confirm the high rank and social acceptance of the defense, lawyer, legal adviser secrets and confession secrets.