The case of a constitutional complaint (Ref. No. SK 13/13), concerning the Code of Criminal Procedure

The proceedings before the Constitutional Court (Ref. No. SK 13/13) deals with two distinct issues related to the criminal proceedings: first, compliance with the constitutional principle of exclusivity of the Act concerning the limitation of constitutional rights and freedoms, Article 275 § 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CCP) in the expired version, insofar as – taking into account open catalogue of forms of limitation of freedom of the individual delivered into the custody of the police – it enables to commit that individual to refrain from entering certain places and contact with certain people and, second, the compliance with the constitutional principles of a right to court and the right to defence of Article 156 § 5 CCP to the extent that the provision – making access to the material of the pre‑trial proceedings (justifying the application of preventive measures) dependent on the consent of a person conducting the pre‑trial proceedings, does not specify the grounds for refusal to give such permit. The Sejm, sharing the complainant’s allegations, found in this case that both analyzed regulations are inconsistent with the relevant provisions of the Constitution