A
summary of the Polish Criminal Code
for Sexual Offenses Against Children
Prostitution is not a punishable offence, neither for
adults nor for minors. The Criminal Code currently in force prohibits sexual intercourse
with a minor under the age of 15, or making the minor consent to or perform another sexual
act. The same age limit has been retained in the new Criminal Code which will come into
effect as of January 1, 1998.
Any other activities related to prostitution, i.e.
pandering and procurement are punishable irrespective of the age of the prostitute. Also
punishable are: traffic in women and children and their provision, enticement or abduction
for the purpose of prostitution, even with their consent.
The current Criminal Code penalises in general terms the
dissemination of magazines, prints, photographs and other objects of pornographic
character.
Under the new Criminal Code, the following acts are
punishable:
Recording pornographic materials depicting a minor under the
age of 15; presenting pornographic materials to a minor below the age of 15, or making
available to him/her objects of the said character; Manufacture
for the purpose of dissemination, import and dissemination of pornographic materials
depicting a minor below the age of 15; public presentation of pornographic materials in
such a manner that their reception may be forced upon a person.
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