Article 53o. The relevant provisions of the Civil Code Act of 23 April 1964 (Journal of Laws of 2016, items 380 and 585) concerning the protection of personal rights shall apply to the protection of the good name of the Republic of Poland and the Polish Nation. An action for the protection of the good name of the Republic of Poland and the Polish Nation may be filed by a non-governmental organisation acting in accordance with its statutory objects. Damages, whether special or general, shall be awarded to the State Treasury.
Art. 53p. An action for the protection of the good name of the Republic of Poland and the Polish Nation can also be filed by the Institute of National Remembrance.
Art. 53p. An action for the protection of the good name of the Republic of Poland and the Polish Nation can also be filed by the Institute of National Remembrance.
Art. 53r. The provisions of Article 53o and Article 53p shall be applied whatever the governing law.
Article 55a.
1. Anyone who publicly and falsely attributes responsibility or co-responsibility to the Polish Nation or the Polish State for the crimes committed by the German Third Reich, as specified in Article 6 of the Charter of the International Military Court – Annex to the Agreement for the prosecution and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis, signed in London on 8 August 1945 (Journal of Laws of 1947, item 367), or for any other crimes that are crimes against peace, crimes against humanity or war crimes, or who otherwise glaringly trivialises the responsibility of their actual perpetrators, shall be subject to a fine or the penalty of imprisonment of up to 3 years. The sentence shall be made public.
2. If the conduct of the perpetrator of the act specified in sub-para 1 has been unintentional, he shall be subject to a fine or the penalty of imprisonment.
3. No offence shall be committed if the perpetrator of the prohibited act under sub-para 1 and sub-para has perpetrated it as part of his artistic or scientific activities.
Article 55a.
1. Anyone who publicly and falsely attributes responsibility or co-responsibility to the Polish Nation or the Polish State for the crimes committed by the German Third Reich, as specified in Article 6 of the Charter of the International Military Court – Annex to the Agreement for the prosecution and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis, signed in London on 8 August 1945 (Journal of Laws of 1947, item 367), or for any other crimes that are crimes against peace, crimes against humanity or war crimes, or who otherwise glaringly trivialises the responsibility of their actual perpetrators, shall be subject to a fine or the penalty of imprisonment of up to 3 years. The sentence shall be made public.
2. If the conduct of the perpetrator of the act specified in sub-para 1 has been unintentional, he shall be subject to a fine or the penalty of imprisonment.
3. No offence shall be committed if the perpetrator of the prohibited act under sub-para 1 and sub-para has perpetrated it as part of his artistic or scientific activities.
Art. 55b. Where offences are committed as referred to in Article 55 and Article 55a, this Act shall be applicable to a Polish or foreign national, whatever the applicable provisions in the place where a prohibited act was perpetrated.