Ograniczenie prawa własności podczas stanu klęski żywiołowej

One of the main effects of introducing a state of emergency, including a state of natural disaster,is the limitation of the sphere of individual freedoms and rights. It is an extremely importantissue from the point of view of man and citizen. The aim of the article is an attempt to answerthe question to what extent public authorities, using the competences provided for by law, canlimit property rights during the period of a natural disaster. The author focuses on the analysisof normative solutions contained both in the constitutional law and in other legal acts. The workuses a dogmatic method of analyzing legal acts. The legal regulations of the institution of the stateof natural disaster seem to ensure that public authorities prevent excessive use of their competenceto limit property rights, more than seems necessary in the given circumstances. The premises forconstructing the principle of proportionality expressed in Art. 228 of the Constitution of the Republicof Poland formulate an order to maintain the proportionality of actions and indicate that the leastonerous should be chosen from among the listed measures of restricting the right to ownership.