The legal nature of verification activities under Article 307(5) of the Polish Code of Criminal Procedure of 6 June 1997

This article discusses an issue associated with verifi cation proceedings in the Polish Code of Criminal Procedure. It attempts to determine the legal nature of activities related to the “verification of one’s own information”, referred to in § 5 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Although verification proceedings have become the subject of numerous publications and studies, the link between the “verification of one’s own information” and “verification roceedings” has not been determined, similar to the nature of § 5 mentioned above has not been established eithe Therefore, this article seeks to determine whether the activities referred to in Article 307(5) of the Code of Criminal Procedure form a part of verification proceedings or whether they are distinct from this stage of proceedings and whether they impact such proceedings. Furthermore, the discussion covers also the consequences of a situation in which information about an offence, obtained through a traditional report or from other sources, is not confirmed. In particular, this article analyses a situation in which a refusal to initiate an investigation is issued.