Legal Nature of the Time Limit in the Verification Proceedings of Article 307 of the Act of June 6, 1997 - Code of Criminal Procedure. Legal Analysis

This article raises the legal nature of the time limit for determining the duration of the verification procedure. An attempt was made to determine whether the 30-day time limit set out in Article 307 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is an instructional term or rather a firm one with negative legal consequences. The legal analysis covered the issue of the distinction of time limits in the Polish criminal procedure. The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure list a number of time-limits which can be classified as intricacies, pre-inclusive and instructional. However, it is also not difficult to find terms that do not fall into any of these categories. This article therefore proposes the allocation of procedural time limits to address the issue of the classification of code terms. The considerations in this regard have also contributed to determining the legal nature of the time-limit of Article 307 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The article also addresses the issue of the collision of the main procedural principles, which include the principle of efficiency and speed of criminal proceedings and the rule of establishing substantive truth.