Przymusowe poszukiwanie, wydobycie i odebranie dowodów w procesie karnym a tajemnica dziennikarska

Abstract

The paper addresses fundamental issues that arise in connection with coercive measures that are applied in criminal proceedings, consisting of search and sei-zure of the evidence. The author takes into consideration the application of search, seizure, control of correspondence and wiretapping in the context of journalistic secrecy. The article verifies the standards of protection of journalistic secrecy, which should not be the subject of unjustified and excessive infringement. The author reviews provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Press Law Act in respect of this problem. The defects of normative regulations have been identified and certain improvements and amendments proposed. The general goal of the paper is to postulate a number of solutions that will result from proper decisions made when the concurrent interests and values clash.