Poland - Stalking
This resource includes the legal definitions of different types of gender-based violence used in EU Member States, according to their legal terminology and national legislation. It was last updated in 2019 and makes a reference to the United Kingdom as a member state of the European Union.
Who, by means of stalking another person or persons who are close to her, causes in this person a justified sense of threat or significantly violates her privacy, is liable to a penalty of the deprivation of freedom for up to three years.
Legal provisions on protection orders
Criminal Code, Article 41a §1
Legal Source
Criminal Code, Article190a §1
Observations
If the consequences of an act determined in § 1 or 2 is the injured person’s attempt to commit suicide, the perpetrator is liable to a penalty of the restriction of freedom from one year to ten years (Article190a §3).