Decisions involving such prohibitions are registered in the National Criminal Register.

The crimes included on the National Criminal Register cover the following categories:

The National Criminal Register also includes information on collective entities (or publicly registered organisations).

However, we should not forget basic principles such as , the statute of limitations, amnesty or removal of entries from the national criminal register.

As per the Act on the National Criminal Register 2000, the length of time an outcome remains on the National Criminal Register is as follows:

The Act on Liability of Collective Subjects for the Acts Forbidden under a Penalty introduces the obligation to record the information on punished collective subjects in the National Criminal Register.

"Some of these children might be guilty of stealing a Mars Bar," said Civil Liberties Australia chief executive Bill Rowlings, "and for that the Queensland police are prepared to put them on a national criminal register, possibly for life."

A person can obtain a copy of their criminal history from the National Criminal Register, by contacting the central information office of the KRK in Warsaw, or information points of the KRK located within Polish common courts.

Custodial sentences of more than 1 month: 10 years from the date of release The exception to this is where an individual is convicted of a sexual offence against a minor under the age of 15 years; in these circumstances, the conviction remains on the National Criminal Register permanently.

The Polish Ministry for Justice administers the National Criminal Register (KRK), and it is regulated by the Act on the National Criminal Register 2000 and the Act on the Protection of Personal Data 1997 (The Act).