The paper presents the legal basis for the termination of a councillor’s mandate, which comes from general elections, in a situation when he finds out that he conducts business activity on the property or using the property of the commune in which he obtained the mandate. The positions of administrative courts expressed in this regard as a result of complaints about resolutions or supervisory decisions, by which the councillor’s mandate was terminated due to the premise of conducting business activity, were presented.
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W pracy przedstawiono podstawy prawne wygaszania mandatu radnego, pochodzącego z wyborów powszechnych, w sytuacji stwierdzenia prowadzenia przez niego działalności gospodarczej na mieniu czy też z wykorzystaniem mienia gminy, w której uzyskał mandat. Zaprezentowano stanowiska sądów administracyjnych wyrażone w tym przedmiocie wskutek skarg na uchwały lub rozstrzygnięcia nadzorcze, mocą których wygaszono mandat radnego z uwagi na przesłankę prowadzenia działalności gospodarczej.
Opus iustitiae PAX – the properly shaped dimension of justice is a guarantee of peaceful – not based on a conflict and violence – relations between citizens and the state. These words fully reflect the leading thought of this study. It is the concern for a good law and a state governed by the rule of law, which lies at the foundation of actions taken within the scope of legal means by the Prosecutor’s Office that – as the “custodian of law” – is entitled to in the sphere of control over administration. Administrative courts execute justice as a separate part of judicial power. Justice and law are conditions for an effective state, good governance and social peace, which have accompanied us for centuries. Administrative courts uphold the principle of equality before the law, which is regulated by Art. 21, par. 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland. Since it is administrative courts which – by performing tasks of control over the activity of public administration – become the guarantee of realization of the above-mentioned principle, their position and range of cognition in the situation of launching administrative-court proceedings by the Prosecutor were presented in the work.
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