Published: 2026-06-30

The Possibility of Judicial and Administrative Control of the Prime Minister’s Government Countersignature of Official Acts Issued by the President of the Republic of Poland

Jakub Cheba Profil ORCID autora Jakub Cheba
Zeszyty Prawnicze
Section: Artykuły
DOI https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2026.26.2.08

Abstract

A government countersignature is a technical act regulated by constitutional provisions, and means that the Prime Minister’s signature is put on an official act issued by the President of the Republic of Poland. This gives the countersigned document a universally binding force, but the ambiguous legal nature of this instrument, which has not been fully regulated by legislation currently in force, both as regards the manner of its issuance and the form it should take, gives grounds both from a legal and political perspective to consider the potential for the judicial and administrative review of its exercise. Such a measure may be significant for the definition of the scope of jurisdiction that may be exercised by the administrative court in this respect, the responsibility of particular institutions wielding executive power, and the stability of transactions (including the possibility of the Prime Minister withdrawing his countersignature by self-audit).

Keywords:

government countersignature, official act, the President of Poland, the Polish Prime Minister, the administrative court’s authority

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Cheba, J. (2026). The Possibility of Judicial and Administrative Control of the Prime Minister’s Government Countersignature of Official Acts Issued by the President of the Republic of Poland. Zeszyty Prawnicze, 26(2), 171–194. https://doi.org/10.21697/zp.2026.26.2.08

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