CODIFICATION RESULTS IN THE HUNGARIAN PRISON LEGISLATION

Abstract

For the purposes of this scientific paper it is necessary, at least in brief, to characterize the terms of injured party, claim for damages and adhesion proceedings. These terms are defined in Criminal Procedural Code. Injured party is the person who has been harmed on health, has been caused a property damage, moral or other damage, or there were violated or threatened legally protected rights or freedoms, by the crime. The common feature of the damages is the fact that they were in causal relationship with a crime for which criminal prosecution is carried out, and at the same time it can be objectively expressed in money. The term “injured party” cannot be confused with the term “victim of the crime”. The legal definition of the term injured party is contained in the Criminal Procedure Code, where the injured party may be a natural person as well as a legal entity — person (or a state). The
term of victim of a crime is defined in Act No. 274/2017 Coll. about Victims of crimes and on Amendments to certain Acts (the “Victims Act”) in the current version.