The government has introduced changes to the controversial ban. The list of objects has shortened, and penalties are milder

The ban on photographing from the beginning aroused many emotions, and by any it was even called absurd. Now, after just a fewer months, it has changed. The premises that may be banned have been clarified and possible penalties have been relaxed. The fresh rules are in force.
The ban on shooting began to apply in Poland on 17 April 2025 and included about 25 1000 military facilities and critical infrastructure "particularly crucial for the safety or defence of the state". These provisions raised many controversy over both their constitutionality and their execution. These problems have been further addressed in the article on the entry into force of the ban on photography. However, these issues have now been resolved by the amendment of the Homeland Defence Act.

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Is there a ban on shooting in Poland? Amendment of the Homeland Defence Act makes crucial changes
The amendment of the Homeland Defence Act began to apply on August 12, 2025. As a result, the ban on shooting is presently restricted to military units and peculiar service facilities, provided they are specifically marked. The Law.pl portal emphasizes that the ban does not include facilities occupied by organizational cells of the Ministry of Defence. This should mostly destruct the problems of the application of this provision. Polish fire service Remiza.pl notes that before the changes the shooting ban was placed even on ZUS or TVP headquarters. In addition, the amendment highlighted the circumstances of recording the image of the object.
The fresh sound allows you to photograph objects that are banned from shooting in situations where this ban is fundamentally impossible to enforce or simply not living. This includes, for example, shooting panoramas, shooting during public events or yet recording through a passing car
- explains legal advisor and co-author of the comment on the Homeland Defence Act Joanna Bulir, as quoted by Law.pl. This means that we should no longer exposure ourselves to problems by taking a commemorative vacation photo. The issue of penalties has besides been amended.


What's the punishment for breaking the ban on shooting? fresh rules mitigate sanctions and simplify
In the erstwhile form, the shooting ban active a detention punishment or fine for anyone who unlicensed photographing, filming or otherwise perpetuating the image of an object marked with a prohibition mark, or the image of a individual or mover in specified a facility. The detention was presently excluded. The fresh rules besides clearly indicate the competent authority empowered to decide whether to mark the object with a sign of a prohibition on photographing and authorisation. As far as military units are concerned, he is the commander of a military unit, and in the case of peculiar service facilities, the deciding individual is the head of the applicable service.
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The sign of the ban on shooting was presented in the decree of the Minister of National Defence, which we will find at this link. The full text of the amendment to the Homeland Defence Act is available at this link.


Source: gov.pl, Right.pl, Remiza.pl


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