Encyklopedia Administracji Publicznej MW Pivot Skin

PRINCIPLE OF OBJECTIVE TRUTH – a general principle of the c.a.p.: means that public administration bodies are obliged to take all necessary steps to accurately explain the facts. The body is obliged to collect and consider all evidence in a given case. P.o.t. realizes, among others, the right of the party to actively participate in the proceedings. P.o.t. is included in the provisions of the c.a.p., it is the main principle of → administrative proceedings, it has an impact on its entire shape, especially on the distribution of the burden of proof. P.o.t. entails the obligation to examine all the facts of the case in order to reproduce its actual picture and to have a basis for the application of the relevant legal provision. P.o.t. is connected with the → principle of the rule of law – a public administration body is obliged to undertake activities aimed at establishing a factual situation, but only in a manner consistent with the law. Application of the p.o.t. is not limited to the protection of individual rights in dealing with individual matters in the form of an administrative decision, but also to protect the public interest [ E. Zielińska ].

Literature: Postępowanie administracyjne [Administrative proceedings], ed. T. Woś, Warszawa 2017.