Demotion is considered to be one of traditional measures of repressive nature imposed on soldiers. This punitive measure is an important element of the punishment system in Polish military criminal law. This article is aimed at determining whether the amendment of the Criminal Code of 7 July 2022 fulfilled all the goals intended by its drafters. The author of this article intends to reconstruct and provide a critical analysis of the currently applicable model of ordering the punitive measure of demotion. A number of research methods were applied to conduct the assumed research. Most of the paper uses the formal dogmatic method earmarked at analyzing the legal provisions currently in force. Additionally, the paper uses the method of axiological analysis of the law. That method was used to determine socially relevant values, which the legislature brought to the forefront while enacting the amendments. The historical legal method was used as an auxiliary tool, to a small extent, while analyzing the legal provisions previously in force.
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