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1.1Publicregisters-definition,typology,functions
3.legaleffectsspecifiedbylawareconnectedwithentriesinpublicregisters
(thisfeaturedoesnotapplytopurelyrecord-filingregisters).5
Publicregistersthusservefirstandforemosttoprovidereliable,most
credibleinformation.Anentitywithsuchknowledgeisabletomaketheright
decisionsandassesstheriskofenteringintoaspecificcontract,acquiringathing
orassumingaright.6
Thepurposeofpublicregistersisrelatedtotheirfunctions,whichmay
include:record-filing,information,alert,protection,control,law-making,
selectionandtaxation.7
Therecord-filingfunctionissometimesalsoreferredtoastheregistration-
entryfunctionortheregistration-documentationfunction.Thisfunction
arisesfromthefactthatitisthetaskoftheregistryauthoritytocollectcertain
informationandrecorditbymakingappropriateentriesintheregisterbooks
andbypreservingdocuments.Inrelationtothisfunction,itisassumedthatthe
primarypurposeoftheregisteristomaintainacompleteandreliablyordered
collectionofinformationofaparticularkind.Forsomeregisters,theprinciple
ofcompletenessisadopted(thatis,alldatatoberegisteredmustberecorded
andconsequentlydisclosed,andonlythosedatawhichhavebeenrecordedand
disclosedproducelegaleffects).However,therearealsoregisterswhichdo
notassumecompletenessofthesetofinformation.Currently,suchasituation
occursforinstanceinrelationtolandandmortgageregisters,becausePolish
legislationhasnotadoptedtheprincipleoftheiruniversality.Therecord-filing
functionmayalsoconsistintheregistryassigningidentificationnumbersor
symbols,whicharethenusedinotherareasoflife,includingotherregisters.
ExamplesincludeidentificationnumberscommonlyassignedinPoland:
PESEL,REGONandNIP.8
Theinformative(disclosing)functionoftheregisterisimplementedin
thefactthatthankstotheregistertheinformationisavailableaboutpersons,
theirrightsorthings,theirlegalstatus,andtosomeextentalsothefactualone
inaspecificareamaybedetermined.Theinformationfunctionoftheregister
isaconsequenceoftheprincipleofopenness,andinparticularoftheformal
5M.Wrzołek-Romańczuk,Rejestrspółdzielni.Zagadnieniamaterialnoprawneiproce-
sowe,Warszawa1986,p.17.
6T.Stawecki,op.cit.,p.248.
7Ibidem,p.34.
8Ibidem,pp.34-35.
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