§ 12. An illegal threat is both a threat mentioned in Article 190, and also a threat to cause the institution of criminal proceedings, or to disseminate derogatory information concerning the person threatened or his next of kin. A declaration that the institution of criminal proceedings will be effected if made solely with the purpose of protecting the legal right violated by the offence, shall not constitute a threat. § 13. A public official is: 1) the President of the Republic of Poland; 2) a deputy to the Sejm, a senator, a councillor; 3) a judge, a lay-judge, a state prosecutor, a notary public, a court executive officer [komornik], a professional court probation officer, a person adjudicating in cases of contraventions or in disciplinary authorities operating in pursuance of a law; 4) a person who is an employee in a state administration, other state authority or local government, except when he performs only service-type work, and also other persons to the extent in which they are authorised to render administrative decisions; 5) a person who is an employee of a state auditing and inspection authority or of a local government auditing and inspection authority, except when he performs only service-type work; 6) a person who occupies a managerial post in another state institution; 7) an official of an authority responsible for the protection of public security or an official of the State Prison Service; 8) a person performing active military service; § 14. A document is any object or record on a computer data carrier to which is attached a specified right, or which in connection with the subject of its content, constitutes evidence of a right, a legal relationship or a circumstance which may have legal significance. § 15. For the purposes of this Code, a permanent rig on the continental shelf shall be regarded as a sea vessel. 43