On February 7, 2018, Polish President Andrzej Duda signed legislation that prohibits blaming Poland for Holocaust crimes committed by Nazi Germany. The legislation is an amendment of the Act on the Institute of National Remembrance Act and imposes a prison sentence of up to three years for falsely attributing Holocaust crimes to Poland. The press release from the office of the president states that “the President will now refer the new legislation to the Constitutional Tribunal, for an assessment of whether it puts undue restrictions on freedom of speech.” President Duda noted in his speech regarding the law that it “contains a clear and explicit exclusion of such activities related to artistic and scientific pursuits” and stated that it “provides clearly that only a person who publicly and in defiance of facts will profess certain views will be punishable by criminal law.” Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki also stated that the legislation “is not meant to censor the sad part of our common history,” but rather “to counteract the dissemination of false information on the Holocaust.”