This study concerns the penal measure of interdiction preventing the occupation of posts, practicing a profession or working for the institutions and governing bodies of the state and local government, as well as in commercial companies. It is a new institution, implemented into the Polish legal system by the amendment to the Criminal Code of 14 October 2021. The main research problem will be the attempt to answer the question about, the legitimacy of introducing it to the system of penal measures as well as the correctness of shaping the premises of its usage. The goal of this study will be to verify the research hypothesis that the legislator implemented into the criminal law system a penal measure, which is laden with numerous shortcomings making it impossible for it to perform its function.