The law would make it illegal to accuse the nation of complicity in crimes committed by Nazi Germany, including the Holocaust.
It would also ban the use of terms such as "Polish death camps" in relation to Auschwitz and other such camps located in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Poland's President Andrzej Duda announces he would sign the controversial Holocaust bill into law.
Violations will be punished by a fine or a jail sentence of up to three years.
Duda's spokesman, Krzysztof Lapinski, confirmed the bill had been signed.
The President's office says the majority of the legislation will take effect 14 days after it appears at the country's Journal of Laws -- which could happen as early as Wednesday. The rest of the legislation will come into force within three months.
The bill will also be reviewed by the country's Constitutional Tribunal to ensure it doesn't breach the Polish constitution.
The decision to sign the bill into law has already attracted criticism from the US, Israel and France.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the law "adversely affects freedom of speech and academic inquiry."
In a statement, he added: "The United States reaffirms that terms like 'Polish death camps' are painful and misleading. Such historical inaccuracies affect Poland, our strong ally, and must be combated in ways that protect fundamental freedoms. We believe that open debate, scholarship, and education are the best means of countering misleading speech."
On Tuesday, Duda told a news conference that he was aware of the "sensitivities" around this bill, including a "fear that it will not be possible to tell the truth -- that it will gag the survivors." ContinueReading
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