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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "in compliance with the relevant provisions provided for in Articles 297-299, 302 and 308 of this Code.\n8. If, upon completion of the hearing of the case under cassation procedure, the convicted person must be released from the place of custody, the ruling must be delivered for execution on the day of its pronouncement.\n\nArticle 378. Referral of a case for hearing before an extended judicial panel of seven judges or at a plenary session of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A cassation case heard before a judicial panel of three judges may be referred for hearing before an extended judicial panel of seven judges if the correct application of a criminal or criminal procedure law in the case would result in a new interpretation of a rule of law in case-law.\n2. A cassation case heard before a judicial panel of three judges may be referred for hearing at a plenary session of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania if the application of a criminal or criminal procedure law in the case would allow to depart from the case-law of the Supreme Court of Lithuania.\n3. A case shall be referred for hearing before an extended judicial panel of seven judges or at a plenary session of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania by a ruling of the judicial panel at any time during a court hearing. This ruling shall be pronounced at the hearing.\n4. The President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania or the Chair of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court may refer a case for hearing before an extended judicial panel of seven judges or at a plenary session of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court where a judge appointed as rapporteur in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 373 of this Code, having familiarised himself with the appeal in cassation and the case file, foresees that the decisions provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article may be taken during the hearing of the cassation case.\n\nArticle 379. Hearing"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "the decisions provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article may be taken during the hearing of the cassation case.\n\nArticle 379. Hearing of a case before an extended judicial panel of seven judges"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A case shall be prepared for hearing before an extended judicial panel of seven judges in accordance with the rules provided for in Article 373 of this Code and the provision that the extended judicial panel of seven judges shall normally include the judges hearing the same case before a judicial panel of three judges.\n2. A case shall be heard before an extended judicial panel of seven judges in compliance with the requirements of Article 377 of this Code.\n3. An extended judicial panel of seven judges may, on the grounds provided for in Article 378(2) of this Code, refer a case for hearing at a plenary session of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania.\n\nArticle 380. Hearing of a case at a plenary session of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A case shall be heard at a plenary session of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania in accordance with the requirements of Article 377 of this Code, with the exceptions provided for in this Article.\n2. A plenary session shall be valid if attended by at least two-thirds of justices of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania.\n3. A plenary session shall be presided over by the President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania or, in his absence, by the Chair of the Criminal Division of the Court. In the absence of the President of the Supreme Court and the Chair of the Criminal Division, the plenary session of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania shall be presided over by a justice of the Division appointed by the President of the Supreme Court.\n4. A ruling of a plenary session shall be issued by a majority vote of the justices attending the session. If there is a tie, the presiding justice of the plenary session shall have a casting vote.\n5. A ruling issued at a plenary session shall be signed by all the justices participating in the session.\n\nArticle 381. Termination of court proceedings, stay of the hearing of a cassation case"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Upon withdrawal of an appeal by an appellant in cassation or by a senior prosecutor, a court shall leave the appeal unheard and terminate the court proceedings. At the beginning of a hearing, a judicial panel may, at the request of parties to the proceedings or of its own motion, consider whether the appeal in cassation should be heard. The court shall issue a ruling on this issue.\n2. If a party to proceedings whose appearance for an oral hearing is recognised by a court as necessary fails to appear for the hearing on grounds of illness or for any other compelling reason, the hearing of a cassation case shall be stayed. \n3. The hearing of a cassation case shall also be stayed if it is necessary to refer to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania for its decision on whether a law or any other legal act is in compliance with the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania or if it is necessary to refer to a competent judicial authority of the European Union for a preliminary ruling on the interpretation or validity of legal acts of the European Union or if it is necessary to request the European Court of Human Rights to give an advisory opinion on points of principle relating to the interpretation or application of the rights and freedoms defined in the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms or its protocols. \n\nArticle 382. Rulings of a court upon completion of the hearing of a cassation case\nHaving completed the hearing of a cassation case, a"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Rulings of a court upon completion of the hearing of a cassation case\nHaving completed the hearing of a cassation case, a court shall issue one of the following rulings:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) to dismiss the appeal in cassation;\n2) to annul a judgment and subsequent court rulings and to dismiss the case;\n3) to annul a judgment and a judgment or a ruling of an appellate court and refer the case for retrial in a court of first instance if the case was heard by a biased court of first instance or the case was heard in violation of the rules of jurisdiction laid down in Articles 224 and 225 of this Code;\n4) to annul a judgment or a ruling of an appellate court and to uphold a judgment or a ruling of a court of first instance (whether amended or not);\n5) to annul a judgment or ruling of an appellate court and to refer the case for retrial under appeal procedure;\n6) to amend a court judgment or a court ruling.\n\nArticle 383. Grounds for annulling and amending a judgment or a ruling in a court of cassation\nA court of cassation shall annul and amend a judgment or a ruling on the grounds specified in Article 369 of this Code.\n\nArticle 384. Content of a ruling of a court of cassation"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A ruling of a court of cassation shall consist of an introductory part, a descriptive part and an operative part.\n2. The introductory part shall indicate: the date and place of issue of the ruling; the name and composition of the court which issued the ruling; a prosecutor, a defence counsel and other parties to the proceedings participating in the hearing of the criminal case at an oral hearing of the court of cassation; the appellant in cassation; the name of the court which passed a judgment or a ruling appealed against, the date of passing of the judgment or issue of the ruling and the content of the operative part; requests of the parties to the proceedings participating in the cassation case.\n3. The descriptive part shall briefly state the circumstances of the case referred to in the judgment or the ruling under appeal in relation to the appeal in cassation, present the substance of the appeal in cassation, the substance of statements of defence to the appeal in cassation, and present reasoned conclusions of the court of cassation on the appeal in cassation.\n4. The operative part shall indicate a decision of the court of cassation on the appeal in cassation.\n5. If an appeal in cassation is dismissed, a ruling must state the reasons explaining why the appeal in cassation is considered to be unfounded and a judgment or a ruling appealed against is recognised as lawful.\n6. If a judgment or a ruling is annulled and the case is"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "and a judgment or a ruling appealed against is recognised as lawful.\n6. If a judgment or a ruling is annulled and the case is dismissed, a ruling must indicate the grounds for dismissing the case.\n7. If a judgment or a ruling is annulled and the case is referred for retrial in court, a ruling must indicate specific material infringements of this Code or provide an explanation of how the incorrect application of a criminal law manifested itself.\n8. If a judgment or a ruling is amended, a ruling must provide an explanation of how the incorrect application of a criminal law manifested itself as well as indicate the articles of this Code which were infringed.\n9. A ruling of a court of cassation shall be signed by all judges of a judicial panel."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "10. A judge who, at the time of issuing a ruling, had a different opinion shall have the right to state it in writing. The separate opinion shall not be published, but shall be appended to the case file.\n\nArticle 385.\u00a0Service of transcripts of a ruling of a court of cassation"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Transcripts of a ruling of a court of cassation shall be served immediately after the pronouncement thereof on an appellant in cassation, as well as on an acquitted person, a convicted person or a person whose case has been dismissed, the interests of whom are affected by the ruling of the court of cassation. If these persons did not participate in the pronouncement of the ruling or did not accept a transcript thereof immediately after the pronouncement thereof, transcripts of the ruling must be served on or sent to them not later than within five days from the pronouncement of the ruling. Transcripts of the ruling shall be served on or sent to other persons who participate in the hearing of the cassation case or the interests of whom are affected by the appeal in cassation at their request within five days from the receipt of the request.\n2. In the cases referred to in Article 257 of this Code, a court of cassation shall send to a prosecutor\u2019s office a transcript of a ruling concluding cassation proceedings or of a separate ruling.\n\nArticle 386. Hearing of a case where a judgment of a court of first instance or a judgment or a ruling of an appellate court has been annulled"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. If a court of cassation annuls a judgment of a court of first instance or a judgment or a ruling of an appellate court, the case must be heard in accordance with the general procedure.\n2. Instructions of a court of cassation shall be binding in the event of retrial of a case. However, the court of cassation shall not have the right to determine in advance the conclusions which may be drawn by a court when retrying the case.\n3. When retrying a case, a court of first instance or an appellate court shall have the right to impose a more severe penalty or to apply a criminal law providing for a more serious criminal act only where a judgment or a ruling is annulled on the ground that the law providing for a more serious criminal act needs to be applied, also where, in the course of retrial of a case following the annulment of a judgment, a court establishes the circumstances showing that an accused person committed a more serious criminal act.\n4. Upon completion of the retrial of a case, a judgment passed by a court of first instance or a judgment and a ruling of an appellate court may be appealed against in accordance with the general procedure.\n\nPART IX\nSPECIFIC FEATURES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE WHEN INVESTIGATING AND HEARING SPECIFIC CATEGORIES OF CASES\n\nCHAPTER XXVIII\nPROCEEDINGS IN RESPECT OF CRIMINAL"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The procedure for the conduct of proceedings regarding criminal acts committed by legal persons shall be laid down by the general rules of this Code with the exceptions provided for in the articles of this Chapter.\n2. Where proceedings regarding criminal acts have been opened separately in respect of a legal person and in respect of a natural person, such acts must, as a general rule, be investigated jointly. Procedural actions and decisions shall be taken in respect of the legal person in accordance with the general rules of this Code and the exceptions laid down in the articles of this Chapter or, in respect of the natural person, in accordance with the general rules of this Code.\n3. Proceedings regarding a criminal act may be opened or continued in respect of a legal person separately from a natural person who allegedly committed the criminal act for the benefit or in the interests of the legal person:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) where, regarding the criminal act committed by the natural person, the limitation period for the passing of a judgment of conviction has expired, but this period has not expired yet in respect of the legal person; \n2) where the natural person is released from criminal liability and his case is dismissed; \n3) where a court judgment concerning the same charges becomes final in respect of the natural person; \n4) where the hearing of the case is stayed or terminated in respect of the natural person due to a mental disorder which he began to suffer from following the commission of the criminal act and which rendered him unable to understand the substance of his actions or to control them;\n5) where the natural person dies and, as a result, the proceedings are not opened or are terminated against him;\n6) where the competent authority of a foreign state does not give a permission to prosecute the natural person; \n7) where the natural person goes into hiding from a pre-trial investigation or a court or his whereabouts are unknown;\n8) where the natural person is not in the Republic of Lithuania and evades appearing before a court, and the court decides, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 433 of this Code, to continue the proceedings against the legal person and to stay the hearing of the case against the natural person;\n9) when a prosecutor decides in the course of a pre-trial investigation, or a court hearing the case decides in the course"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "natural person;\n9) when a prosecutor decides in the course of a pre-trial investigation, or a court hearing the case decides in the course of the court proceedings, to separate the proceedings against the legal person and against the natural person who allegedly committed the criminal act for the benefit or in the interests of the legal person if it is believed that this will speed up the proceedings against the legal or against the natural person;"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "10) where the complex management structure of the legal person or other circumstances preclude identification, prosecution or conviction of a specific natural person who committed the criminal act, but there is a ground for believing that the criminal act was committed by one or more natural persons referred to in Article 20(2) or (3) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania or that the criminal act was committed by joint acts/omissions of these persons;"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "11) in other cases when criminal proceedings are not opened or continued against the natural person who allegedly committed the criminal act. \n4. When hearing a criminal case against a legal person in the cases referred to in points 1, 2, 3 and 4 of paragraph 3 of this Article, the issue of guilt and criminal liability of a natural person who committed a criminal act for the benefit or in the interests of the legal person shall not be considered. The court shall rely on the decisions taken or conclusions in this or any other criminal case on the basis whereof the fact of commission of the criminal act by the natural person has been established. In the cases referred to in points 1, 2 and 3 of paragraph 3 of this Article, a natural person having the legal status of a convicted person and/or his defence counsel shall be summoned to the hearing of the case in court, however their absence shall not have suspensory effect on the proceedings. The court shall have the right to question the natural person and to perform with him other actions of the examination of evidence.\n5. When hearing a criminal case against a legal person in the cases referred to in points 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 11 of paragraph 3 of this Article, the issue of criminal liability of a natural person who committed a criminal act for the benefit or in the interests of the legal person shall not be considered. The court shall rely on the evidence collected in this or any other criminal case, the decisions"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "in the interests of the legal person shall not be considered. The court shall rely on the evidence collected in this or any other criminal case, the decisions taken or the conclusions on the basis whereof it is decided on the fact of commission of the criminal act by the natural person. The accused natural person shall be subject to the provisions of Articles 435 and 436 of this Code. If, in the course of hearing of the case in court, it transpires that the just resolution of the case is impossible without the participation of the accused natural person, the hearing of the case shall be stayed or a decision shall be taken on the joining of the criminal cases in respect of the natural person and in respect of the legal person. \n\nArticle 388. Representative of a legal person to be prosecuted"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A representative of a legal person to be prosecuted may be the manager or an employee of the legal person or an advocate authorised by the legal person to act as a representative in proceedings.\n2. Where a person produces an authorisation to act as a representative in proceedings, a pre-trial investigation officer shall adopt a decision to recognise the person as a representative of a legal person.\n3. If a legal person appoints as a representative a person not fit to act in the capacity of a representative or does not appoint any representative at all, a pre-trial investigation officer shall have the right to appoint by a decision a representative of the legal person.\n4. A representative of a legal person in proceedings shall enjoy all the rights granted to a suspect and an accused person under this Code as well as perform the duties of these parties to the proceedings.\n\nArticle 389. Temporary procedural coercive measures applied to a legal person"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The following procedural coercive measures may be imposed upon a legal person: temporary suspension of activities of the legal person and temporary restriction of activities of the legal person.\n2. Activities of the legal person shall be temporarily suspended or temporarily restricted at the request of a prosecutor by a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge or of a court.\n3. Temporary suspension of activities of the legal person or temporary restriction of activities of the legal person shall be imposed in the cases when the activities of the legal person to be prosecuted may interfere with the unhindered course of criminal proceedings, also may prejudice economic practices, cause damage to finance, nature, public security and intellectual property.\n4. In a ruling to temporarily suspend activities of a legal person, the legal person shall be obligated to temporarily discontinue all economic, commercial, financial or professional activities provided for in incorporation documents and to close all divisions. The ruling shall set a period of temporary suspension of activities of the legal person. At the request of a prosecutor, this period may be extended by a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge or of a court.\n5. A ruling to temporarily restrict activities of a legal person shall prohibit a legal person from engaging in certain activities provided for in incorporation documents and obligate it to close a certain division of the legal person. The ruling shall set a period of temporary restriction of activities of the legal person.\n6. A ruling whereby activities of a legal person are temporarily suspended or activities of"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "set a period of temporary restriction of activities of the legal person.\n6. A ruling whereby activities of a legal person are temporarily suspended or activities of a legal person are temporarily restricted shall be delivered to a bailiff for execution.\n7. A ruling shall be notified to a representative of a legal person against his signature.\n8. A representative of a legal person may appeal to a higher court against a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge or of a court to temporarily suspend the activities of the legal person or to temporarily restrict the activities of the legal person within seven days from the receipt of the ruling.\n9. A prosecutor may appeal against a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge or a court not to impose temporary suspension of activities of a legal person or temporary restriction of activities of a legal person within the time limits and in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 8 of this Article.\n\nArticle 390. Passing of a judgment in a case in which a legal person is tried"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. In a criminal case where a legal person and a natural person are jointly prosecuted and tried, a court shall pass one judgment. The operative part of this judgment shall separately set out the court\u2019s decisions concerning the legal person and the natural person. The judgment may be appealed against under appeal procedure by a representative of the convicted legal person and the convicted natural person as well as other participants in the hearing in court in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 313 of this Code.\n2. If a criminal case against a legal person is heard separately, a court shall pass a judgment only in respect of the legal person. A representative of the convicted legal person and other participants of the hearing in court shall have the right to appeal against this judgment under appeal procedure in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 313 of this Code. The judgment passed in respect of the legal person shall not bind a court hearing a natural person\u2019s case if such a case is to be heard in the future. If new circumstances transpiring upon completion of the hearing of such a case allow to annul the judgment or ruling rendered in respect of the legal person and to reopen the criminal case, proceedings due to the newly transpired circumstances may be opened in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 446 of this Code. \n\nArticle 391. Execution of a judgment restricting the activities of a legal person or liquidating a legal person\nA judgment restricting the activities of a legal person or"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Execution of a judgment restricting the activities of a legal person or liquidating a legal person\nA judgment restricting the activities of a legal person or liquidating a legal person shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 342 of this Code, be delivered to a bailiff for execution.\n\nCHAPTER XXIX\nPROCEDURE FOR APPLYING COMPULSORY MEDICAL MEASURES\n\nArticle 392. Grounds for applying compulsory medical measures"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A court shall apply the compulsory medical measures specified in Article 98 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania to the persons who have been declared by the court as being of mental incapacity, also to the persons who, following the commission of a criminal act or imposition of a penalty, began to suffer from a mental disorder that rendered them unable to understand the substance of their actions or to control them.\n2. Compulsory medical measures may be applied to persons who have been declared by a court as being of diminished capacity in the cases provided for in Article 18(2) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania.\n3. The procedure for applying compulsory medical measures shall be laid down by the general rules of this Code with the exceptions provided for in the Articles of this Chapter.\n\nArticle 393. Grounds for initiating the procedure of application of compulsory medical measures"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Proceedings initiated in accordance with the general procedure shall become a procedure of application of compulsory medical measures if it is established during a pre-trial investigation or in the course of hearing of a case in court that a person is of mental incapacity or of diminished incapacity or that, following the commission of a criminal act, he began to suffer from a mental disorder that rendered him unable to understand the substance of his actions or to control them.\n2. Compulsory medical measures shall also be applied in the cases when, following the imposition of a penalty, a person began to suffer from a mental disorder that rendered him unable to understand the substance of his actions or to control them.\n\nArticle 394. Initiation of the procedure of application of compulsory medical measures\n1. Where, in the course of a pre-trial investigation or in the course of hearing of a case in court, the circumstances referred to in Article 393(1) of this Code are established, a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a judge or a court shall take the following decisions:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) the pre-trial investigation officer shall transmit the investigation material to the prosecutor. Where justified, the prosecutor shall endorse initiation of the procedure of application of compulsory medical measures and assign to a pre-trial investigation body the conduct of a pre-trial investigation or shall conduct it himself;\n2) during the hearing of the case in court, the judge or the court shall issue a ruling to initiate the procedure of application of compulsory medical measures.\n2. Where the circumstances referred to in Article 393(1) of this Code are established following the imposition of a penalty, the court shall take the following decisions:\n1) before a judgment becomes final and its execution is commenced, the court shall take charge of the case and decide to initiate the procedure of application of compulsory medical measures;\n2) where the execution of the judgment has already commenced and on a submission of an executing institution, a court of the place where the sentence is to be served shall, upon having evoked the criminal case file, decide to initiate the procedure of application of compulsory medical measures.\n\nArticle 395. Circumstances to be proved\nIn the course of proceedings regarding an act committed by a person who is of mental incapacity or diminished capacity, also proceedings in respect of a person who, following the commission of a criminal act, began to suffer from a mental disorder that rendered him unable to understand the substance of his actions or to control them, the following must be proved:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) the time, place, manner and other circumstances of commission of the act prohibited by a criminal law;\n2) whether the act prohibited by the criminal law was committed by that person;\n3) whether the perpetrator of the act prohibited by the criminal law has a history of mental illness, the severity and character of the mental illness of the person at the time of commission of the act, during a pre-trial investigation, the hearing of the case in court or following the imposition of a penalty;\n4) what is the conduct of the perpetrator of the act prohibited by the criminal law both before and after the commission of the act;\n5) the nature and extent of damage caused by the act prohibited by the criminal law.\n\nArticle 396. Procedure for conducting a pre-trial investigation"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. It shall be allowed to refer a person for forensic psychiatric examination only if there is sufficient evidence that he is the perpetrator of an act, as prohibited by a criminal law, which is the subject of an investigation.\n2. If the mental state of the perpetrator of a criminal act prohibited by a criminal law precludes the performance of procedural actions involving him, a pre-trial investigation officer shall draw up a record to that effect.\n3. In the cases provided for in Article 393(1) of this Code, participation of a defence counsel shall be necessary from the time of ordering a psychiatric examination, unless he previously participated in proceedings on general grounds.\n\nArticle 397. End of a pre-trial investigation\n1. Where a pre-trial investigation is concluded in the cases provided for in Article 393(1) of this Code, a prosecutor shall adopt one of the following decisions:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) to dismiss the case in the cases provided for in Article 3 of this Code \u2013 if the circumstances which preclude the proceedings are established;\n2) to refer the case for hearing in court \u2013 if it is established that there are grounds for applying compulsory medical measures to the person.\n2. If a person is suffering from a mental disorder and the case has been dismissed on the basis of point 1 of paragraph 1 of this Article, a court may, at a prosecutor\u2019s request, hand him over for guardianship to family members or close relatives or other persons and may concurrently place the mentally disordered person under medical observation.\n\nArticle 398. Decision to refer a case to court"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. When referring a case to court for the application of compulsory medical measures, a prosecutor shall draw up a decision.\n2. A decision to refer a case to court shall indicate: the forename, surname, date of birth, personal number, marital status, profession, place of employment and, at the discretion of a prosecutor, other data of the person whereto compulsory medical measures may be applied; the place, time, manner, consequences and other material circumstances of commission of an act prohibited by a criminal law; data on a victim; grounds for applying compulsory medical measures.\n3. A prosecutor shall send a transcript of a decision to refer a case to court or a decision to dismiss the case to a victim and a defence counsel.\n\nArticle 399. Actions of a judge in preparing a trial\n1. A judge shall, upon receipt of a case from a prosecutor, refer it for hearing at a trial, notify thereof the legal representatives or family members or close relatives of a person whose case is being heard, his defence counsel and the prosecutor, and order the summoning of witnesses, victims and experts.\n2. A judge shall have the right to request that a person whose case is being heard be delivered before a court unless, based on an expert\u2019s conclusion, the nature of his illness precludes him from doing so.\n\nArticle 400. Procedure for and limits of hearing in court"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The hearing in court of a case which has been received in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 398 of this Code shall be conducted in accordance with the general procedure.\n2. At a trial, victims and witnesses must be questioned, other evidence must be verified that the person concerned committed an act prohibited by a criminal law, an expert\u2019s conclusion on mental incapacity or diminished capacity must be heard, and other circumstances material to deciding on the application of compulsory medical measures must be verified.\n\nArticle 401. Resolution of a case in court\n1. A court shall resolve a case by a ruling. It shall be issued in the deliberation room.\n2. When issuing a ruling, a court must resolve the following issues:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) whether an act prohibited by a criminal law was committed;\n2) whether the act prohibited by the criminal law was committed by a person whose case is being heard;\n3) whether the person committed the act prohibited by the criminal law while being in a state of mental incapacity or in a state of diminished capacity;\n4) whether, following the commission of a criminal act, the person concerned began to suffer from a mental disorder that rendered him unable to understand the substance of his actions or to control them and whether this is a temporary mental disorder requiring only the staying of the hearing of the case;\n5) whether a compulsory medical measure should be applied and which one.\n\nArticle 402. Hearing and resolution of a case in court in the cases when a person begins to suffer from a mental disorder following the imposition of a penalty"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. If a person begins to suffer from a mental disorder following the imposition of a penalty and before a judgment becomes final and its execution is commenced, a case shall be heard by a court which passed the judgment.\n2. If a person begins to suffer from a mental disorder after the execution of a judgment has already commenced, a case shall be heard by a court of the place where the sentence is to be served.\n3. In the cases provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, upon having evoked a criminal case file, a court shall consider the issue of application of compulsory medical measures at a trial. A prosecutor and a defence counsel must participate in therein. The trial shall establish circumstances which are material to deciding on the application of compulsory medical measures: an expert\u2019s conclusion concerning the mental state of a convicted person shall be heard, employees of the place of sentence and other persons shall be questioned as witnesses, other data about the conduct of the convicted person following the imposition of the penalty shall be verified.\n4. When issuing a ruling, the court must resolve the following issues:\n1) whether, following the imposition of a penalty, the convicted person began to suffer from a mental disorder that rendered him unable to understand the substance of his actions or to control them;\n2) whether a compulsory medical measure should be applied to the convicted person and which one.\n\nArticle 403. Court rulings"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) to apply to the person a compulsory medical measure \u2013 if it has been proved that he committed an act prohibited by a criminal law while being in a state of mental incapacity;\n2) to release the person from criminal liability and apply to him a compulsory medical measure \u2013 if it has been proved that he committed an act prohibited by a criminal law while being in a state of diminished capacity in the case referred to in Article 18 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania;\n3) to stay the hearing of the case or execution of a sentence and to apply a compulsory medical measure \u2013 if it has been proved that, following the commission of a criminal act or imposition of a penalty, the person began to suffer from a mental disorder that rendered him unable to understand the substance of his actions or to control them;\n4) to dismiss the case and not to apply a compulsory medical measure \u2013 if it has been proved that, according to the nature of a committed act and his pathological state, the person is not dangerous to the public and does not require compulsory medical treatment;\n5) to refer the case for reinvestigation \u2013 if it has not been established that the person is of mental incapacity or if his mental disorder is not such as to preclude the imposition of the penalty;\n6) to dismiss the case \u2013 if it has not been proved that the person committed an act prohibited by a criminal law or if there are circumstances, as listed in Article 3 of this Code,"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) out-patient observation under the conditions of primary mental health care;\n2) in-patient observation under the conditions of a general observation at specialised mental health care institutions;\n3) in-patient observation under the conditions of an enhanced observation at specialised mental health care institutions;\n4) in-patient observation under the conditions of a strict observation at specialised mental health care institutions.\n3. When dismissing the case and not applying compulsory medical measures to a person, a court may hand him over to family members or close relatives or other persons for guardianship or curatorship and may concurrently place him under medical observation.\n4. The issues referred to in Article 307(6) and (7) of this Code shall also be resolved by a court ruling.\n\nArticle 404. Persons entitled to appeal against a court ruling\nThe right to appeal against a court ruling to apply a compulsory medical measure shall be vested in a person whose case was heard, his legal representative, family members or close relatives, a defence counsel, a victim, his representative and a prosecutor. Appeals and appeals in cassation shall be filed and heard in accordance with the rules laid down in Parts VI and VIII of this Code.\n\nArticle 405. Extension of the application of a compulsory medical measure, change of the type or lifting thereof"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. When applying a compulsory medical measure, a court shall not fix the duration of application thereof. It shall be applied until a person recovers or his mental state improves and he no longer represents a danger.\n2. A court must, at least once every six months, decide on extension of the application of a compulsory medical measure, change of the type or lifting thereof.\n3. The court shall consider and resolve the issues of extension of the application, change of the type or lifting of a compulsory medical measure on the basis of a conclusion by a health care institution and shall issue one of the following rulings:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) to extend the application of the compulsory medical measure \u2013 if the person\u2019s state of health has not changed;\n2) to change the type of the compulsory medical measure previously applied \u2013 if the person\u2019s state of health has changed;\n3) to lift the compulsory medical measure applied \u2013 if the person has recovered and the need to apply such measure ceases to exist.\n4. Extension of the application of a compulsory medical measure, change of the type or lifting thereof shall be decided by a court according to the place of application of the measure. When considering this issue, a representative of a health care institution which submitted a conclusion on the state of health of the person concerned must participate in a court hearing. A judge shall have the right to request that the person who is subject to extension of the application of the compulsory medical measure, change of the type or lifting thereof be delivered to the hearing, unless this is precluded by the nature of his illness based on conclusions of a medical commission. The court must notify the persons referred to in Article 404 of this Code of the place and date of the hearing. Failure of such persons to appear shall not preclude the consideration of the issue.\n5. The application of compulsory medical measures shall be extended, the type thereof shall be changed or they shall be lifted by a court\u2019s ruling.\n6. The persons listed in Article 404 of this Code shall have the right to appeal against a court\u2019s rulings"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "ruling.\n6. The persons listed in Article 404 of this Code shall have the right to appeal against a court\u2019s rulings to extend the application of, change or lift a compulsory medical measure in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part X of this Code.\n\nArticle 406. Reopening of proceedings against a person whereto a compulsory medical measure was applied"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Where a person who, following the commission of a criminal act or imposition of a penalty, experienced a mental disorder resulting in the application of a compulsory medical measure is recognised by a medical commission as having recovered, a court shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 405 of this Code, issue a ruling to lift the applied compulsory medical measure and shall decide whether to refer the case to a pre-trial investigation or to refer it for hearing in court under the general procedure or to refer the person to continue serving the sentence.\n2. The time spent at a health care institution shall be included in the period of remand and serving of a sentence.\n\nCHAPTER XXX\nNo longer effective from 1 October 2017.\n\nCHAPTER XXXI\nPROCEEDINGS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE\n\nSECTION ONE\nPROCEDURE FOR ISSUING A COURT\u2019S PENAL ORDER\n\nArticle 418. Prosecutor\u2019s right to decide to conclude proceedings by a penal order"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. With regard to the criminal acts which may be punishable by any penalty as a single or alternative penalty, with the exception of the cases when a criminal act may be punishable only by a fixed-term custodial sentence or a life custodial sentence, the hearing of a case in court may be omitted and the penalty shall be imposed by a court\u2019s penal order. The procedure for issuing the court\u2019s penal order shall be applied only where the offender compensates for or eliminates the damage caused, where damage has been caused, or undertakes to compensate for or to eliminate such damage.\n2. A judge shall have the right to draw up a penal order upon receipt of a prosecutor\u2019s motion for the conclusion of proceedings by a court\u2019s penal order.\n3. If, in the course of a pre-trial investigation, a prosecutor decides to refer to a judge for the conclusion of proceedings by a court\u2019s penal order and an accused person does not object thereto, an indictment shall not be drawn up. In this case, the prosecutor shall draw up a motion which, together with the material collected during the pre-trial investigation, shall be sent to the court according to its jurisdiction.\n4. Having taken a decision to conclude proceedings by a court\u2019s penal order, a prosecutor must notify a victim thereof. The victim may, within seven days from the receipt of such a notification, appeal against the prosecutor\u2019s decision to"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Upon receipt of an accused person\u2019s request to hold the hearing of a case in court, the court must hold the hearing of the case not later than after the lapse of ten days from the receipt of the request. The hearing of the case in court of a judge\u2019s own motion must be held after the lapse of not less than three days and not more than ten days from the receipt by the accused person of a transcript of a prosecutor\u2019s motion for the conclusion of proceedings by a court\u2019s penal order.\n2. The hearing of the case in court held at the request of the accused person or of the judge\u2019s own motion shall be conducted in accordance with the rules laid down in Part V of this Code, except that during the hearing in court the prosecutor shall, instead of reading out an indictment, present the substance of the charges based on the motion for the conclusion of proceedings by a court\u2019s penal order.\n3. The case shall be heard by the same court to which the prosecutor sent the motion for the conclusion of proceedings by a court\u2019s penal order, however, if the hearing of the case in court was held at the request of the accused person, the judge who issued the court\u2019s penal order may not participate in the hearing of the case.\n4. After hearing the case and finding the accused person guilty, the court may impose a penalty of a different type or level than the"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "case.\n4. After hearing the case and finding the accused person guilty, the court may impose a penalty of a different type or level than the one imposed by the court\u2019s penal order. If this is provided for by a criminal law, a custodial sentence may also be imposed. Where the incorrect application of a criminal law and material infringements of this Code may have affected other accused persons who did not submit their requests, the court shall check whether the penal order is well-founded and lawful also in respect of these accused persons. In compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, the legal status of the accused persons who did not submit requests to hold the hearing of the case in court may not be subject to aggravation.\n5. A judgment passed by the court may be appealed against in accordance with the general procedure.\n\nSECTION TWO\nPROCEEDINGS UNDER THE ACCELERATED PROCEDURE\n\nArticle 426. Prosecutor\u2019s right to decide to conclude a criminal case under the accelerated procedure"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Where the circumstances of commission of a criminal act are clear and a criminal case concerning the commission of that act must be heard by a district court, a prosecutor may, on the day of commencement of a pre-trial investigation or not later than within 14 days from the commencement of the pre-trial investigation, file with a court which has jurisdiction over the case a motion for the hearing of the case under the accelerated procedure.\n2. In the case referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, a prosecutor shall not draw up an indictment, however, he shall transmit to a court, together with a motion, the material collected during a pre-trial investigation, provided that procedural actions have been performed. The prosecutor together with a pre-trial investigation body must notify an accused person, his defence counsel, a victim, a civil claimant, a civil defendant and their representatives and witnesses of the date and place of a court hearing at which the case will be heard under the accelerated procedure. Victims, civil claimants and civil defendants questioned in the course of the pre-trial investigation shall also be informed that their failure to appear without compelling reasons shall be considered as consent to hear the case in absentia and shall not preclude the hearing of the case, except where the court recognises that their participation is necessary.\n3. A European Delegated Prosecutor or a European Prosecutor shall, when drawing up a motion for the hearing of a case under the accelerated procedure, act in accordance with the rules laid"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A prosecutor\u2019s motion for the hearing of a case under the accelerated procedure must indicate an accused person\u2019s forename, surname, date of birth, personal number, marital status, profession, place of employment, data on previous convictions and, at the prosecutor\u2019s discretion, other personal data; a brief description of a committed criminal act: the place, time, manner and consequences of the commission thereof; a criminal law providing for liability for that act shall be indicated; witnesses and victims on whose testimony the charges are based or whose questioning is requested at a trial, the objects and documents relevant to the hearing of the case shall be listed; the prosecutor\u2019s position and the accused person\u2019s opinion on the possibility of not calling in witnesses to the hearing of the case shall be set forth.\n2. The prosecutor must serve one copy of the motion for the hearing of the case under the accelerated procedure on the accused person.\n\nArticle 428. Actions of a court upon receipt of a prosecutor\u2019s motion for the hearing of a case under the accelerated procedure"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. When a prosecutor\u2019s motion for the hearing of a case under the accelerated procedure is received in a court, a court hearing shall be held without delay or another date and time of the court hearing shall be fixed and the prosecutor shall be notified thereof. The first court hearing, if not held on the same day, must be held not later than within 14 days from the receipt by the court of the prosecutor\u2019s motion for the hearing of the case under the accelerated procedure. At the beginning of this hearing, the prosecutor shall read out his motion. A judge shall subsequently ask an accused person whether he understands the prosecutor\u2019s charges and whether he agrees to be tried without delay or whether he wishes to have the hearing of the case conducted at a later date. The accused person may base a request to hold the hearing of the case at a later date solely on the grounds that he needs time to prepare for his defence. When making such a request, the accused person must indicate how much time he needs to prepare for his defence.\n2. Having heard the opinions of the prosecutor, the victim, the accused person and the defence counsel, the judge shall take one of the following decisions:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) to hold the hearing of the case in court without delay;\n2) to hold the hearing of the case in court on the next day;\n3) to reject the prosecutor\u2019s motion for the hearing of the case under the accelerated procedure.\n3. The decisions referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be entered in a record of the court hearing and shall not be subject to appeal.\n\nArticle 429. Rejection of a prosecutor\u2019s motion for the hearing of a case under the accelerated procedure or referral of the case to the prosecutor\n1. A judge shall take a decision to reject a prosecutor\u2019s motion for the hearing of a case under the accelerated procedure in the following cases:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) where he establishes that the time limit provided for in Article 426 of this Code has been exceeded;\n2) where he establishes that the case falls within the jurisdiction of a regional court.\n2. Where, in the course of hearing of the case in court, it is established that the prosecutor\u2019s motion for the hearing of the case under the accelerated procedure is materially inconsistent with the requirements of Article 427 of this Code, the case shall be referred to the prosecutor.\n3. The judge\u2019s decision to reject the prosecutor\u2019s motion for the hearing of the case under the accelerated procedure and the judge\u2019s ruling to refer the case to the prosecutor may be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part X of this Code.\n4. Where, in the cases specified in paragraph 1 of this Article, the prosecutor\u2019s motion for the hearing of the case under the accelerated procedure is rejected, a pre-trial investigation shall continue under the general procedure.\n\nArticle 430. Actions of a court where it is decided to hold a hearing in court at a later date"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. If an accused person who has been notified of the date and place of the hearing of a case fails to appear for a trial for compelling reasons, a judge shall fix a later date for the hearing of the case and shall serve on the accused person a summons to stand trial.\n2. The judge must serve summons on parties to the proceedings who appear before the court and must be summoned to participate in the hearing of that case in court at a later date.\n\nArticle 431. Specific features of participation of a defence counsel in accelerated proceedings\nWhere a person suspected of having committed a criminal act did not call in a defence counsel or did not have a defence counsel called in before his appearance before a court or where the defence counsel who was called in by the person suspected of having committed the criminal act or who was called in to defend this person by a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor is unable to appear before the court due to a high workload or for other compelling reasons, the accused person shall be defended by the defence counsel appointed by the court. Such a defence counsel must be able to meet the defendant before the commencement of a court hearing and to have access to the material submitted to the court.\n\nArticle 432. Hearing of a case in court"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The hearing of a case in court under the accelerated procedure shall be conducted in compliance with the rules laid down in Part V of this Code, only instead of an indictment a prosecutor shall read out his motion for the hearing of the case under the accelerated procedure.\n2. No longer effective from 13 July 2013.\n3. A judgment and rulings rendered after hearing a case under the accelerated procedure shall be appealed against under the general procedure.\n\nCHAPTER XXXII\nPROCEEDINGS IN THE ABSENCE OF AN ACCUSED PERSON\n\nArticle 433. Hearing of a case in the absence of an accused person\nA case may be heard in the absence of an accused person in the case provided for in Article 246 of this Code. A judge shall resolve the issue of whether the case may be heard in the absence of the accused person when preparing the case for hearing in court. If, in the course of hearing of the case in court, it transpires that the just resolution of the case is impossible without the participation of the accused person, the hearing of the case shall be stayed.\n\nArticle 434. Procedure for hearing a case in the absence of an accused person\nA case shall be heard in the absence of an accused person in accordance with the rules laid down in Part V of this Code, with the exceptions provided for in this Chapter.\n\nArticle 435. Ensuring the right of an accused person to defence\nWhen hearing a case in the absence of"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. When hearing a case in the absence of an accused person, his defence counsel shall be given an opportunity to state his opinion on the charges at the beginning of the examination of evidence in court after a prosecutor has read out an indictment in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 271 of this Code. Parties to the proceedings may request the defence counsel to clarify his position.\n2. When hearing a case in the absence of an accused person, the opportunity to conduct summary examination of evidence as provided for in Article 273 of this Code may not be exercised even though the case file contains the guilty plea of the accused person, which is not contested by the defence counsel.\n3. When hearing a case in the absence of an accused person, the defence counsel shall be allowed to deliver the final plea after closing speeches. The court shall subsequently retire without delay for the passing of a judgment.\n\nArticle 437. Service and execution of a judgment passed after hearing a case in the absence of an accused person"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A judgment passed after hearing a case in the absence of an accused person shall be served on the defence counsel of the accused person. The time limit within which the judgment becomes final shall start to run from the time of service of the judgment on the defence counsel.\n2. A judgment which has been passed and has become final shall be executed prior to the detention of a convicted person or his delivery by extradition proceedings or under a European arrest warrant only to the extent that it is possible to execute it without the presence of the convicted person.\n\nArticle 438. Procedure for appealing against a judgment passed in the absence of an accused person"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A convicted person whose case was heard in absentia shall have the right to file an appeal even after the expiry of a time limit for filing such an appeal, also to declare that he will participate in the hearing of the case under appeal procedure. If the execution of a judgment has already commenced, a court competent to hear the case under appeal procedure may, of its own motion or at the request of the convicted person or his defence counsel, issue a ruling to stay the execution of the judgment.\n2. If a convicted person who filed an appeal provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article and who is not in custody fails to appear for the hearing of the case under appeal procedure without a compelling reason, an appellate court may hear the case in the absence of the convicted person or may terminate the appellate proceedings.\n3. Having received an appeal of a convicted person who was tried in absentia in a court of first instance, an appellate court must repeat the actions of examination of evidence carried out in the court of first instance in the course of which the evidence subject to examination was used to support the judgment of conviction, if the convicted person disputes in his appeal the assessment of that evidence. These actions of examination of evidence must be repeated regardless of whether or not the case has already been heard in accordance with appeals of other parties to the proceedings. A judgment or ruling rendered in the course of appellate proceedings opened on the basis of the appeal of the convicted person may be appealed against under"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Participants in the hearing of a case and other persons shall have the right to appeal to higher courts, in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Part of the Code, against rulings issued in lower courts during the preparation of a case for hearing or at a trial, also, in the cases provided for in this Code, against other rulings issued by courts, except for the cases where this Code provides for a special procedure for appealing against specific court rulings. \n2. Court rulings regarding the referral of a case for hearing at a trial, the possibility of hearing a case in the absence of any of parties to proceedings, the filed motions for challenge, the collection of new evidence, the hearing of requests of parties to proceedings, observations entered in a record of a trial and maintenance of order during the trial, the resumption of the examination of evidence in court shall not be subject to appeal in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Part.\n\nArticle 440. Procedure for appealing to higher courts against rulings of lower courts"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Participants in the hearing of a case shall have the right to file appeals with a higher court against a ruling of a lower court if they believe that their rights and legitimate interests have been violated by the ruling of the lower court. The appeals may also be filed by other parties to the proceedings as well as by the persons other than participants in the hearing of the case who were subject to coercive measures provided for in Article 163 of this Code.\n2. An appeal against a ruling of a district court shall be filed with a regional court, against a ruling of a regional court \u2013 with the Court of Appeal of Lithuania within seven days from the receipt of the ruling. The appeal shall be filed through the court which issued the ruling and which shall, not later than within three days, notify the persons concerned of the received appeal and of the right, within 14 days from the dispatch of the notification, to submit to a higher court a statement of defence, motions for challenge and other requests and shall transmit the appeal together with a transcript of the ruling and other material to the higher court.\n\nArticle 441. Procedure for hearing an appeals in a higher court"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A motion regarding newly transpired circumstances may be filed with a prosecutor by a convicted person, an acquitted person, their defence counsel and legal representatives, a victim, a civil claimant, a civil defendant and their representatives.\n2. Persons\u2019 motions regarding newly transpired circumstances in respect of final judgments of district courts shall be examined by the chief prosecutor of a district prosecutor\u2019s office, motions in respect of judgments and rulings of regional courts \u2013 by the chief prosecutor of a regional prosecutor\u2019s office, motions in respect of judgments and rulings of the Court of Appeal of Lithuania and rulings of the Supreme Court of Lithuania \u2013 by the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania.\n3. A prosecutor who believes that at least one of the circumstances provided for in Article 444 of this Code may exist shall, of his own motion or at the request of parties to proceedings, adopt a decision to open proceedings due to newly transpired circumstances and, based on the rules of this Code, shall conduct an investigation of those circumstances himself or shall assign this to a pre-trial investigation body.\n4. A prosecutor who has not found a ground for opening proceedings due to newly transpired circumstances shall adopt a decision to refuse to open proceedings. The persons concerned shall be notified of such a decision of the prosecutor and shall be instructed as to the right to appeal against the decision to a senior prosecutor. The person concerned may appeal against the decision of this prosecutor in accordance with the procedure and within the time limits laid down"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Where an investigation of newly transpired circumstances is completed and there are grounds for reopening a case, a prosecutor shall transmit the investigation material and his conclusion to the President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania.\n2. If there are no grounds for reopening the case, the prosecutor shall terminate the proceedings by his decision. The persons concerned shall be notified of the decision and shall also be instructed as to the right to appeal against the prosecutor\u2019s decision. The prosecutor\u2019s decision may be appealed against to a senior prosecutor within five days from the receipt of a notice thereof, while a decision of the senior prosecutor may be appealed against within three days to a district court if the appeal was heard by the chief prosecutor of a regional prosecutor\u2019s office or to Vilnius Regional Court if the appeal was heard by the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania. The court shall hear the appeal by applying the provisions of Article 64 of this Code accordingly. A ruling of the court which has heard the appeal may be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part X of this Code.\n\nArticle 448. Procedure for reopening a criminal case in court due to newly transpired circumstances"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The issue of reopening of a case due to newly transpired circumstances shall be heard and resolved at the Supreme Court of Lithuania before a judicial panel of three justices of the Criminal Division who did not previously participate in the hearing of the case (except when hearing the case at a plenary session of the Supreme Court of Lithuania). This judicial panel shall consist of the President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania or the chair of the Criminal Division. He shall appoint a rapporteur and shall appoint one of the justices as the chair of the judicial panel.\n2. The judicial panel shall hold a court hearing to consider a prosecutor\u2019s conclusion and the investigation material. Where necessary, the file of a case in which a judgment or ruling to be annulled was rendered may be evoked. \n3. A prosecutor shall participate in the court hearing. The person, as referred to in Article 446(1) of this Code, who filed a motion regarding newly transpired circumstances shall be notified of the place and date of the court hearing, however his failure to appear shall not preclude the hearing of the case.\n4. At a fixed time, the chair of the judicial panel shall commence the court hearing, announce the prosecutor\u2019s conclusion and the court judgment or ruling in relation to which it is to be considered. The chair of the judicial panel shall subsequently check who has appeared for the hearing and announce the composition of the court. If the issue of challenge arises, the court"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Having established that the received motion is not signed, was filed after exceeding the time limits laid down in Article 452(1) of this Code, was filed repeatedly or the grounds provided for in Article 451 of this Code are incorrectly indicated therein, the President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania or the chair of the Criminal Division shall return the motion to the person who filed it. A duly drawn-up motion may be refiled.\n2. If the motion complies with the requirements of this Code, the President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania or the chair of the Criminal Division shall issue a ruling to refer the motion to a judicial panel of the Criminal Division.\n3. A judicial panel of three justices of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania shall decide by a ruling whether a criminal case needs to be reopened within one month from the issue of a ruling referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article or, where there is a ground for believing that a convicted person must be released from the place of custody, without delay.\n4. The reopened case shall be referred to:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 457. Right to request reopening of a criminal case \n1. A request to reopen a criminal case on the grounds referred to in point 1 of Article 456 of this Code may be submitted by a person against whom violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights or its Optional Protocols or the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms or its Additional Protocols have been committed, his successor in title, an authorised representative of these persons or the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania.\n2. A request to reopen a criminal case on the grounds referred to in point 2 of Article 456 of this Code may be submitted by a person in respect whereof a decision to convict him has been taken on the basis of a law or any other act passed by the Seimas, a decree of the President of the Republic or an act of the Government (or part thereof) which the Constitutional Court, when hearing the person\u2019s request, found to be in conflict with the Constitution, also his representative or the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania.\n3. The President of the Supreme Court of Lithuania may, by making a submission, request that a case be reopened also in the absence of a request referred to in this Article.\n\nArticle 458. Submission of a request or making of a submission for reopening of a criminal case"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "The Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania\n\n \n\n(Adopted by the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania\n\nin the Referendum of 25 October 1992)\n\n \n\n \n\nThe Lithuanian Nation\n\n \n\n\u2013 having created the State of Lithuania many centuries ago,\n\n\u2013 having based its legal foundations on the Lithuanian Statutes and the Constitutions of the Republic of Lithuania,\n\n\u2013 having for centuries staunchly defended its freedom and independence,\n\n\u2013 having preserved its spirit, native language, writing, and customs,\n\n\u2013 embodying the innate right of the human being and the Nation to live and create freely in the land of their fathers and forefathers\u2014in the independent State of Lithuania,\n\n\u2013 fostering national concord in the land of Lithuania,\n\n\u2013 striving for an open, just, and harmonious civil society and a State under the rule of law,\n\nby the will of the citizens of the reborn State of Lithuania, adopts and proclaims this\n\n \n\nConstitution\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nChapter I\n\n \n\nThe State of Lithuania\n\n \n\n \n\nArticle 1\n\n \n\nThe State of Lithuania shall be an independent democratic republic.\n\n \n\nArticle 2"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "The territorial administrative units of the State of Lithuania and their boundaries shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 12\n\n \n\nCitizenship of the Republic of Lithuania shall be acquired by birth or on other grounds established by law.\n\nWith the exception of individual cases provided for by law, no one may be a citizen of both the Republic of Lithuania and another state at the same time.\n\nThe procedure for the acquisition and loss of citizenship shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 13\n\n \n\nThe State of Lithuania shall protect its citizens abroad.\n\nIt shall be prohibited to extradite a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania to another state unless an international treaty of the Republic of Lithuania establishes otherwise.\n\n \n\nArticle 14\n\n \n\nLithuanian shall be the state language.\n\n \n\nArticle 15\n\n \n\nThe colours of the flag of the State shall be yellow, green, and red.\n\nThe coat of arms of the State shall be a white Vytis on a red field.\n\nThe coat of arms and flag of the State, as well as their use, shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 16\n\n \n\nThe anthem of the State shall be \u201cTauti\u0161ka giesm\u0117\u201d by Vincas Kudirka."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Chapter IV\n\nThe National Economy and Labour\n\n \n\nArticle 46\n\n \n\nThe economy of Lithuania shall be based on the right of private ownership, freedom of individual economic activity, and economic initiative.\n\nThe State shall support economic efforts and initiative that are useful to society.\n\nThe State shall regulate economic activity so that it serves the general welfare of the Nation.\n\nThe law shall prohibit the monopolisation of production and the market, and shall protect freedom of fair competition.\n\nThe State shall defend the interests of the consumer.\n\n \n\nArticle 47\n\n \n\nThe subsurface, as well as the internal waters, forests, parks, roads, and historical, archaeological, and cultural objects of state importance, shall belong by right of exclusive ownership to the Republic of Lithuania.\n\nThe Republic of Lithuania shall have the exclusive rights to the airspace over its territory, its continental shelf, and the economic zone in the Baltic Sea.\n\nIn the Republic of Lithuania, foreign entities may acquire the ownership of land, internal waters, and forests according to a constitutional law.\n\nPlots of land may belong to a foreign state by right of ownership for the establishment of its diplomatic missions and consular posts according to the procedure and conditions established by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 48"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 48\n\n \n\nEveryone may freely choose a job or business, and shall have the right to have proper, safe, and healthy conditions at work, as well as to receive fair pay for work and social security in the event of unemployment.\n\nThe work of foreigners in the Republic of Lithuania shall be regulated by law.\n\nForced labour shall be prohibited.\n\nMilitary service or alternative service performed instead of military service, as well as work performed by citizens in time of war, natural disaster, epidemics, or other extreme cases, shall not be considered forced labour.\n\nIn cases where persons convicted by a court perform work regulated by law, such work shall not be considered forced labour, either.\n\n \n\nArticle 49\n\n \n\nEvery working person shall have the right to rest and leisure, as well as to annual paid leave.\n\nThe length of working time shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 50\n\n \n\nTrade unions shall be established freely and shall function independently. They shall defend the professional, economic, and social rights and interests of employees.\n\nAll trade unions shall have equal rights.\n\n \n\nArticle 51\n\n \n\nWhile defending their economic and social interests, employees shall have the right to strike.\n\nLimitations on this right and the conditions and procedure for its implementation shall be established by law."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 52\n\n \n\nThe State shall guarantee its citizens the right to receive old-age and disability pensions, as well as social assistance in the event of unemployment, sickness, widowhood, the loss of the breadwinner, and in other cases provided for by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 53\n\n \n\nThe State shall take care of the health of people and shall guarantee medical aid and services for a person in the event of sickness. The procedure for providing medical aid to citizens free of charge at state medical establishments shall be established by law.\n\nThe State shall promote the physical culture of society and shall support sport.\n\nThe State and each person must protect the environment from harmful influences.\n\n \n\nArticle 54\n\n \n\nThe State shall take care of the protection of the natural environment, wildlife and plants, individual objects of nature, and areas of particular value, and shall supervise the sustainable use of natural resources, as well as their restoration and increase.\n\nThe destruction of land and subsurface, the pollution of water and air, radioactive impact on the environment, as well as the depletion of wildlife and plants, shall be prohibited by law.\n\n \n\nChapter V\n\nThe Seimas\n\n \n\nArticle 55"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Chapter V\n\nThe Seimas\n\n \n\nArticle 55\n\n \n\nThe Seimas shall consist of representatives of the Nation\u2014141 Members of the Seimas, who shall be elected for a four-year term on the basis of universal, equal, and direct suffrage by secret ballot.\n\nThe Seimas shall be deemed elected when not less than 3/5 of the Members of the Seimas are elected.\n\nThe procedure for the election of the Members of the Seimas shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 56\n\n \n\nAny citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who is not bound by an oath or a pledge to a foreign state and who, on the election day, is not younger than 21 years of age and permanently resides in Lithuania may stand for election as a Member of the Seimas.\n\nPersons who have not served punishment imposed by a court judgment, as well as persons declared by a court to be legally incapacitated, may not stand for election as a Member of the Seimas.\n\n \n\nArticle 57"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 57\n\n \n\nA regular election to the Seimas shall be held in the year of the expiry of the powers of the Members of the Seimas on the second Sunday of October.\n\nA regular election to the Seimas following an early election to the Seimas shall be held at the time specified in the first paragraph of this Article.\n\n \n\nArticle 58"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 58\n\n \n\nAn early election to the Seimas may be held upon the decision of the Seimas adopted by not less than a 3/5 majority vote of the Members of the Seimas.\n\nAn early election to the Seimas may also be called by the President of the Republic:\n\n1) if the Seimas fails to adopt a decision on the new programme of the Government within 30 days of its presentation, or if the Seimas twice in succession gives no assent to the programme of the Government within 60 days of its first presentation;\n\n2) upon the proposal of the Government, if the Seimas expresses direct no confidence in the Government.\n\nThe President of the Republic may not call an early election to the Seimas if the term of office of the President of the Republic expires in less than 6 months, or if 6 months have not passed since the early election to the Seimas.\n\nThe day of election to the new Seimas shall be specified in the resolution of the Seimas or in the act of the President of the Republic on the early election to the Seimas. The election to the new Seimas must be held within 3 months of the adoption of the decision on the early election.\n\n \n\nArticle 59"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 59\n\n \n\nThe term of powers of the Members of the Seimas shall begin to be counted from the day on which the newly elected Seimas convenes for the first sitting. The term of powers of the previously elected Members of the Seimas shall expire at the beginning of this sitting.\n\nAn elected Member of the Seimas shall acquire all the rights of a representative of the Nation only after taking an oath at the Seimas to be faithful to the Republic of Lithuania.\n\nA Member of the Seimas who either does not take the oath according to the procedure established by law or takes a conditional oath shall lose the mandate of a Member of the Seimas. The Seimas shall adopt a corresponding resolution thereon.\n\nWhile in office, the Members of the Seimas shall follow the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, the interests of the State, as well as their own consciences, and may not be restricted by any mandates.\n\n \n\nArticle 60"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 60\n\n \n\nThe duties of the Members of the Seimas, with the exception of their duties at the Seimas, shall be incompatible with any other duties at state institutions or organisations, or with work in business, commercial, or other private establishments or enterprises. During their term of office, the Members of the Seimas shall be exempt from the duty to perform national defence service.\n\nA Member of the Seimas may be appointed only either as the Prime Minister or a Minister.\n\nThe work of the Members of the Seimas, as well as all expenses relating to their parliamentary activities, shall be remunerated from the State Budget. A Member of the Seimas may not receive any other remuneration, with the exception of remuneration for creative activities.\n\nThe duties, rights, and guarantees of the activities of a Member of the Seimas shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 61"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 61\n\n \n\nA Member of the Seimas shall have the right to submit an inquiry to the Prime Minister, the Ministers, and the heads of other state institutions formed or elected by the Seimas. The said persons must respond orally or in writing during the session of the Seimas according to the procedure established by the Seimas.\n\nDuring a session of the Seimas, a group of not less than 1/5 of the Members of the Seimas may interpellate the Prime Minister or a Minister.\n\nUpon considering the response of the Prime Minister or the Minister to the interpellation, the Seimas may decide that the response is not satisfactory, and, by a majority vote of half of all the Members of the Seimas, may express no confidence in the Prime Minister or the Minister.\n\nThe voting procedure shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 62\n\n \n\nThe person of a Member of the Seimas shall be inviolable.\n\nThe Members of the Seimas may not be held criminally liable or be detained, or have their liberty restricted otherwise, without the consent of the Seimas.\n\nThe Members of the Seimas may not be persecuted for their votes or speeches at the Seimas. However, they may be held liable according to the general procedure for personal insult or defamation."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 63\n\n \n\nThe powers of a Member of the Seimas shall cease:\n\n1) upon the expiry of the term of powers, or when the Seimas elected in an early election convenes for the first sitting;\n\n2) upon his death;\n\n3) upon his resignation;\n\n4) when he is declared by a court to be legally incapacitated;\n\n5) when the Seimas revokes his mandate according to the procedure for impeachment proceedings;\n\n6) when the election is declared invalid, or the law on election is grossly violated;\n\n7) when he takes up or does not give up employment that is incompatible with the duties of a Member of the Seimas;\n\n8) when he loses his citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\n \n\nArticle 64"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 64\n\n \n\nEvery year, the Seimas shall convene for two regular sessions\u2014in spring and autumn. The spring session shall commence on the 10th of March and shall end on the 30th of June. The autumn session shall commence on the 10th of September and shall end on the 23rd of December. The Seimas may decide to prolong a session.\n\nExtraordinary sessions shall be convened by the Speaker of the Seimas upon the proposal of not less than one-third of all the Members of the Seimas, or by the President of the Republic in cases provided for in the Constitution.\n\n \n\nArticle 65\n\n \n\nThe President of the Republic shall convene the first sitting of the newly elected Seimas, which must be held within 15 days of the election of the Seimas. If the President of the Republic fails to convene the Seimas, the Members of the Seimas shall assemble by themselves on the day following the expiry of the 15-day period.\n\n \n\nArticle 66\n\n \n\nSittings of the Seimas shall be presided over by the Speaker of the Seimas, or his Deputy.\n\nThe first sitting of the Seimas after its election shall be opened by the eldest Member of the Seimas.\n\n \n\nArticle 67"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "The Seimas:\n\n1) shall consider and adopt amendments to the Constitution;\n\n2) shall pass laws;\n\n3) shall adopt resolutions on referendums;\n\n4) shall call elections for the President of the Republic of Lithuania;\n\n5) shall establish state institutions provided for by law, and appoint and release their heads;\n\n6) shall or shall not give its assent to the candidate proposed by the President of the Republic for the post of the Prime Minister;\n\n7) shall consider the programme of the Government, presented by the Prime Minister, and decide whether to give its assent to it;\n\n8) shall, upon the proposal of the Government, establish and abolish the ministries of the Republic of Lithuania;\n\n9) shall supervise the activities of the Government and may express no confidence in the Prime Minister or a Minister;\n\n10) shall appoint the justices and Presidents of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court;\n\n11) shall appoint and release the Auditor General and the Chairperson of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania;\n\n12) shall call elections to municipal councils and elections for municipal mayors;\n\n13) shall form the Central Electoral Commission and alter its composition;\n\n14) shall approve the State Budget and supervise its execution;\n\n15) shall establish state taxes and other compulsory payments;"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "14) shall approve the State Budget and supervise its execution;\n\n15) shall establish state taxes and other compulsory payments;\n\n16) shall ratify and denounce international treaties of the Republic of Lithuania and consider other issues of foreign policy;\n\n17) shall establish the administrative division of the Republic;\n\n18) shall establish the state awards of the Republic of Lithuania;\n\n19) shall issue acts of amnesty;\n\n20) shall impose direct rule and martial law, declare states of emergency, announce mobilisation, and adopt a decision to use the armed forces."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 68\n\n \n\nThe right of legislative initiative at the Seimas shall belong to the Members of the Seimas, the President of the Republic, and the Government.\n\nThe citizens of the Republic of Lithuania shall also have the right of legislative initiative. 50,000 citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who have the electoral right may submit a draft law to the Seimas, and the Seimas must consider it.\n\n \n\nArticle 69\n\n \n\nLaws shall be adopted at the Seimas according to the procedure established by law.\n\nLaws shall be deemed adopted if the majority of the Members of the Seimas participating in the sitting vote in favour thereof.\n\nConstitutional laws of the Republic of Lithuania shall be adopted if more than half of all the Members of the Seimas vote in favour thereof, and they shall be altered by not less than a 3/5 majority vote of all the Members of the Seimas. The Seimas shall establish the list of constitutional laws by a 3/5 majority vote of the Members of the Seimas.\n\nThe provisions of laws of the Republic of Lithuania may also be adopted by referendum.\n\n \n\nArticle 70"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 70\n\n \n\nLaws adopted by the Seimas shall come into force after they are signed and officially promulgated by the President of the Republic, unless the laws themselves establish a later date for their entry into force.\n\nOther acts adopted by the Seimas, as well as the Statute of the Seimas, shall be signed by the Speaker of the Seimas. The said acts shall come into force on the day following their publication, unless the acts themselves establish another procedure for their entry into force.\n\n \n\nArticle 71\n\n \n\nWithin ten days of receiving a law adopted by the Seimas, the President of the Republic either shall sign and officially promulgate the law or shall, upon reasonable grounds, refer it back to the Seimas for reconsideration.\n\nIf the law adopted by the Seimas is neither referred back nor signed by the President of the Republic within the specified period, the law shall come into force after it is signed and officially promulgated by the Speaker of the Seimas.\n\nA law or another act adopted by referendum must, within 5 days, be signed and officially promulgated by the President of the Republic.\n\nIf the President of the Republic does not sign and promulgate such a law within the specified period, the law shall come into force after it is signed and officially promulgated by the Speaker of the Seimas."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 72\n\n \n\nThe Seimas may consider anew and adopt a law referred back by the President of the Republic.\n\nThe law reconsidered by the Seimas shall be deemed adopted if the amendments and supplements submitted by the President of the Republic are adopted, or if more than 1/2 of all the Members of the Seimas vote for the law, or, in cases where such a law is a constitutional law\u2014if not less than 3/5 of all the Members of the Seimas vote in favour thereof.\n\nThe President of the Republic must sign such laws within three days and promulgate them immediately.\n\n \n\nArticle 73\n\n \n\nComplaints of citizens about the abuse of authority or bureaucratic intransigence by state and municipal officials (with the exception of judges) shall be examined by the Seimas Ombudsmen, who shall have the right to submit a proposal before a court for dismissing the guilty officials from office.\n\nThe powers of the Seimas Ombudsmen shall be established by law.\n\nThe Seimas shall also establish, when necessary, other institutions of control. Their system and powers shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 74"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "10) shall, according to the established procedure, appoint and release state officials provided for by law;\n\n11) shall propose candidates for the posts of the justices of the Supreme Court for consideration by the Seimas and, upon the appointment of all the justices of the Supreme Court, propose the candidate from among them for the post of the President of the Supreme Court to be appointed by the Seimas; shall appoint the judges of the Court of Appeal and, from among them, the President of the Court of Appeal, provided that the Seimas gives its assent to the candidates proposed; shall appoint the judges and presidents of regional and local courts and change their places of work; in cases provided for by law, shall submit that the Seimas release judges from their duties; shall, upon the assent of the Seimas, appoint and release the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania;\n\n12) shall propose candidates for the posts of three justices of the Constitutional Court and, upon the appointment of all the justices of the Constitutional Court, propose the candidate from among them for the post of the President of the Constitutional Court to be appointed by the Seimas;\n\n13) shall propose candidates for the posts of the Auditor General and the Chairperson of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania for consideration by the Seimas; may submit that the Seimas express no confidence in them;"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "18) shall make annual reports at the Seimas on the situation in Lithuania and the domestic and foreign policies of the Republic of Lithuania;\n\n19) shall, in cases provided for in the Constitution, convene an extraordinary session of the Seimas;\n\n20) shall call regular elections to the Seimas and, in cases provided for in the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Constitution, call early elections to the Seimas;\n\n21) shall grant citizenship of the Republic of Lithuania according to the procedure established by law;\n\n22) shall confer state awards;\n\n23) shall grant pardons to convicted persons;\n\n24) shall sign and promulgate laws adopted by the Seimas or refer them back to the Seimas according to the procedure established in Article 71 of the Constitution."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 85\n\n \n\nThe President of the Republic, implementing the powers vested in him, shall issue acts-decrees. To be valid, the decrees issued by the President of the Republic for the purposes specified in Items 3, 15, 17, and 21 of Article 84 of the Constitution must be signed by the Prime Minister or an appropriate Minister. Responsibility for such a decree shall lie with the Prime Minister or the Minister who signs it.\n\n \n\nArticle 86\n\n \n\nThe person of the President of the Republic shall be inviolable: while in office, he may be neither detained nor held criminally or administratively liable.\n\nThe President of the Republic may be removed from office only for a gross violation of the Constitution or a breach of the oath, or when he is found to have committed a crime. The issue of the removal of the President of the Republic from office shall be decided by the Seimas according to the procedure for impeachment proceedings.\n\n \n\nArticle 87"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 87\n\n \n\nAfter, in cases provided for in the second paragraph of Article 58 of the Constitution, the President of the Republic calls an early election to the Seimas, the newly elected Seimas may, by a 3/5 majority vote of all the Members of the Seimas and within 30 days of the day of the first sitting, call an early election of the President of the Republic.\n\nThe President of the Republic wishing to participate in the election shall be immediately registered as a candidate.\n\nThe President of the Republic re-elected in such an election shall be deemed elected for the second term of office provided that more than three years of his first term of office have expired prior to the election. If less than three years of the first term of office have expired, the President of the Republic shall only be elected for the remainder of the first term of office, which shall not be considered the second term of office.\n\nIf an early election of the President of the Republic is called during his second term of office, the incumbent President of the Republic may only be elected for the remainder of the second term of office.\n\n \n\nArticle 88"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 88\n\n \n\nThe powers of the President of the Republic shall cease:\n\n1) upon the expiry of the period for which he is elected;\n\n2) after an early election of the President of the Republic takes place;\n\n3) upon his resignation from office;\n\n4) upon his death;\n\n5) when the Seimas removes him from office according to the procedure for impeachment proceedings;\n\n6) when the Seimas, taking into consideration the conclusion of the Constitutional Court, by a 3/5 majority vote of all the Members of the Seimas, adopts a resolution stating that the state of health of the President of the Republic does not allow him to hold office.\n\n \n\nArticle 89"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "In the event that the President of the Republic dies, resigns, or is removed from office according to the procedure for impeachment proceedings, or the Seimas decides that the state of health of the President of the Republic does not allow him to hold office, the office of the President of the Republic shall temporarily be held by the Speaker of the Seimas. In such a case, the Speaker of the Seimas shall lose his powers at the Seimas, and his office shall temporarily be held, upon commissioning by the Seimas, by his Deputy. In the enumerated cases, the Seimas must, within 10 days, call an election of the President of the Republic, which must be held within two months. If the Seimas cannot convene and call the election of the President of the Republic, the election shall be called by the Government.\n\nThe Speaker of the Seimas shall substitute for the President of the Republic when the latter is temporarily abroad or falls ill and, for this reason, is temporarily unable to hold office.\n\nWhile temporarily substituting for the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the Seimas may neither call an early election to the Seimas nor appoint or release Ministers without the consent of the Seimas. During the said period, the Seimas may not consider the issue of no confidence in the Speaker of the Seimas.\n\nWith the exception of the cases"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 90\n\n \n\nThe President of the Republic shall have a residence. The financing of the President of the Republic and of his residence shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nChapter VII\n\nThe Government of the Republic of Lithuania\n\n \n\nArticle 91\n\n \n\nThe Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall consist of the Prime Minister and Ministers.\n\n \n\nArticle 92\n\n \n\nThe Prime Minister shall, upon the assent of the Seimas, be appointed and released by the President of the Republic.\n\nMinisters shall, upon submission by the Prime Minister, be appointed and released by the President of the Republic.\n\nThe Prime Minister, within 15 days of his appointment, shall form and present to the Seimas the Government, approved by the President of the Republic, and shall submit the programme of the formed Government for consideration by the Seimas.\n\nThe Government shall return its powers to the President of the Republic after the election of the Seimas or after the election of the President of the Republic.\n\nA new Government shall receive the powers to act after the Seimas gives assent to its programme by a majority vote of the Members of the Seimas participating in the sitting.\n\n \n\nArticle 93"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 101\n\n \n\nAt the request of the Seimas, the Government or individual Ministers must give an account of their activities to the Seimas.\n\nWhen more than half of the Ministers are replaced, the Government must once again receive its powers from the Seimas. Otherwise, the Government must resign.\n\nThe Government must also resign in the following cases:\n\n1) when the Seimas twice in succession does not give its assent to the programme of the newly formed Government;\n\n2) when the Seimas, by a majority vote of all the Members of the Seimas and by secret ballot, expresses no confidence in the Government or in the Prime Minister;\n\n3) when the Prime Minister resigns or dies;\n\n4) after the election to the Seimas, when a new Government is formed.\n\nA Minister must resign when more than half of all the Members of the Seimas, by secret ballot, express no confidence in him.\n\nThe President of the Republic shall accept the resignation of the Government or a Minister.\n\n \n\nChapter VIII\n\nThe Constitutional Court\n\n \n\nArticle 102"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Chapter VIII\n\nThe Constitutional Court\n\n \n\nArticle 102\n\n \n\nThe Constitutional Court shall decide whether the laws and other acts of the Seimas are in conflict with the Constitution, and whether the acts of the President of the Republic and the Government are in conflict with the Constitution or laws.\n\nThe status of the Constitutional Court and the procedure for the execution of its powers shall be established by the Law on the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\n \n\nArticle 103\n\n \n\nThe Constitutional Court shall consist of 9 justices, each appointed for a single nine-year term of office. Every three years, one-third of the Constitutional Court shall be reconstituted. The Seimas shall appoint three candidates for justices of the Constitutional Court from the candidates submitted by the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the Seimas, and the President of the Supreme Court, and shall appoint them as justices.\n\nThe Seimas shall appoint the President of the Constitutional Court from among its justices upon submission by the President of the Republic.\n\nThe citizens of the Republic of Lithuania with an impeccable reputation, higher education in law, and not less than a 10-year length of service in the field of law or in a branch of science and education as a lawyer may be appointed as justices of the Constitutional Court.\n\n \n\nArticle 104"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 116\n\n \n\nFor a gross violation of the Constitution or a breach of the oath, or when they are found to have committed a crime, the President and justices of the Supreme Court, as well as the President and judges of the Court of Appeal, may be removed from office by the Seimas according to the procedure for impeachment proceedings.\n\n \n\nArticle 117\n\n \n\nIn all courts, the consideration of cases shall be public. A closed court hearing may be held in order to protect the secrecy of private or family life, or where the public consideration of the case might disclose a state, professional, or commercial secret.\n\nIn the Republic of Lithuania, court proceedings shall be conducted in the state language.\n\nPersons who do not have sufficient knowledge of the Lithuanian language shall be guaranteed the right to participate in the investigation and court proceedings through a translator.\n\n \n\nArticle 118"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 118\n\n \n\nA pre-trial investigation shall be organised and directed, and charges on behalf of the State in criminal cases shall be upheld, by prosecutors.\n\nIn cases established by law, prosecutors shall defend the rights and legitimate interests of the person, society, and the State.\n\nWhen performing their functions, prosecutors shall be independent and shall obey only the law.\n\nThe Prosecution Service of the Republic of Lithuania shall be the Office of the Prosecutor General and territorial prosecutor\u2019s offices.\n\nThe Prosecutor General shall be appointed and released by the President of the Republic upon the assent of the Seimas.\n\nThe procedure for the appointment and release of prosecutors, as well as their status, shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nChapter X\n\nLocal Self-Government and Governance\n\n \n\nArticle 119"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Chapter X\n\nLocal Self-Government and Governance\n\n \n\nArticle 119\n\n \n\nThe right to self-government shall be guaranteed to the administrative territorial units of the State which are provided for by law. This right shall be implemented through the respective municipal councils and municipal mayors.\n\nThe members of municipal councils shall be elected from among the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and other permanent residents of the respective administrative units and mayors shall be elected from among the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania for a four-year term, as provided for by law, by the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania and other permanent residents of these administrative units on the basis of universal, equal, and direct suffrage by secret ballot.\n\nThe procedure for the organisation and activities of self-government institutions shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 120\n\n \n\nThe State shall support municipalities.\n\nMunicipalities shall act freely and independently within their competence defined by the Constitution and laws.\n\n \n\nArticle 121\n\n \n\nMunicipalities shall draft and approve their budgets.\n\nMunicipal councils shall have the right, within the limits and according to the procedure provided for by law, to establish local levies; municipal councils may provide for tax and levy concessions at the expense of their own budgets.\n\n \n\nArticle 122"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 122\n\n \n\nMunicipal councils and municipal mayors shall have the right to apply to a court regarding the violation of their rights.\n\nArticle 123\n\n \n\nAt higher-level administrative units, governance shall be organised by the Government according to the procedure established by law.\n\nThe observance of the Constitution and laws and the execution of the decisions of the Government by municipalities shall be supervised by the representatives appointed by the Government.\n\nThe powers of the representatives of the Government and the procedure for the execution of their powers shall be established by law.\n\nIn cases and according to the procedure provided for by law, the Seimas may temporarily introduce direct rule in the territory of a municipality.\n\n \n\nArticle 124\n\n \n\nThe acts or actions of municipal councils or of municipal mayors that violate the rights of citizens or organisations may be appealed against before a court.\n\n \n\nChapter XI\n\nFinances and the State Budget\n\n \n\nArticle 125\n\n \n\nIn the Republic of Lithuania, the Bank of Lithuania shall be the central bank, which belongs to the State of Lithuania by right of ownership.\n\nThe procedure for the organisation and activities of the Bank of Lithuania, its powers, and the legal status of the Chairperson of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania, as well as the grounds for his release from duties, shall be established by law."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 126\n\n \n\nThe Bank of Lithuania shall be directed by the Board of the Bank, consisting of the Chairperson, Deputy Chairpersons, and members.\n\nThe Chairperson of the Board of the Bank of Lithuania shall be appointed for a five-year term by the Seimas upon submission by the President of the Republic.\n\n \n\nArticle 127\n\n \n\nThe budgetary system of the Republic of Lithuania shall consist of the independent State Budget of the Republic of Lithuania and independent municipal budgets.\n\nThe revenue of the State Budget shall be raised from taxes, compulsory payments, levies, income from state-owned property, and other income.\n\nTaxes, other payments to the budgets, and levies shall be established by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\n \n\nArticle 128\n\n \n\nDecisions concerning state loans and other basic property liabilities of the State shall be adopted by the Seimas upon the proposal of the Government.\n\nThe procedure for the possession, use, and disposal of state-owned property shall be established by law.\n\n \n\nArticle 129\n\n \n\nThe budget year shall start on the 1st of January and shall end on the 31st of December.\n\n \n\nArticle 130"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 130\n\n \n\nThe Government shall draw up a draft State Budget and present it to the Seimas not later than 75 days before the end of the budget year.\n\n \n\nArticle 131\n\n \n\nThe draft State Budget shall be considered by the Seimas and shall be approved by law before the start of the new budget year.\n\nDuring the consideration of the draft budget, the Seimas may increase expenditure provided that it specifies financial sources for the additional expenditure. The expenditure established by law may not be reduced as long as these laws are not altered.\n\n \n\nArticle 132\n\n \n\nIf the State Budget is not approved on time, in such cases, at the beginning of the budget year, the budget expenditure each month may not exceed 1/12 of the expenditure of the State Budget of the previous budget year.\n\nDuring the budget year, the Seimas may change the budget. It shall be changed according to the same procedure according to which it is drawn up, adopted, and approved. When necessary, the Seimas may approve an additional budget.\n\n \n\nChapter XII\n\nThe National Audit Office\n\n \n\nArticle 133"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 136\n\n \n\nThe Republic of Lithuania shall participate in international organisations provided that this is not in conflict with the interests and independence of the State.\n\n \n\nArticle 137\n\n \n\nThere may not be any weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\n \n\nArticle 138\n\n \n\nThe Seimas shall ratify or denounce the following international treaties of the Republic of Lithuania:\n\n1) on the alteration of the boundaries of the State of the Republic of Lithuania;\n\n2) on political co-operation with foreign states; mutual assistance treaties; as well as treaties of a defensive nature related to the defence of the State;\n\n3) on the renunciation of the use of force or threatening by force; as well as peace treaties;\n\n4) on the presence and status of the armed forces of the Republic of Lithuania on the territories of foreign states;\n\n5) on the participation of the Republic of Lithuania in universal international organisations and regional international organisations;\n\n6) multilateral or long-term economic treaties.\n\nLaws, as well as international treaties, may also provide for other cases when the Seimas ratifies international treaties of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\nInternational treaties ratified by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania shall be a constituent part of the legal system of the Republic of Lithuania."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 146\n\n \n\nThe State shall take care of and provide for servicemen who lose their health during military service, as well as for the families of servicemen who lose their lives or die during military service.\n\nThe State shall also provide for citizens who lose their health while defending the State, as well as for the families of citizens who lose their lives or die in defence of the State.\n\n \n\nChapter XIV\n\nThe Alteration of the Constitution\n\n \n\nArticle 147\n\n \n\nA motion to alter or supplement the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania may be submitted to the Seimas by a group of not less than 1/4 of all the Members of the Seimas or not less than by 300,000 voters.\n\nDuring a state of emergency or martial law, the Constitution may not be amended.\n\n \n\nArticle 148"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 148\n\n \n\nThe provision \u201cThe State of Lithuania shall be an independent democratic republic\u201d of Article 1 of the Constitution may be altered only by referendum if not less than 3/4 of the citizens of Lithuania with the electoral right vote in favour thereof.\n\nThe provisions of the First Chapter \u201cThe State of Lithuania\u201d and the Fourteenth Chapter \u201cThe Alteration of the Constitution\u201d may be altered only by referendum.\n\nAmendments to the Constitution concerning other chapters of the Constitution must be considered and voted at the Seimas twice. There must be a break of not less than three months between the votes. A draft law on the alteration of the Constitution shall be deemed adopted by the Seimas if, during each of the votes, not less than 2/3 of all the Members of the Seimas vote in favour thereof.\n\nA failed amendment to the Constitution may be submitted to the Seimas for reconsideration not earlier than after one year.\n\n \n\nArticle 149"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 149\n\n \n\nThe President of the Republic shall sign an adopted law on the alteration of the Constitution and officially promulgate it within five days.\n\nIf the President of the Republic does not sign and promulgate such a law within the specified time, this law shall come into force when the Speaker of the Seimas signs and promulgates it.\n\nA law on the alteration of the Constitution shall come into force not earlier than one month after its adoption.\n\n \n\nFinal Provisions\n\n \n\nArticle 150\n\n \n\nThe constituent part of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania shall be:\n\nThe Constitutional Law \u201cOn the State of Lithuania\u201d of 11 February 1991;\n\nThe Constitutional Act \u201cOn the Non-Alignment of the Republic of Lithuania to Post-Soviet Eastern Unions\u201d of 8 June 1992;\n\nThe Law \u201cOn the Procedure for the Entry into Force of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania\u201d of 25 October 1992;\n\nThe Constitutional Act \u201cOn Membership of the Republic of Lithuania in the European Union\u201d of 13 July 2004.\n\n \n\nArticle 151"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 151\n\n \n\nThis Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania shall come into force on the day following the official publication of the results of the Referendum provided that more than half of the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania with the electoral right give their consent to this Constitution in the Referendum.\n\n \n\nArticle 152\n\n \n\nThe procedure for the entry into force of this Constitution and separate provisions thereof shall be regulated by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania \u201cOn the Procedure for the Entry into Force of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania\u201d, which, together with this Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, shall be adopted by referendum.\n\n \n\nArticle 153\n\n \n\nAfter the adoption of this Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania by referendum, the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, by 25 October 1993, may alter, by a 3/5 majority vote of all the Members of the Seimas, the provisions of this Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania contained in Articles 47, 55, 56, Item 2 of the second paragraph of Article 58, in Articles 65, 68, 69, Items 11 and 12 of Article 84, the first paragraph of Article 87, in Articles 96, 103, 118, and in the fourth paragraph of Article 119.\n\n \n\nArticle 154"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Constitution_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "r e s o l v e s:\n\n \n\n1. To develop mutually advantageous relations with each state that was formerly a component of the USSR, but never join, in any form, any new political, military, economic, or other unions or commonwealths of states formed on the basis of the former USSR.\n\n2. Any activities seeking to draw the State of Lithuania into the unions or commonwealths of states specified in the first article of this Constitutional Act shall be regarded as hostile to the independence of Lithuania, and liability for them shall be established by law.\n\n3. There may be no military bases or army units of Russia, or the Commonwealth of Independent States or its constituent states, on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\n \n\nCHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA\n\nVYTAUTAS LANDSBERGIS\n\nVilnius, 8 June 1992\n\nNo. I-2622\n\n \n\n \n\nTHE LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA ON THE PROCEDURE FOR THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA\n\n \n\nArticle 1"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Consolidated version valid until 30 September 2018\n\n \n\nREPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA\n\n \n\nLAW\n\nON THE APPROVAL AND ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE CRIMINAL CODE\n\n \n\n \n\n26 September 2000 No VIII-1968\n\n(As last amended on 21 November 2017 \u2013 No XIII-791)\n\n\nVilnius\n\n \n\nArticle 1. Approval of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania\n\nThe Seimas hereby approves the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\n \n\nArticle 2. Entry into Force of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania\n\n1. The Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania shall enter into force concurrently and solely upon co-ordination with the new Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania and the Penal Code of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\n2. A specific date of the entry into force of all the codes indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be set by a separate law.\n\n \n\nArticle 3. Procedure for Implementing the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania\n\nA procedure for implementing the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania shall be laid down by a separate law.\n\n \n\nI promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1) the person has been timely summoned in person or the person received official information about the date and place of the scheduled hearing of his case in court by other means in such a way that it is clear that he knew about the scheduled hearing in court, also the person was informed that a decision may be rendered in absentia, or\n\n2) the person, having been informed of the scheduled hearing, has authorised his chosen defence counsel or appointed public defender to defend him at the hearing, and the defence counsel/public defender actually defends the person at the hearing, or\n\n3) after the person is served the decision and expressly informed of the right to a retrial or the right to lodge an appeal and to be present at the judgment, with a possibility of re-examining the case, including fresh evidence, on merits, and revoking the original decision, the person expressly states that he does not contest the decision or within a specified time limit does not apply for a retrial or lodge an appeal, or\n\n4) in the case where the person has not been served the decision in person, but the European arrest warrant confirms that, after the person's surrender, this decision will be immediately served in person and the person will be expressly informed of the right to a retrial or the right to lodge an appeal and to be present at the judgment, with a possibility of re-examining the case, including fresh evidence, on merits, and revoking"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "and to be present at the judgment, with a possibility of re-examining the case, including fresh evidence, on merits, and revoking the original decision, and that the person will be informed of a time limit within which he must apply for a retrial or lodge an appeal, as specified in the European arrest warrant.\n\n6. Where the European arrest warrant has been issued for a criminal act which, under the laws of the issuing Member State, is punishable by life custodial sentence, a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or an alien shall be surrendered subject to the condition that the laws of the issuing Member State provide for a possibility for the convict to apply for release from such penalty or mitigation thereof not later than upon serving twenty years of the custodial sentence.\n\n7. Where the European arrest warrant has been issued for the purposes of prosecution, a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania or a permanent resident of the Republic of Lithuania may be surrendered subject to the condition that the person against whom the issuing Member State has passed a judgment will be returned to the Republic of Lithuania in order to serve the custodial sentence imposed on him at the request of the person surrendered or where the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office of the Republic of Lithuania requires so. This provision does not apply if one or more grounds indicated in the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Mutual Recognition of Judgments of the European Union Member States in Criminal Matters are established leading to a refusal by the Republic of Lithuania"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "CHAPTER III\n\nCRIME AND MISDEMEANOUR\n\n \n\nArticle 10. Types of Criminal Acts\n\nCriminal acts shall be divided into crimes and misdemeanours.\n\n \n\nArticle 11. Crime\n\n1. A crime shall be a dangerous act (act or omission) forbidden under this Code and punishable with a custodial sentence.\n\n2. Crimes shall be committed with intent and through negligence. Premeditated crimes shall be divided into minor, less serious, serious and grave crimes.\n\n3. A minor crime shall be a premeditated crime punishable, under the criminal law, by a custodial sentence of the maximum duration of three years.\n\n4. A less serious crime shall be a premeditated crime punishable, under the criminal law, by a custodial sentence of the maximum duration in excess of three years, but not exceeding six years in prison.\n\n5. A serious crime shall be a premeditated crime punishable, under the criminal law, by a custodial sentence of the maximum duration in excess of six years, but not exceeding ten years in prison.\n\n6. A grave crime shall be a premeditated crime punishable, under the criminal law, by a custodial sentence of the maximum duration in excess of ten years."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 13. Age for Liability under the Criminal Law\n\n1. A person who, prior to the time of commission of a crime or misdemeanour, had attained the age of sixteen years or, in the cases provided for in paragraph 2 of this Law, fourteen years shall be considered liable under this Code.\n\n2. A person who, prior to the time of commission of a crime or misdemeanour, had attained the age of fourteen shall be held liable for murder (Article 129), serious impairment to health (Article 135), rape (Article 149), sexual harassment (Article 150), theft (Article 178), robbery (Article 180), extortion of property (Article 181), destruction of or damage to property (paragraph 2 of Article 187), seizure of a firearm, ammunition, explosives or explosive materials (Article 254), theft, racketeering or other illicit seizure of narcotic or psychotropic substances (Article 263), damage to vehicles or roads and facilities thereof (Article 280).\n\n3. A person who, prior to the time of commission of the dangerous act provided for by this Code, had not attained the age of fourteen years may be subject to reformative sanctions or other measures in accordance with the procedure laid down by laws of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\n \n\nArticle 14. Forms of Guilt\n\nA person shall be found guilty of commission of a crime or misdemeanour where he has committed this act with intent or through negligence."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 15. Premeditated Crime and Misdemeanour\n\n1. A crime or misdemeanour shall be premeditated where it has been committed with a specific or general intent.\n\n2. A crime or misdemeanour shall be committed with a specific intent where:\n\n1) when committing it, the person was aware of the dangerous nature of the criminal act and desired to engage therein;\n\n2) when committing it, the person was aware of the dangerous nature of the criminal act, anticipated that his act or omission might cause the consequences provided for by this Code and desired that they arise.\n\n3. A crime or a misdemeanour shall be committed with a general intent where, when committing it, the person was aware of the dangerous nature of the criminal act, anticipated that his act or omission might cause the consequences provided for by this Code and, though he did not desire that they arise, consciously allowed the consequences to arise."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 16. Commission of a Crime and Misdemeanour Through Negligence\n\n1. A crime or misdemeanour shall be committed through negligence where it has been committed through a criminally false assumption or criminal negligence.\n\n2. A crime or a misdemeanour shall be committed through a criminally false assumption if the person who committed the act had anticipated that his act or omission may cause the consequences provided for by this Code, but recklessly expected to avoid them.\n\n3. A crime or a misdemeanour shall be committed through criminal negligence if the person who committed it had not anticipated that his act or omission might cause the consequences provided for by this Code, although the person could and ought to have anticipated such a result based the circumstances of the act and his personal traits.\n\n4. A person shall be punishable for commission of a crime or misdemeanour through negligence solely in the cases provided for separately in the Special Part of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 17. Legal Incapacity\n\n1. A person shall be considered legally incapacitated where, at the time of commission of an act forbidden under this Code, he was unable to appreciate the dangerous nature of the act or to control his behaviour as a result of a mental disorder.\n\n2. A person found legally incapacitated by a court shall not be held liable under this Code for a committed dangerous act. The court may apply to him the compulsory medical treatment  provided for in Article 98 of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 18. Diminished Capacity\n\n1. A court shall find a person to be of diminished capacity where, at the time of commission of an act forbidden under this Code, he lacked a capacity sufficient to fully appreciate the dangerous nature of the criminal act or to control his behaviour as a result of a mental disorder, even though the disorder is not a sufficient ground for finding him legally incapacitated.\n\n2. A person who has committed a misdemeanour, a negligent or minor or less serious premeditated crime and whom a court finds to be of diminished capacity shall be liable under a criminal law, however, a penalty imposed upon him may be commuted under Article 59 of this Code, or he may be released from criminal liability and be subject to the penal sanctions provided for in Article 67 of this Code or the compulsory medical treatment provided for in Article 98 of this Code.\n\n3. A person who has committed a serious or a grave crime and is found by a court to be of diminished capacity shall be held liable under a criminal law, however a penalty imposed upon him may be commuted under Article 59 of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 19. Person\u2019s Liability for a Criminal Act Committed under the Influence of Alcohol, Narcotic, Psychotropic or Other Psychoactive Substances\n\n1. A person who has committed a criminal act under the influence of alcohol, narcotic, psychotropic or other psychoactive substances shall not be released from criminal liability.\n\n2. A person who committed a misdemeanour, a negligent or minor or less serious premeditated crime as a result of intoxication against his will and hence lacked a capacity sufficient to fully appreciate the dangerous nature of the criminal act or to control his behaviour at the time of his conduct shall be released from criminal liability.\n\n3. A person who has committed a serious or a grave crime under the conditions indicated in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be held liable under a criminal law, however the penalty imposed upon him may be commuted under Article 59 of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 25. Forms of Complicity\n\n1. Forms of complicity shall be a group of accomplices, an organised group or a criminal association.\n\n2. A group of accomplices shall be one in which two or more persons agree, at any stage of the commission of a criminal act, on the commission, continuation or completion of the criminal act, where at least two of them are perpetrators.\n\n3. An organised group shall be one in which two or more persons agree, at any stage of the commission of a criminal act, on the commission of several crimes or of one less serious, serious or grave crime, and in committing the crime each member of the group performs a certain task or is given a different role.\n\n4. A criminal association shall be one in which three or more persons linked by permanent mutual relations and division of roles or tasks join together for the commission of a joint criminal act \u2013 one or several less serious, serious and grave crimes. An anti-state group or organisation and a terrorist group shall be considered equivalent to a criminal association."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 26. Criminal Liability of Accomplices\n\n1. Accomplices shall be held liable solely for the criminal acts as committed by the perpetrator which are covered by their intent.\n\n2. Where a perpetrator\u2019s criminal act was discontinued at the stage of preparation for commission of or an attempt to commit it, an organiser, an abettor and an accessory shall be held liable for complicity in preparation or attempt to commit the criminal act.\n\n3. Where there are the circumstances eliminating, mitigating or aggravating the liability of one of accomplices, they shall not be taken into account when determining the criminal liability of other accomplices\n\n4. An organiser, an abettor or an accessory shall be held liable under an article of the Code which provides for liability for an act committed by a perpetrator and under Article 24(4), (5) or (6) of this Code.\n\n5. Members of a criminal association shall be held liable under Article 249 of this Code as perpetrators regardless of their roles in the commission of a criminal act which is covered by their intent."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 27. Repeat Offence\n\n1. Repeat offence shall mean a situation when a person already convicted for a premeditated crime which he committed after attaining the age of majority, where his prior conviction has not expired yet or has not been expunged in accordance with the procedure laid down by laws, repeatedly commits one or several premeditated crimes. Such a person shall be considered a repeat offender.\n\n2. Repeat offence shall be considered dangerous, and the offender may be recognised as a dangerous repeat offender by a court where this person:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1) commits a new grave crime while having an unexpired conviction for the commission of a grave crime;\n\n2) already being a repeat offender, commits a new grave crime;\n\n3) already being a repeat offender, where at least one of the crimes constituting a repeat offence is a grave crime, commits a new serious crime;\n\n4) commits a new serious crime while having three prior convictions for the commission of serious crimes.\n\n3. When passing a judgment of conviction for the most recent crime, a court may recognise a person as a dangerous repeat offender having regard to the offender\u2019s personality, the extent to which criminal intentions have been accomplished, the nature of participation in the commission of crimes and other circumstances of the case.\n\n4. When deciding on the recognition of a person as a dangerous repeat offender, a court shall have no regard to prior convictions for the crimes committed by the person below the age of 18 years, the crimes committed through negligence, the crimes for which conviction has expired or has been expunged, also the crimes committed abroad in the cases provided for in Article 97(9) of this Code.\n\n5. The recognition of a person as a dangerous repeat offender shall no longer be valid if his prior convictions expire or are expunged."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "CHAPTER V\n\nCIRCUMSTANCES ELIMINATING CRIMINAL LIABILITY\n\n \n\nArticle 28. Self-Defence\n\n1. A person shall have the right to self-defence. He may exercise this right regardless of whether he had the possibility of avoiding the attempt or applying for assistance to other persons or authorities.\n\n2. A person shall not be held liable under this Code where he, while acting within the limits permitted by self-defence, committed an act formally having the features of a crime or misdemeanour provided for in a criminal law when defending himself or another person, property, inviolability of a dwelling, other rights, interests of society or the State against an initiated or imminent dangerous attempt.\n\n3. The limits of self-defence shall be exceeded when a murder is committed or a serious health impairment is caused with a specific intent, where defence has been clearly disproportionate to the nature and dangerousness of an attempt. The limits of self-defence shall not be considered to have been exceeded by reason of extreme confusion or fright caused by the dangerous attempt or an act committed in the course of defence against breaking into a dwelling.\n\n4. A person who has exceeded the limits of self-defence shall be held criminally liable, however a penalty imposed upon him may be commuted under Article 62 of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 29. Arrest of a Person Who has Committed a Criminal Act\n\n1. A person shall not be held liable under this Code for his actions when he causes property damage, a minor health impairment or a serious health impairment through negligence to a person who is actively attempting to escape the arrest by chasing, attempting to stop, preventing the escape or by other actions, and a serious health impairment when arresting on the spot of a crime a person who has committed or attempted to commit a premeditated murder, provided it was not otherwise possible to arrest the person who has committed the criminal act.\n\n2. Actions of a person restraining the resistance of a person who has committed a criminal act shall be subject to the rules for self-defence as stipulated in Article 28 of this Code.\n\n \n\nArticle 30. Discharge of Professional Duty\n\n1. A person shall not be held liable under this Code for the damage caused in charge of professional duty, provided he has not exceeded the authority granted to him by laws or other legal acts.\n\n2. A person shall be held liable under this Code for the damage caused in charge of professional duty where he has exceeded the authority granted to him by laws or other legal acts, however a penalty imposed upon him may be commuted under Article 59 of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 31. Immediate Necessity\n\n1. A person shall not be held liable under the criminal law for an act committed in an attempt to avert the danger which threatens him, other persons or their rights, public or state interests, where this danger could not have been averted by other means and where the damage caused is less than the damage attempted to be averted.\n\n2. A person who creates a dangerous situation by his actions may invoke the provisions of immediate necessity only when the dangerous situation arose through negligence.\n\n3. A person may not justify a failure to perform a duty by invoking the provisions of immediate necessity, where he is under the obligation to act under the conditions of an increased degree of danger according to his profession, the position held or due to other circumstances."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 32. Performance of an Assignment of a Law Enforcement Institution\n\n1. A person who lawfully carries out actions imitating a criminal act shall not be held liable under this Code.\n\n2. A person shall not be held criminally liable where he participated in the activities of a criminal association or an organised group and in the criminal acts committed by it while performing another lawful assignment of a law enforcement institution and did not exceed the limits of this assignment.\n\n3. A person shall be held criminally liable where, while carrying out actions imitating a criminal act or performing another assignment of a law enforcement institution, he exceeded the limits of this assignment, however a penalty imposed upon him may be commuted under Article 59 of this Code.\n\n4. Law enforcement institutions shall be the police, other bodies of pre-trial investigation and the prosecutor\u2019s office, also entities of criminal intelligence."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 33. Execution of an Order\n\n1. A person shall not be held criminally liable for an act which he committed while executing a lawful order, ordinance or instruction.\n\n2. A person shall be held criminally liable where he executed an order, ordinance or instruction known to be unlawful.\n\n3. A person who refuses to execute an order, ordinance or instruction which is unlawful shall not be held criminally liable. Such a person may be held liable under this Code only if the act committed by him constitutes the body of another criminal act.\n\n \n\nArticle 34. Justifiable Professional or Economic Risk\n\n1. A person shall not be held liable under this Code for the actions which, although they incur the consequences provided for by a criminal law, have been carried out with a justifiable professional or economic risk and for a publicly beneficial purpose.\n\n2. The risk shall be deemed justifiable where the committed act is in line with the contemporary science and technology, and it was not possible to attain the specified objective by carrying out the actions not involving risk, and where the person taking the risk has taken the necessary precautions to prevent damage to the interests protected by the law."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 35. Scientific Experiment\n\n1. A person who incurs damage while conducting a lawful scientific experiment shall not be held liable under this Code where the experiment was conducted in compliance with scientifically approved methods, the problem under investigation is of an exceptional scientific significance and the researcher has taken the necessary precautions to prevent damage to the interests protected by the law.\n\n2. No scientific experiment shall be permitted without the voluntary consent of the person participating in the experiment, who must be informed of the possible consequences.\n\n3. A pregnant woman, her foetus, young child, a mentally ill person and a person in confinement may not be subjected to scientific experiments, with the except of the cases provided for by the law.\n\n \n\nCHAPTER VI\n\nRELEASE FROM CRIMINAL LIABILLITY\n\n \n\nArticle 36. Release from Criminal Liability When a Person or Criminal Act Loses Its Dangerousness\n\nA person who commits a criminal act shall be released from criminal liability where a court acknowledges that before opening of the hearing of the case in the court this person or the act committed thereby had lost its dangerous character due to a change in circumstances."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1) he has confessed to commission of the criminal act, and\n\n2) voluntarily compensated for or eliminated the damage incurred to a natural or legal person or agreed on the compensation for or elimination of this damage, and\n\n3) reconciles with the victim or a representative of a legal person or a state institution, and\n\n4) there is a basis for believing that he will not commit new criminal acts.\n\n2. A dangerous repeat offender, also a person who had already been released from criminal liability on the basis of reconciliation with the victim, where less than four years had lapsed from the day of reconciliation until the commission of a new act, may not be released from criminal liability on the grounds provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article.\n\n3. If a person released from criminal liability under paragraph 1 of this Article commits a misdemeanour or a negligent crime within the period of one year or fails, without valid reasons, to comply an agreement approved by a court on the terms and conditions of and procedure for compensating for the damage, the court may revoke its decision on the release from criminal liability and decide to prosecute the person for all the criminal acts committed.\n\n4. If a person released from criminal liability under paragraph 1 of this Article commits a new premeditated crime within the period of one year, the previous decision releasing him from criminal liability shall become invalid and a decision shall be adopted on the prosecution of the person for all the criminal"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "one year, the previous decision releasing him from criminal liability shall become invalid and a decision shall be adopted on the prosecution of the person for all the criminal acts committed."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 39. Release from Criminal Liability on the Basis of Mitigating Circumstances\n\nA person who commits a misdemeanour or a negligent or minor premeditated crime may be released from criminal liability by a reasoned decision of the  court where:\n\n1) he commits the criminal act for the first time, and\n\n2) there are at least two mitigating circumstances provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 59 of this Code, and\n\n3) there are no aggravating circumstances.\n\n \n\nArticle 391. Release from Criminal Liability When a Person Actively Assisted in Detecting the Criminal Acts Committed by Members of an Organised Group or a Criminal Association\n\n1. A person who is suspected of participation in the commission of criminal acts by an organised group or a criminal association or belonging to a criminal association may be released from criminal liability where he confesses his participation in the commission of such a criminal act or his membership of the criminal association and where he actively assists in detecting the criminal acts committed by members of the organised group or the criminal association.\n\n2. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to a person who participated in the commission of a premeditated murder or who had already been released from criminal liability on such grounds, also to the organiser or leader of an organised group or a criminal association."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1) he commits the criminal act for the first time, and\n\n2) he fully confesses his guilt and regrets having committed the criminal act, and\n\n3) at least partly compensates for or eliminates the damage incurred or undertakes to compensate for such where it has been incurred, and\n\n4) there is a basis for believing that he will fully compensate for or eliminate the damage incurred, will comply with laws and will not commit new criminal acts.\n\n3. A bailsman may be parents of the offender, close relatives or other persons worthy of a court\u2019s trust. When taking a decision, the court shall take account of the bailsman\u2019s personal traits or nature of activities and a possibility of exerting a positive influence on the offender.\n\n4. The term of bail shall be set from one year up to three years.\n\n5. When requesting to release a person on bail with a surety, a bailsman shall undertake to pay a surety in the amount specified by a court. Taking account of a bailsman\u2019s personal traits and his financial situation, the court shall specify the amount of the surety or decide on release from criminal liability on bail without a surety. The bail bond shall be returned upon the expiry of the term of bail where a person subject to bail does not commit a new criminal act within the term of bail as laid down by the"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "expiry of the term of bail where a person subject to bail does not commit a new criminal act within the term of bail as laid down by the court.\n\n6. A bailsman shall have the right to withdraw from bail. In this case, a court shall, taking account of the reasons for a withdrawal from bail, decide on the return of a surety, also on a person\u2019s criminal liability for the committed criminal act, appointment of another bailsman or the person\u2019s release from criminal liability.\n\n7. If a person released from criminal liability on bail commits a new misdemeanour or negligent crime during the term of bail, a court may revoke its decision on the release from criminal liability and shall decide to prosecute the person for all the criminal acts committed.\n\n8. If a person released from criminal liability on bail commits a new premeditated crime during the term of bail, the previous decision releasing him from criminal liability shall become invalid and the court shall decide to prosecute the person for all the criminal acts committed."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "CHAPTER VII\n\nPENALTY\n\n \n\nArticle 41. Penalty and Purpose Thereof\n\n1. A penalty shall be a measure of compulsion applied by the State, which is imposed by a court\u2019s judgement upon a person who has committed a crime or misdemeanour.\n\n2. The purpose of a penalty shall be:\n\n1) to prevent persons from committing criminal acts;\n\n2) to punish a person who has committed a criminal act;\n\n3) to deprive the convicted person of the possibility to commit new criminal acts or to restrict such a possibility;\n\n4) to exert an influence on the persons who have served their sentence to ensure that they comply with laws and do not relapse into crime;\n\n5) to ensure implementation of the principle of justice."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1) community service;\n\n2) a fine;\n\n3) restriction of liberty;\n\n4) arrest.\n\n3. Only one penalty may be imposed on a person for the commission of one crime or misdemeanour.\n\n4. In the cases provided for in Articles 63 and 64 of this Code, two penalties may be imposed.\n\n5. If more than two penalties of a different type are imposed for several committed crimes, a court shall, when imposing a final combined sentence, select two penalties from those imposed: one of them being the most severe penalty, and the other one selected at the discretion of the court.\n\n6. A person who committed a criminal act may, together with a penalty and in accordance with Articles 67, 68, 681, 682, 72, 721, 722 and 723 of the Code, be imposed one or more of the following penal sanctions - prohibition of the exercise of a special right, deprivation of public rights, deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in certain activities, confiscation of property, the obligation to reside separately from the victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer that a prescribed distance, participation in programmes addressing violent behaviour, extended confiscation of property.\n\n7. The types of penalties in respect of legal entities and peculiarities of imposition of penalties upon minors shall be stipulated by Articles 43 and 90 of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 43. Types of Penalties in Respect of Legal Entities\n\n1. The following penalties may be imposed upon a legal entity for the commission of a criminal act:\n\n1) a fine;\n\n2) restriction of operation of the legal entity;\n\n3) liquidation of the legal entity.\n\n2. Having imposed a penalty upon a legal entity, a court may also decide to announce this judgment in the media. The judgment whereby the court imposes the penalty upon the legal entity for the crimes provided rfor in Chapter XXXIII of this Code must be announced in the media.\n\n3. Only one penalty may be imposed upon a legal entity for one criminal act.\n\n4. The sanctions of articles of the Special Part of this Code shall not specify the penalties to which legal entities are subject. In imposing a penalty upon a legal entity, a court shall refer the list of penalties specified in paragraph 1 of this Article.\n\n \n\nArticle 44. Repealed as of 5 July 2011.\n\n \n\nArticle 45. Repealed as of 05 July 2011."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Community service shall be ordered by a court in the cases provided for in the Special Part of this Code. The penalty of community service may be imposed only with the consent of the convict.\n\n2. Community service may be imposed for a period from one month up to one year. The term of the penalty shall be counted in months. A person sentenced to perform community service shall be under the obligation to work for the community without remuneration from 10 to 40 hours per month during the time period set by the court.\n\n3. The sanction of an article shall not indicate the time of performance and number of hours of community service. This shall be determined by a court when imposing the penalty, however this time may not exceed 480 hours for a crime and 240 hours for a misdemeanour.\n\n4. The service to be performed by the convict shall be selected by the institution executing the penalty assisted by executive institutions of municipalities.\n\n5. Where for objective reasons a person is not able to perform the community service imposed upon him under this Article, a court may release him from this penalty by imposing in lieu thereof a penal sanction provided for in Chapter IX of this Code.\n\n6. Where a person fails, for valid reasons, to perform the required number of hours of community service within a time limit laid down by a court, the court may extend the time limit for performing community service until the person performs the required number of hours.\n\n7."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "down by a court, the court may extend the time limit for performing community service until the person performs the required number of hours.\n\n7. Where a person evades performance of community service, the institution executing the penalty shall warn the convict of possible legal consequences. Where the person continues evading the serving of the penalty of community service upon receiving the warning, a court may, on the recommendation of the institution executing the penalty, replace community service with a fine or arrest. Community service shall be replaced with a fine or arrest in accordance with the rules specified in Articles 47, 49 and 65 of this Code.\n\n8. Where, after a judgement becomes effective, a person refuses to perform community service, a court shall, on the recommendation of the institution executing the penalty, replace community service with a fine or arrest in accordance with the rules specified in Articles 47, 49 and 65 of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1) for a misdemeanour \u2013 in the amount from 15 MSLs up to 500 MSLs;\n\n2) for a minor crime \u2013 in the amount from 50 MSLs up to 2 000 MSLs;\n\n3) for a less serious crime \u2013 in the amount from 100 MSLs up to 4 000 MSLs;\n\n4) for a serious crime \u2013 in the amount from 150 MSLs up to 6 000 MSLs;\n\n5) for a grave crime \u2013 in the amount from 20 MSLs up to 750 MSLs.\n\n4. The amount of a fine for a legal entity shall be from 200 MSLs up to 100 000 MSLs.\n\n5. The sanction of an article shall not indicate the amount of a fine for a committed criminal act. It shall be specified by a court when imposing the penalty.\n\n6. A fine imposed for the criminal acts provided for in Chapter XXXIII of this Code may not be lower than the amount of the property damage caused by the subject of a criminal act or the offender or the amount of property benefit received or sought by the offender for himself or for another person. Where there are several criteria for calculating the amount of the fine, the amount of the fine to be imposed shall be calculated on the basis of the criterion whose value, as expressed in money terms, is the highest. Where a fine is imposed in accordance with the"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "be calculated on the basis of the criterion whose value, as expressed in money terms, is the highest. Where a fine is imposed in accordance with the rules laid down in this paragraph, the final fine imposed by a court for the criminal acts provided for in Chapter XXXIII of this Code may exceed the maximum amounts of a fine specified in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article but may not be lower than the minimum amounts of a fine provided for in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article.\n\n7. Where a person does not possess sufficient funds to pay a fine imposed by a court, the court may, in compliance with the rules stipulated in Article 65 of this Code and subject to the convict\u2019s consent, replace this penalty with community service.\n\n8. Where a person evades voluntary payment of a fine and it is not possible to recover it, a court may replace the fine with arrest. When replacing the fine with arrest, the court shall act in compliance with the rules stipulated in Article 65 of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 48. Restriction of Liberty\n\n1. The penalty of restriction of liberty shall be imposed by a court in the cases provided for in the Special Part of this Code.\n\n2. Restriction of liberty may be imposed for a period from three months up to two years. The term of the penalty shall be counted in years and months.\n\n3. The persons sentenced to restriction of liberty shall be under the obligation:\n\n1) not to change their place of residence without giving a notice to the institution executing the penalty;\n\n2) to comply with mandatory and prohibitive injunctions of the court;\n\n3) to give an account, in accordance with the established procedure, of compliance with the prohibitive and mandatory injunctions.\n\n4. A court may impose one or more prohibitive or mandatory injunctions in respect of a person upon whom the penalty of restriction of liberty has been imposed.\n\n5. A court may impose the following prohibitive injunctions:\n\n1) to refrain from visiting certain places;\n\n2) to refrain from communicating with certain individuals or groups of individuals;\n\n3) not to own, use, acquire, store on one\u2019s own or transfer for safekeeping to other persons certain items.\n\n6. A court may impose the following mandatory injunctions:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1) to stay at home at a certain time;\n\n2) to compensate, fully or in part, for the property damage incurred by a criminal act or to eliminate such damage with his own work;\n\n3) to take up employment or register at a labour exchange, to study;\n\n4) to undergo a treatment against alcohol addition, drug addiction, addiction to toxic substances or a sexually transmitted disease, where the convict agrees therefor;\n\n5) to work for no remuneration for up to 200 hours within a period laid down by a court, but not exceeding the term of restriction of liberty at health care, social care and guardianship establishments or non-state organisations caring for the disabled, the aged or other persons in need of assistance.\n\n7. At the request of a person or other participants in criminal proceedings, a court may impose upon him other prohibitive or mandatory injunctions not provided for under a criminal law in place of those indicated in paragraphs 5 and 6 of this Article, where, in the opinion of the court, this would have a positive effect on his behaviour.\n\n8. The number of prohibitive and mandatory injunctions imposed by a court in respect of the convict shall not be specified, however they must be coordinated.\n\n9. Where for objective reasons the convict is not able to comply with the specified mandatory injunctions, a court may, on the recommendation of the institution executing the penalty, release him from this"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "is not able to comply with the specified mandatory injunctions, a court may, on the recommendation of the institution executing the penalty, release him from this penalty and impose in its place a penal sanction provided for in Chapter IX of this Codes."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "10. Where a person evades the serving of the penalty of restriction of liberty, this penalty shall be replaced with arrest in accordance with the rules specified in Articles 49 and 65 of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 49. Arrest\n\n1. Arrest shall be imposed by a court in the cases provided for in the Special Part of this Code.\n\n2. Arrest shall mean a short-term custodial sentence served in a short-term detention facility. The term of arrest shall be counted in days.\n\n3. Arrest shall be imposed for a period from 15 up to 90 days for a crime and from 10 to 45 days for a misdemeanour.\n\n4. The term of arrest for a criminal act shall not be indicated in the sanction of an article. It shall be specified by a court when imposing the penalty.\n\n5. If arrest is imposed for a period of 45 days or less, a court may order to serve it on days of rest. Where a person violates this procedure for serving arrest, the court may decide that the procedure be changed to the regular procedure for serving arrest.\n\n6. Arrest shall not be imposed upon pregnant women and may be not imposed upon the persons raising a child under the age of 3 years taking into consideration interests of the child."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 50. Fixed-term Custodial Sentence\n\n1. A fixed-term custodial sentence shall be imposed by a court in the cases provided for in the Special Part of this Code. The term of the penalty shall be counted in years, months and days.\n\n2. The penalty of a fixed-term custodial sentence may be imposed for a period from three months up to ten years. In the case of imposing the penalty according to Article 64 of this Code, when a new crime is committed before a sentence for the previous crime is served, a custodial sentence for a period of up to 25 years may be imposed.\n\n3. Convicted persons shall serve a custodial sentence in open colonies, houses of correction and prisons. The place where the penalty is to be served shall be selected by a court taking into consideration the personality of the offender, the nature and dangerousness of the committed crime. The procedure for and conditions of serving the custodial sentence shall be laid down by the Penal Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 51. Life Custodial Sentence\n\n1. The penalty of life custodial sentence shall be imposed by a court in the cases provided for in the Special Part of this Code.\n\n2. If a criminal law provides for a possibility of commutation of the penalty of a life custodial sentence, the custodial sentence may be commuted to a term of not less than 25 years.\n\n3. Convicted persons shall serve the penalty of a life custodial sentence in a prison. Having served the first ten years of the life custodial sentence, convicted persons may, in the cases and in accordance with the procedure laid down by laws, be transferred to a house of correction. The procedure for and conditions of serving the penalty of a life custodial sentence shall be laid down by the Penal Code.\n\n \n\nArticle 52. Restriction of Operation of a Legal Entity\n\n1. When imposing the penalty of restriction of operation of a legal entity, a court shall prohibit the legal entity from engaging in certain activities or order it to close a certain division of the legal entity.\n\n2. Operation of a legal entity may be restricted for a period from one year up to five years. The term of this penalty shall be counted in years and months."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "CHAPTER VIII\n\nIMPOSITION OF A PENALTY\n\n \n\nArticle 54. Basic Principles of Imposition of a Penalty\n\n1. A court shall impose a penalty according to the sanction of an article of the Special Part of this Code providing for liability for a committed criminal act and in compliance with provisions of the General Part of this Code.\n\n2. When imposing a penalty, a court shall take into consideration:\n\n1) the degree of dangerousness of a committed criminal act;\n\n2) the form and type of guilt;\n\n3) the motives and objectives of the committed criminal act;\n\n4) the stage of the criminal act;\n\n5) the personality of the offender;\n\n6) the form and type of participation of the person as an accomplice in the commission of the criminal act;\n\n7) mitigating and aggravating circumstances;\n\n8) the damage caused by the criminal act.\n\n3. Where imposition of the penalty provided for in the sanction of an article is evidently in contravention to the principle of justice, a court may, taking into consideration the purpose of the penalty, impose a commuted penalty subject to a reasoned decision."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 55. Imposition of a Penalty upon a Person Prosecuted for the First Time for a Negligent or Minor or Less Serious Premeditated Crime\n\nThe court shall generally impose a non-custodial sentence upon a person prosecuted for the first time for a negligent or minor or less serious premeditated crime. In the event of imposition of a custodial sentence, the court must justify its decision.\n\n \n\nArticle 56. Imposition of a Penalty upon a Dangerous Repeat Offender for the Commission of a Premeditated Crime\n\nFor the commission of a premeditated  crime, a dangerous repeat offender shall be imposed a penalty more severe than the average custodial sentence prescribed by the sanction of an article for the committed crime. Another penalty may be imposed upon a dangerous repeat offender only on the grounds provided for in Article 62 of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 57. Imposition of a Penalty for Preparation for Commission of and an Attempt to Commit a Criminal Act\n\n1. A penalty for preparation for commission of or an attempt to commit a crime or a misdemeanour shall be imposed according to the general procedure and having regard to the dangerousness of the actions performed by the offender, the degree of accomplishment of the criminal intent and the reasons for which the criminal act was not accomplished.\n\n2. Preparation for commission of or an attempt to commit a criminal act may, based on Article 62 of this Code, be subject to a more lenient penalty than the one provided for the completed criminal act.\n\n \n\nArticle 58. Imposition of a Penalty upon Accomplices in a Criminal Act\n\n1. A penalty shall be imposed upon accomplices in a crime or misdemeanour in accordance with the general procedure and taking into consideration the type and form of participation of the person as an accomplice in the commission of the criminal act as well as the role and nature of participation therein.\n\n2. Members of an organised group for the commission of a crime shall be generally imposed a more severe penalty than to members of a group of accomplices."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "10) the act has been committed in a state of extreme agitation caused by unlawful actions of the victim;\n\n11) the act has been committed by a person of diminished legal capacity;\n\n12) the act has been committed by a person intoxicated by alcohol or drugs against his will;\n\n13) a voluntary attempt to renounce commission of the criminal act has been unsuccessful.\n\n2. A court may also recognise as mitigating other circumstances which have not been indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article.\n\n3. When imposing a penalty, a court shall not take into consideration a mitigating circumstance which is provided for in a law as constituting the body of a crime."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 60. Aggravating Circumstances\n\n1. The following shall be considered as aggravating circumstances:\n\n1) the act has been committed by a group of accomplices. Taking into consideration the nature and extent of participation of each accomplice in the commission of the criminal act, a court shall have the right not to recognise this circumstance as aggravating;\n\n2) the act has been committed by an organised group;\n\n3) the act has been committed by reason of disorderly conduct or for mercenary reasons;\n\n4) the act has been committed by torturing the victim or subjecting him to taunting;\n\n5) the act has been committed against a young child;\n\n6) the act has been committed against a person who, due to an illness, disability, old age or for other reasons, was in a helpless state, without his request, or the act has been committed against a minor taking advantage of his dependency or through abuse of trust, authority or influence;\n\n7) the act has been committed against a woman known to be pregnant;\n\n8) the act has been committed by taking advantage of a public or other person\u2019s disaster;\n\n9) the act has been committed by a person under the influence of alcohol, narcotic, psychotropic or other psychoactive substances, where these circumstances influenced the commission of the criminal act;"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 63. Imposition of a Penalty for the Commission of Several Criminal Acts\n\n1. Where several criminal acts have been committed, a court shall impose a penalty for each criminal act separately and subsequently impose a final combined sentence. When imposing a final combined sentence, the court may impose either a consolidated sentence or a fully or partially cumulative sentence.\n\n2. Where a consolidated sentence is imposed, a more severe penalty shall cover a more lenient penalty and the final combined sentence shall be equal to the most severe penalty imposed for all the separate criminal acts.\n\n3. Where a fully cumulative sentence is imposed, all more lenient sentences which have been imposed shall be added to the most severe penalty imposed for one of the committed criminal acts.\n\n4. Where a partially cumulative sentence is imposed, more lenient penalties shall be added in part to the most severe penalty imposed for one of the committed criminal acts and reasons for selecting each of the parts of the penalty to be added shall be indicated. A part of the penalty to be added may not be below the minimum level of a penalty of that type, with the exception of the cases when the part of a sentence not served yet which is to be added is below the minimum level of the penalty. \n\n5. A court shall impose a consolidated sentence where:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1) there is a full concurrence of criminal acts;\n\n2) where the committed criminal acts differ markedly in their degree of dangerousness and are assigned to different types or categories of criminal acts according to Articles 10 or 11 of this Code;\n\n3) where a custodial sentence for a period of twenty years or life custodial sentence has been imposed for the commission of one of the criminal acts.\n\n6. Where imposing a final sentence a part of the imposed sentences may be consolidated, whereas others may only be fully or partially accumulated, a court shall combine sentences by way of consolidation and accumulation [KA1] of sentences. A court shall make a choice of the procedure for combining sentences upon assessing the nature and dangerousness of the committed criminal acts.\n\n7. When a penalty is imposed on the grounds provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, a final combined sentence may not exceed a twenty-year custodial sentence, whereas in the cases when a penalty of another type is imposed, with the exception of a fine, the penalty may not exceed the maximum level of a penalty established for this type of a penalty in this Code.\n\n8. A court may not impose a combined sentence of a type which has not been imposed for the individual criminal acts.\n\n9. A penalty shall be imposed according to the rules stipulated in this Article also in the cases when following the passing of a judgment it is established that a person had committed another crime or"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "to the rules stipulated in this Article also in the cases when following the passing of a judgment it is established that a person had committed another crime or misdemeanour prior to the passing of the judgment in the first case. In this case, the sentence fully or partially served under the previous judgment shall be included in the term of the sentence."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "10. A person shall not be considered to have committed several criminal acts where he has committed a continuous criminal act."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Where a convicted person commits a new criminal act before serving an imposed sentence, or where a person who has been given a suspended sentence commits a new criminal act during the period of suspension of the sentence, a court shall impose a combined sentence upon imposing a penalty for the new crime or misdemeanour. When imposing a combined sentence, the court may impose a fully or partially cumulative sentence.\n\n2. When imposing a fully cumulative sentence, a court shall add the entire part of the sentence not served yet to a penalty imposed by a new judgment.\n\n3. When imposing a partially cumulative sentence, a court shall add a part of the sentence not served yet to a penalty imposed by a new judgment. Where the part of the sentence not served yet is larger, a part of the penalty imposed by the new judgment shall be added to the former part. A part of the penalty to be added may not be below the minimum level of a penalty of that type, with the exception of the cases when the part of a sentence not served yet which is to be added is below the minimum level of the penalty.\n\n4. When a penalty is imposed on the grounds provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, a combined sentence may not exceed a twenty-five-year custodial sentence, whereas in the cases when a penalty of another type is imposed, the penalty may not exceed the maximum level of a penalty established for this type of a penalty in this"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "cases when a penalty of another type is imposed, the penalty may not exceed the maximum level of a penalty established for this type of a penalty in this Code.\n\n5. Where a penalty of a life custodial sentence is imposed for one of the crimes committed, sentences shall be combined by consolidation and the combined sentence shall be a life custodial sentence."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 641. Imposition of a Penalty upon Hearing a Case under the Simplified Procedure or upon Conducting a Summary Examination of Evidence\n\n1. Upon hearing a criminal case under the accelerated procedure or upon conducting a summary examination of evidence, also when criminal proceedings are terminated by a penal order, the convict shall be imposed a penalty which, by the same judgment, shall be reduced by one-third.\n\n2. The rule specified in paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply solely in cases when a person pleads guilty."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 65. Rules of Cumulation of Sentences and Replacement of Penalties\n\n1. The cumulation of imposed sentences as well as replacement of some penalties with others shall be governed by the following rules:\n\n1) a one-day custodial sentence shall be held equivalent to:\n\na) one day of arrest (1:1);\n\nb) two days of restriction of liberty (1:2);\n\n2) one day of arrest shall be held equivalent to:\n\na) a fine in the amount of 2 MSLs (1:2);\n\nb) six hours of community service (1:6);\n\nc) two days of restriction of liberty (1:2);\n\n3) one day of restriction of liberty shall be held equivalent to:\n\na) three hours of community service (1:3);\n\nb) a fine in the amount of 1 MSL (1:1);\n\n4) a fine in the amount of 1 MSL shall be held equivalent to six hours of community service.\n\n2. When imposing a combined sentence in the cases provided for in Articles 63 and 64 of this Code, a court shall replace a more severe penalty with a more lenient one. A fine may not be substituted and shall be imposed in conjunction with another penalty. Double replacement of penalties shall be prohibited."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 66. Inclusion of the Period of Remand in a Penalty Imposed\n\n1. When imposing a penalty upon a person subject to remand/arrest, a court must include this period in the term of an imposed penalty.\n\n2. The period of remand/arrest shall be included in the term of an imposed penalty in accordance with the rules set forth in paragraph 1 of Article 65 of this Code, where one day of remand/arrest shall be held equivalent to a one-day custodial sentence or arrest, a fine in the amount of two MSLs, six hours of community service, two days of restriction of liberty.\n\n \n\nCHAPTER IX\n\nPENAL SANCTIONS AND IMPOSITION THEREOF"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 67. Purpose and Types of Penal Sanctions\n\n1. Penal sanctions must assist in implementing the purpose of a penalty.\n\n2. An adult person released from criminal liability on the grounds provided for in Chapter VI of this Code or released from a penalty on the grounds provided for in Chapter X of this Code or released on bail from a correctional institution on the grounds provided for in Chapter XI of the Penal Code of the Republic of Lithuania may be subject to the following penal sanctions:\n\n1) prohibition to exercise a special right;\n\n2) deprivation of public rights;\n\n3) deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities;\n\n4) compensation for or elimination of property damage;\n\n5) unpaid work;\n\n6) payment of a contribution to the fund of crime victims;\n\n7) confiscation of property;\n\n8) the obligation to reside separately from the victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer that a prescribed distance;\n\n9) participation in the programmes correcting violent behaviour;"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "10) extended confiscation of property.\n\n3. Prohibition to exercise a special right, deprivation of public rights, deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities, confiscation of property, the obligation to reside separately from the victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer that a prescribed distance, participation in the programmes addressing violent behaviour and extended confiscation of property may be imposed together with a penalty.\n\n4. A minor released from criminal liability on the grounds provided for in Chapter VI or Chapter XI of this Code or released from a penalty on the grounds provided for in Chapter X of this Code may be subject to extended confiscation of property.\n\n5. A legal entity may be subject to confiscation of property or extended confiscation of property.\n\n6. When imposing two or more penal sanctions, the compatibility of the sanctions and the possibility of their corrective effect upon the convicted person must be taken into consideration."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 68. Prohibition to Exercise a Special Right\n\n1. A court may prohibit a person from exercising special rights (the right to drive land vehicles, air- or water-borne vehicles, the right to hold and carry a weapon, the right to hunt, the right to fish, etc.) in the cases when a person committed a criminal act while exercising these rights.\n\n2. A court shall prohibit to exercise special rights for a period from one year up to three years. The term shall be counted in years, months and days.\n\n3. When prohibiting a person from exercising special rights, a court shall specify which right or rights he is prohibited from exercising as well as the term of validity of such a prohibition.\n\n4. Prohibition to exercise a special right, if imposed together with a penalty of a custodial sentence or arrest, shall apply over the entire term of a custodial sentence or arrest and a period following the custodial sentence or arrest as specified by the court."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 681. Deprivation of Public Rights\n\n1. Deprivation of public rights shall be deprivation of the right to be elected or appointed to an elected or appointed position at state or municipal institutions and agencies, undertakings or non-state organisations.\n\n2. The court shall impose deprivation of public rights in the cases when a criminal act is committed in abuse of public rights.\n\n3. Public rights may be deprived for a period from one year up to five years. Public rights may be deprived for the less serious and serious crimes provided for in Chapter XXXIII of this Code for a period from three up to seven years. When imposing deprivation of public rights, the court shall indicate the right which is deprived and a specific time limit for this penal sanction. The term shall be counted in years, months and days.\n\n4. Prohibition to exercise a special right, if imposed together with a penalty of a custodial sentence or arrest, shall apply over the entire term of custodial sentence or arrest and a period following the custodial sentence or arrest as specified by the court."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The court shall order deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities in the cases when a person commits a criminal act in the field of his occupational or professional activities or where, having regard to the nature of the criminal act committed, the court comes to the conclusion that the person may not preserve the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities.\n\n2. The right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities may be deprived for a period from one year up to five years. The right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type activities may be deprived for the less serious and serious crimes provided for in Chapter XXXIII of this Code for a period from three years up to seven years. When ordering deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities, the court shall indicate the term of this criminal sanction. The term shall be counted in years, months and days.\n\n3. Deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities, if imposed in conjunction with a custodial sentence or arrest, shall be imposed for the entire term of the custodial sentence or arrest and for a period ordered by the court to commence after the term of the custodial sentence or arrest has been served."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 69. Compensation for or Elimination of Property Damage\n\n1. The court shall order compensation for or elimination of property damage when damage has been caused to a person, property or the natural environment as a result a crime or misdemeanour.\n\n2. The amounts received by the victim from insurance or other institutions to cover the damage incurred shall not be included in the amount of the damage to be compensated for.\n\n3. Damage must be compensated for or eliminated within a time limit laid down by the court.\n\n \n\nArticle 70. Unpaid Work\n\n1. The court shall order performance of 20 up to 100 hours of unpaid work at health care, social care and guardianship or other state or non-state bodies and organisations. When imposing unpaid work, the court shall lay down a time limit for performance thereof. This term may not be longer than one year.\n\n2. Unpaid work shall be performed only subject to the consent of a person.\n\n \n\nArticle 71. Payment of a Contribution to the Fund of Crime Victims\n\nA court may order payment of a contribution in the amount from 5 MSLs up to 125 MSLs to the fund of crime victims. The contribution must be paid within a time limit laid down by the court. This term may not be longer than three years."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 72. Confiscation of Property\n\n1. Confiscation of property shall be the compulsory uncompensated taking into the ownership of a state of any form of property subject to confiscation and held by the offender or other persons.\n\n2. An instrument or a means used to commit an act prohibited by this Code or the result of such an act shall be considered as property subject to confiscation. The property of any form directly or indirectly obtained/derived from the act prohibited by this Code shall be considered as the result of the act.\n\n3. The property held by the offender and being subject to confiscation must be confiscated in all cases.\n\n4. The property held by another natural or legal person and being subject to confiscation shall be confiscated irrespective of whether the person has been convicted of the commission of an act prohibited by this Code, where:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1) when transferring the property to the offender or other persons, he was, or ought to have been, aware that this property would be used for the commission of the act prohibited by this Code;\n\n2) the property has been transferred thereto under a fake transaction;\n\n3) the property has been transferred thereto as to a family member or close relative of the offender;\n\n4) the property has been transferred to him as to a legal person, and the offender, his family members or close relatives  is/are the legal person's manager, a member of its management body or participants holding at least fifty percent of the legal person\u2019s shares (member shares, contributions, etc.);\n\n5) when acquiring the property, he or the persons holding executive positions in the legal person and being entitled to represent it, to make decisions on behalf of the legal person or to control the activities of the legal person was/were, or ought and could have been, aware that the property is an instrument or a means used to commit an act prohibited by this Code or the result of such an act.\n\n5. Where the property which is subject to confiscation has been concealed, consumed, belongs to third parties or cannot be taken for other reasons or confiscation of this property would not be appropriate, the court shall recover from the offender or other persons indicated in paragraph 4 of this Article a sum of money equivalent to the value of the property subject to"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "the court shall recover from the offender or other persons indicated in paragraph 4 of this Article a sum of money equivalent to the value of the property subject to confiscation.\n\n6. When ordering confiscation of property, the court must specify the items subject to confiscation or the monetary value of the property subject to confiscation."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 721. Obligation to Reside Separately from the Victim and/or Prohibition to Approach the Victim Closer that a Prescribed Distance\n\n1. The court may impose the obligation to reside separately from the victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer that a prescribed distance where this is necessary with a view to protecting the legitimate interests of the victim.\n\n2. Upon imposition of the obligation to reside separately from the victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer that a prescribed distance, the offender shall be prohibited, until the expiry of a time limit laid down by the court, from communicating in any form and seeking contacts with the victim and visiting the indicated places at which the victim is usually present.\n\n \n\nArticle 722. Participation in the Programmes Addressing Violent Behaviour\n\nThe court shall place under the obligation to participate in violence correction programmes the persons who have committed criminal acts in respect of a close relative or family member. This obligation must be complied with within a time limit laid down by the court."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 723. Extended Confiscation of Property\n\n1. Extended confiscation of property shall be the taking into ownership of the State of the property of the offender or part thereof disproportionate to the legitimate income of the offender, where there are grounds for believing that the property has been obtained by criminal means.\n\n2. Extended confiscation of property shall be imposed provided that all of the following conditions are met:\n\n1) the offender has been convicted of a less serious, serious or grave premeditated crime from which he obtained, or could have obtained, material gain;\n\n2) the offender holds the property acquired during the commission of an act prohibited by this Code, after the commission thereof or within the period of five years prior to the commission thereof, whose value does not correspond to the offender\u2019s legitimate income, and the difference is greater than 250 minimum standards of living (MSLs) or transfers such property to other persons within the period specified in this point;\n\n3) the offender fails, in the course of criminal proceedings, to provide proof of the legitimacy of acquisition of the property.\n\n3. The property referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article and being subject to confiscation, if it has been transferred to another natural or legal person, shall be confiscated from this person, where at least one of the following grounds exists:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 73. Imposition of Penal Sanctions\n\n1. The court shall impose penal sanctions in compliance with provisions of this Chapter.\n\n2. Penal sanctions shall not be combined with penalties and shall be executed separately.\n\n \n\nArticle 74. Legal Consequences of Non-Compliance with Penal Sanctions\n\n1. Any penal sanction imposed by a court and provided for in Article 67(2)(4), (5) and (6) of this Code which the person cannot comply with for valid reasons may, at his request, be replaced with another penal sanction. Where the person does not give his consent to perform unpaid work following the coming into effect of a court judgment, the court shall, on the recommendation of the institution executing the penal sanction, replace unpaid work with another penal sanction.\n\n2. In respect of a person who evades compliance with a penal sanction imposed upon him (with the exception of property confiscation), the court may, on the recommendation of the institution executing the penalty, impose a penalty according to Article 243 of this Code. In this case, imposition of the penalty shall not release the convict from the duty to comply with the imposed penal sanction.\n\n \n\nCHAPTER X\n\nSUSPENSION OF THE EXECUTION OF A SENTENCE AND RELEASE FROM A PENALTY"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 75. Suspension of the Execution of a Sentence\n\n1. Where a person is subject to a custodial sentence for a term of up to six years for one or several crimes committed through negligence or to a custodial sentence for a term of up to four years for the commission of one or several minor crimes or less serious premeditated crimes, the court may suspend the execution of the imposed sentence for a period ranging from one year up to three years. The execution of the sentence may be suspended where the court rules that there is a reasonable ground for believing that the purpose of the penalty will be achieved without the sentence actually being served.\n\n2. In suspending the execution of the sentence, the court shall impose upon the convict one or more mutually compatible penal sanctions and/or obligations provided for in Chapter IX of the Code:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1) to offer an apology to the victim;\n\n2) to provide assistance to the victim during the latter\u2019s medical treatment;\n\n3) to undergo treatment of addiction diseases, where the convict agrees;\n\n4) to educate and take care of his minor children, to take care of their health, to maintain them;\n\n5) to take up employment or studies, continue employment or studies;\n\n6) to participate in a behaviour correction programme;\n\n7) not to leave home at a certain time, unless this is related to work or studies;\n\n8) not to leave the city/district of the place of residence without the authorisation of the institution supervising the convict;\n\n9) not to visit certain places or to refrain from communicating with certain persons or groups of persons;\n\n10) not to use psychoactive substances;"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "10) not to use psychoactive substances;\n\n11) not to possess, use or acquire certain items or not engage in certain activities.\n\n3. The court may impose upon a person, at the request of the person or other participants of criminal proceedings, also at its own discretion, other obligations not provided for by the criminal law which, in the court's opinion, would have a positive impact on the conduct of the convict.\n\n4. In imposing the penal sanctions provided for in Chapter IX of this Code and/or the obligations provided for in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, the court shall specify the time limit for complying therewith.\n\n5. The procedure for and conditions of suspension of the execution of a sentence shall be stipulated by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Probation."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A person who committed a criminal act may be released from a penalty where, before a judgment is passed by the court, he contracts a terminal illness rendering him unable to serve a sentence. In such a case, the court shall, when passing a judgment of conviction, impose a penalty upon this person and release him from serving the sentence The court shall decide this issue taking into consideration the gravity of the committed criminal act, the personality of the convict and the nature of the illness.\n\n2. A person who contracts a terminal illness following the passing of a judgment may be released from serving the undischarged term of the sentence. The court shall decide this issue taking into consideration the gravity of the committed criminal act, the personality of the convicted person, his conduct while serving the sentence, the nature of the illness and the period of the sentence already served.\n\n3. A person who, following the commission of a criminal act or imposition of a penalty, starts to suffer from a mentally disorder rendering him incapable of understanding the nature of his actions or controlling them shall be released from serving the undischarged term of the sentence. In releasing this person from a penalty, the court shall decide whether to impose upon him  compulsory medical treatment. In the event of convalescence of this person, he may be ordered to serve the undischarged term of the sentence. In such a case, the period during which the person was undergoing compulsory medical treatment shall be included in the term of a custodial"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "of the sentence. In such a case, the period during which the person was undergoing compulsory medical treatment shall be included in the term of a custodial sentence on a day-for-day basis."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 77. Repealed as of 1 July 2012.\n\n \n\nArticle 78. Amnesty\n\n1. A person who commits a criminal act may be released from serving the entire length of the sentence or a part thereof by an amnesty act passed by the Seimas.\n\n2. The grounds for, conditions of and procedure for granting amnesty shall be laid down in the act of amnesty.\n\n \n\nArticle 79. Clemency\n\n1. A convict may be released from serving the entire length of the sentence or a part thereof where the President of the Republic grants his clemency plea.\n\n2. The procedure for granting clemency shall be laid down by the President of the Republic.\n\n \n\nCHAPTER XI\n\nFEATURES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF MINORS"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "CHAPTER XI\n\nFEATURES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY OF MINORS\n\n \n\nArticle 80. Purpose of Features of Criminal Liability of Minors\n\nThe features of criminal liability of minors as provided for in this Chapter and Article 13(2) and (3), Article 27(4) and Article 97(4) of this Code shall have the following purpose:\n\n1) to ensure correspondence of liability to the age and social maturity of these persons;\n\n2) to restrict the possibilities of imposition of a custodial sentence and broaden the possibilities of imposition of reformative sanctions against these persons;\n\n3) to help a minor to alter his manner of living and conduct by co-ordinating a penalty for the committed criminal act with the development and education of his personality and elimination of reasons for the unlawful conduct;\n\n4) to prevent a minor from committing new criminal acts."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 81. Application of Provisions of the Chapter\n\n1. Provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the persons who were under the age of 18 years at the time of commission of a criminal act.\n\n2. Provisions of Articles 90-94 of this Code,-also the reformative sanctions provided for in Article 82(1)(1), (2), (3) and (5) may be applied against a person who was of the age of 18 years at the time of commission of a criminal act, however was below the age of 21 years where the court, taking into consideration the nature and motives of the committed criminal act as well as other circumstances of the case, and, where necessary, clarifications or conclusion of a professional, decides that such a person is equivalent to a minor according to his social maturity and application of features of criminal liability against him would correspond to the purpose provided for in Article 80 of this Code."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 82. Reformative Sanctions against Minors\n\n1. A minor who has committed a misdemeanour or a crime and has been released from criminal responsibility or a penalty, also a minor in respect of whom the execution of the sentence has been suspended or who has been conditionally released from correctional institutions on the grounds provided for in Chapter XI of the Penal Code of the Republic of Lithuania may be subject to the following reformative sanctions:\n\n1) a warning;\n\n2) compensation for or elimination of property damage;\n\n3) unpaid reformative work;\n\n4) placement for upbringing and care with parents or other natural or legal persons taking care of children;\n\n5) restriction on conduct;\n\n6) placement in a special reformative facility.\n\n2. The court may impose against a minor not more than three mutually compatible reformative sanctions.\n\n3. (Repealed).\n\n \n\nArticle 83. Warning\n\n1. A warning may be imposed upon a minor as an independent reformative sanction or in conjunction with other such sanctions.\n\n2. When imposing against a minor this reformative sanction, the court shall state to him in writing the possible legal consequences ensuing from the commission of new criminal acts."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 84. Compensation for or Elimination of Property Damage\n\n1. Compensation for or elimination of property damage shall be ordered only when a minor possesses resources which he can independently dispose of or when he is capable of eliminating the damage by his own work.\n\n2. Property damage must be compensated for or eliminated by a person\u2019s own work within a time limit laid down by the court.\n\n \n\nArticle 85. Unpaid Reformative Work\n\n1. Unpaid reformative work shall be imposed for a period of 20 up to 100 hours to be performed at health care, curatorship and guardianship or other state or non-state bodies and organisations, where work thereat may be of a reformative character.\n\n2. Unpaid reformative work shall be performed subject to the consent of a minor.\n\n3. Unpaid work may not be imposed upon a minor where he is placed in a special reformative facility."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 86. Placement for Upbringing and Care with Parents or Other Natural or Legal Persons Taking Care of Children\n\n1. Placement for upbringing and care with parents or other natural or legal persons taking care of children shall be ordered for a period from six months up to three years, but no longer than after a minor reaches the age of 18 years.\n\n2. The sanction indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article may be imposed in the cases when:\n\n1) the parents or other persons agree to bring up and take care of the minor, have no negative influence on the minor themselves, have a possibility to provide favourable conditions for the development of his personality and agree to provide the necessary information to the institutions supervising the execution of the above sanction;\n\n2) the minor agrees that the indicated persons bring him up and take care of him and promises to obey them and behave properly.\n\n3. Placement for upbringing and care with parents or other persons may be ordered for a minor as an independent sanction or in combination with other reformative sanctions. This sanction may not be imposed where a minor is placed in a special reformative facility."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 87. Restriction on Conduct\n\n1. A restriction on conduct may be imposed for a term from thirty days up to twelve months. The term of this sanction shall be counted in days and months.\n\n2. The court may impose the following mandatory injunctions upon a minor:\n\n1) to be at home at a certain time;\n\n2) to study, resume studies or take up employment;\n\n3) to acquire certain knowledge or learn prohibitions (traffic safety regulations, school student\u2019s regulations, etc.);\n\n4) to undergo a complete course of treatment against alcohol addition, drug addiction, addiction to toxic substances or a sexually transmitted disease. This mandatory injunction shall be imposed at the request of parents or guardians subject to the consent of the minor;\n\n5) to participate in the social education or rehabilitation measures organised by state or non-state bodies and organisations.\n\n3. The court may impose upon a minor the following prohibitive injunctions:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "1) not to gamble;\n\n2) not to engage in a certain type of activities;\n\n3) not to drive a motor vehicle (motorcycle, self-propelled vehicle, etc.);\n\n4) not to visit the places that have a negative effect on the conduct of the minor, or not to communicate with the people who exert a negative influence on him;\n\n5) not to change his place of residence without giving a notice to the institutions supervising execution of this sanction.\n\n4. The court may impose upon a minor, at the request of the minor or other participants of criminal proceedings, also at its own discretion, other mandatory or prohibitive injunctions not provided for by the criminal law which, in the court\u2019s opinion, would have a positive impact on the conduct of the minor.\n\n5. A minor must, in accordance with the established procedure, give an account of his compliance with mandatory and prohibitive injunctions.\n\n6. A restriction on a minor\u2019s conduct may be imposed against the minor as an independent reformative sanction or in conjunction with other such sanctions. This sanction may not be imposed where a minor is placed in a special reformative facility."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 88. Placement in a Special Reformative Facility\n\n1. The term for placement in a special reformative facility may be fixed for a period of six months up to three years, but no longer than until a minor reaches the age of 18 years.\n\n2. The specific term of placement in a special reformative facility shall be laid down by the court having regard to the personality of a minor, the repetitive character of his criminal conduct, the type of sanctions previously applied, and other circumstances of the case.\n\n3. Placement in a special reformative facility may be ordered in respect of a minor as an independent sanction or in combination with a warning or compensation for or elimination of property damage."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Code_2018.txt", "chroma:document": "Article 89. Legal Consequences of Non-Compliance with Reformative Sanctions\n\n1. Where a minor against whom a reformative sanction has been imposed fails to comply or complies inappropriately with the sanction and for this reason has been warned at least twice, the court may, on the recommendation of the institution supervising the execution of this sanction, replace that sanction with any other reformative sanction, with the exception of placement in a special reformative facility.\n\n2. Where a minor upon whom two or three reformative sanctions have been imposed fails to comply or complies inappropriately with the sanctions and for this reason has been warned at least twice, the court may, on the recommendation of the institution supervising the execution of these sanctions, replace them with other reformative sanctions, including placement in a special reformative facility."}


