# migrations

dir: embeddings_queue
filename: 00001-embeddings.sqlite.sql
hash: d3755dfd232be8e8301f4d7fcfb3a486
sql:
CREATE TABLE embeddings_queue (
    seq_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
    operation INTEGER NOT NULL,
    topic TEXT NOT NULL,
    id TEXT NOT NULL,
    vector BLOB,
    encoding TEXT,
    metadata TEXT
);


dir: sysdb
filename: 00001-collections.sqlite.sql
hash: 38352d725ad1c16074fac420b22b4633
sql:
CREATE TABLE collections (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    name TEXT NOT NULL,
    topic TEXT NOT NULL,
    UNIQUE (name)
);

CREATE TABLE collection_metadata (
    collection_id TEXT REFERENCES collections(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
    key TEXT NOT NULL,
    str_value TEXT,
    int_value INTEGER,
    float_value REAL,
    PRIMARY KEY (collection_id, key)
);


dir: sysdb
filename: 00002-segments.sqlite.sql
hash: 2913cb6a503055a95f625448037e8912
sql:
CREATE TABLE segments (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    type TEXT NOT NULL,
    scope TEXT NOT NULL,
    topic TEXT,
    collection TEXT REFERENCES collection(id)
);

CREATE TABLE segment_metadata (
    segment_id TEXT  REFERENCES segments(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
    key TEXT NOT NULL,
    str_value TEXT,
    int_value INTEGER,
    float_value REAL,
    PRIMARY KEY (segment_id, key)
);


dir: sysdb
filename: 00004-tenants-databases.sqlite.sql
hash: 048867ce8fcdefe4023c7110e4433591
sql:
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS tenants (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    UNIQUE (id)
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS databases (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, -- unique globally
    name TEXT NOT NULL, -- unique per tenant
    tenant_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES tenants(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
    UNIQUE (tenant_id, name) -- Ensure that a tenant has only one database with a given name
);

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS collections_tmp (
    id TEXT PRIMARY KEY, -- unique globally
    name TEXT NOT NULL, -- unique per database
    topic TEXT NOT NULL,
    dimension INTEGER,
    database_id TEXT NOT NULL REFERENCES databases(id) ON DELETE CASCADE,
    UNIQUE (name, database_id)
);

-- Create default tenant and database
INSERT OR REPLACE INTO tenants (id) VALUES ('default_tenant'); -- The default tenant id is 'default_tenant' others are UUIDs
INSERT OR REPLACE INTO databases (id, name, tenant_id) VALUES ('00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000', 'default_database', 'default_tenant');

INSERT OR REPLACE INTO collections_tmp (id, name, topic, dimension, database_id)
    SELECT id, name, topic, dimension, '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000' FROM collections;
DROP TABLE collections;
ALTER TABLE collections_tmp RENAME TO collections;


dir: sysdb
filename: 00005-remove-topic.sqlite.sql
hash: b1367c826b8fba5f96f27befdc1d42d2
sql:
-- Remove the topic column from the Collections and Segments tables

ALTER TABLE collections DROP COLUMN topic;
ALTER TABLE segments DROP COLUMN topic;


dir: sysdb
filename: 00006-collection-segment-metadata.sqlite.sql
hash: 4eea7468935bf25d4604a0fed2366116
sql:
-- SQLite does not support adding check with alter table, as a result, adding a check
-- involve creating a new table and copying the data over. It is over kill with adding
-- a boolean type column. The application write to the table needs to ensure the data
-- integrity.
ALTER TABLE collection_metadata ADD COLUMN bool_value INTEGER;
ALTER TABLE segment_metadata ADD COLUMN bool_value INTEGER;


dir: sysdb
filename: 00007-collection-config.sqlite.sql
hash: 1c7e63bba346a42a18b6ab7f1c989bed
sql:
-- Stores collection configuration dictionaries.
ALTER TABLE collections ADD COLUMN config_json_str TEXT;


dir: metadb
filename: 00001-embedding-metadata.sqlite.sql
hash: 2b4cf52c4bb2676e21d6860a4409f856
sql:
CREATE TABLE embeddings (
    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
    segment_id TEXT NOT NULL,
    embedding_id TEXT NOT NULL,
    seq_id BLOB NOT NULL,
    created_at TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
    UNIQUE (segment_id, embedding_id)
);

CREATE TABLE embedding_metadata (
    id INTEGER REFERENCES embeddings(id),
    key TEXT NOT NULL,
    string_value TEXT,
    int_value INTEGER,
    float_value REAL,
    PRIMARY KEY (id, key)
);

CREATE TABLE max_seq_id (
    segment_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    seq_id BLOB NOT NULL
);

CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE embedding_fulltext USING fts5(id, string_value);


dir: metadb
filename: 00002-embedding-metadata.sqlite.sql
hash: 12a570f7121b3a8ce750a2a7c36da20f
sql:
-- SQLite does not support adding check with alter table, as a result, adding a check
-- involve creating a new table and copying the data over. It is over kill with adding
-- a boolean type column. The application write to the table needs to ensure the data
-- integrity.
ALTER TABLE embedding_metadata ADD COLUMN bool_value INTEGER


dir: metadb
filename: 00003-full-text-tokenize.sqlite.sql
hash: f97ad6334aeaa8f419f01110b648b97a
sql:
CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE embedding_fulltext_search USING fts5(string_value, tokenize='trigram');
INSERT INTO embedding_fulltext_search (rowid, string_value) SELECT rowid, string_value FROM embedding_metadata;
DROP TABLE embedding_fulltext;


# embeddings_queue

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encoding: FLOAT32
metadata:
{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Consolidated version valid as of 1 February 2022\n\n\nREPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA\nLAW\nON APPROVAL, ENTRY INTO FORCE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"}


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topic: persistent://default/default/dfd5afca-a0e3-449c-a939-40625d41b1c9
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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "14 March 2002  No IX-785\nVilnius\n\nArticle 1. Approval of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania\nThe Seimas hereby approves the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\nArticle 2. Entry into force of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania\nThe date of entry into force of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania shall be set by a separate law.\n\nArticle 3. Procedure for implementing the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania\nThe procedure for implementing the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania shall be laid down by a separate law.\n\nI promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. \n\n\n\n\nPRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC \tVALDAS ADAMKUS\nAPPROVED BY\nLaw No IX-785\nof 14 March 2002\n\n\nREPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA \nCODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE \n\n\n\nPART I\nGENERAL PROVISIONS\n\nCHAPTER I\nPURPOSE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND THE MAIN RULES\n\nArticle 1. Purpose of criminal procedure"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The purpose of criminal procedure shall be, while defending human and citizens\u2019 rights and freedoms, the interests of the public and the State, to detect criminal acts promptly and comprehensively and to apply a law correctly so that the perpetrator of a criminal act is justly punished and no innocent person is convicted.\n2. The rules of criminal procedure have been harmonised with provisions of the legal acts of the European Union listed in the Annex to the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania.\n3. In implementing international treaties of the Republic of Lithuania or legal acts of the European Union, other laws of the Republic of Lithuania may also stipulate other rules for hearing cases, taking and executing decisions or other procedural rules than provided for in this Code. \n\nArticle 2. Duty to detect criminal acts \nA prosecutor and pre-trial investigation bodies must, in each case when elements of a criminal act transpire, take all measures within their remit as provided for by laws in order to conduct an investigation and to detect the criminal act in the shortest possible time.\n\nArticle 3. Circumstances precluding criminal proceedings\n1. Criminal proceedings may not be opened, and criminal proceedings already opened must be terminated:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) if an act having elements of a crime or a misdemeanour was not committed;\n2) if the limitation period for the passing of a judgment of conviction has expired;\n3) in respect of a person who, at the moment of commission of a criminal act, was not of the age at which he would become liable under the criminal law;\n4) in the absence of a complaint of a victim or a motion of his legal representative or a prosecutor\u2019s demand to open proceedings in the cases when proceedings may be opened solely upon receipt of a complaint of a victim or a motion of his legal representative or a prosecutor\u2019s demand;\n5) in respect of a deceased person, with the exception of the cases when the proceedings are necessary for rehabilitation of the deceased person or for reopening of a case of other persons due to transpiration of new circumstances;\n6) in respect of a person subject to a final court judgment over the same charges or a court ruling or a prosecutor\u2019s decision to terminate the proceedings on the same ground;\n7) in the presence of the circumstance eliminating criminal liability as provided for in Chapter V of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania;\n8) a person in respect whereof prosecution has been refused on the grounds laid down in the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Prevention of Organised Crime.\n2. If the circumstance referred to in point 1 of paragraph 1 of this Article transpires during"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "of Lithuania on the Prevention of Organised Crime.\n2. If the circumstance referred to in point 1 of paragraph 1 of this Article transpires during the hearing of a case in court, the court shall conclude the hearing of the case and shall pass a judgment of acquittal.\n3. If the circumstance referred to in point 2 of paragraph 1 of this Article transpires after the referral of a case to court or during the hearing of a case in court and an accused person requests the continuation of the criminal proceedings, the court shall conclude the hearing of the case and shall, by a judgment, dismiss the case or pass a judgment of acquittal.  \n\nArticle 31. Suspension of a pre-trial investigation upon failing to identify the perpetrator of a criminal act"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Where, during a pre-trial investigation, all the necessary procedural actions have been performed and all possibilities of identifying the perpetrator of a criminal act have been exhausted, but such a person has not been identified, the pre-trial investigation may be suspended by a reasoned decision of a prosecutor. The decision of the prosecutor to suspend the pre-trial investigation may, within seven days from the service of a transcript of the decision on a victim or on his representative, be appealed against in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 63 of this Code.\n2. If the grounds provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article have disappeared, the pre-trial investigation shall be reopened without a separate decision by performing at least one procedural action. \n3. Requests of parties to proceedings for the performance of the actions provided for in Chapters XII and XIV of this Code shall be resolved in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 178 of this Code.\n\nArticle 32. Specific features of criminal proceedings against a person who, according to laws of the Republic of Lithuania or under international law, enjoys immunity from criminal liability"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The perpetrator of a criminal act who may be prosecuted only with the permission of a competent authority or who enjoys immunity from criminal jurisdiction under international law may be subject to criminal proceedings but may not be given a notice of suspicion, may not be questioned as a suspect or recognised as a suspect, may not be placed on remand or may not be subject to other restrictions of his liberty. Other procedural coercive measures shall apply to this person to the extent that it is not prohibited by laws of the Republic of Lithuania or under international law.\n2. Where, after all non-prohibited procedural actions have been performed, a competent authority\u2019s permission to prosecute a person is not received or the person enjoys immunity from criminal jurisdiction, the criminal proceedings must be terminated. The criminal proceedings may be reopened where the competent authority\u2019s permission to prosecute the person is received or he otherwise loses the immunity referred to in this Article or it is necessary to conduct the procedural actions which are not prohibited by laws of the Republic of Lithuania or under international law.\n\nArticle 4. Period and territory of validity of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania"}


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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 shall be established by the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania in force at the time of performance of procedural actions.\n2. Regardless of the place of commission of a criminal act, the criminal proceedings taking place within the territory of the Republic of Lithuania shall be conducted in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania.\n3. Where an international treaty of the Republic of Lithuania lays down rules other than those laid down by this Code, the rules laid down by the international treaty shall prevail. \n\nArticle 5. Application of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania to foreign nationals and stateless persons"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The proceedings taking place within the territory of the Republic of Lithuania in respect of the criminal acts committed by foreign nationals and stateless persons shall be conducted in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania.\n2. The issue of criminal liability of the persons who enjoy immunity from criminal jurisdiction under international law and have committed a criminal act within the territory of the Republic of Lithuania shall be decided in accordance with international treaties of the Republic of Lithuania and the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania.\n3. The persons who enjoy immunity from criminal jurisdiction under international law may not be detained or placed on remand. The procedural actions provided for in this Code may be performed in respect of such persons only with their consent or at their request. The consent of such persons shall be obtained via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\nArticle 6. Justice to be administered solely by courts"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Criminal cases shall be heard solely by courts.\n2. Justice in criminal cases shall be administered in accordance with the principle that all persons are equal before the law and court regardless of their origin, social and property status, nationality, race, sex, education, language, religious or political views, type and nature of activity, place of residence and other circumstances.\n3. It shall be prohibited to grant anyone privileges or to impose restrictions due to any circumstances and by virtue of an individual\u2019s personal qualities, social and property status.\n\nArticle 7. Hearing of cases in compliance with the adversarial principle\n1. Cases shall be heard in court in compliance with the adversarial principle.\n2. The prosecution and the defence shall, during the hearing of cases in court, have equal rights to adduce evidence, to participate in the examination of evidence, to submit requests, to challenge the arguments of the other party and to make known their views on all issues that arise in the course of hearing of a case and are relevant to its just resolution.\n\nArticle 8. Language of proceedings"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The criminal proceedings taking place in the Republic of Lithuania shall be conducted in the state language.\n2. A pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor or a court must, within the shortest possible time, determine whether a party to criminal proceedings speaks the Lithuanian language and whether he must be provided with access to the services of a translator/interpreter during the criminal proceedings in order to properly exercise his rights or to understand the process of the criminal proceedings. \n3. Parties to criminal proceedings who do not speak the Lithuanian language shall be ensured the right to file motions, to give testimony and to present clarifications, to submit requests and file appeals, to speak in court in their native language or in another language that they speak. In all these cases, also when accessing the case file, the parties to the proceedings shall have the right of access to the services of a translator/interpreter in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Code.\n4. A defence counsel must communicate during criminal proceedings with a suspect, an accused person, a convicted person or an acquitted person who does not speak the Lithuanian language in a language that he understands or, if this is not possible, the interpretation of their communication must be ensured. \n5. The documents of a case which, in the cases specified in this Code, are served on a suspect, an accused person or a convicted person, as well as on other parties to the proceedings must be translated into their"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Code, are served on a suspect, an accused person or a convicted person, as well as on other parties to the proceedings must be translated into their native language or into another language that they speak. Where the suspect, the accused person, the convicted person, the acquitted person or the defence counsel of such a person and a victim or his representative does not speak the Lithuanian language, he shall have the right to submit to a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor or a court a reasoned request also for translation of other relevant documents of the case, or parts thereof, which they have the right to access in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Code into their native language or into another language that they speak. Such a request may only be submitted where the translation of these documents or parts thereof is necessary for the suspect, the accused person, the convicted person or the acquitted person to properly exercise his right of defence or to understand the process of the criminal proceedings. The victim or his representative shall have the right to submit such a request only in the cases when the translation of these documents or parts thereof is necessary to enable them to participate actively in the criminal proceedings. The request shall be considered and resolved by a reasoned decision or ruling of the pre-trial investigation officer, the prosecutor or the court not later than within five days from the receipt thereof. This decision or ruling may be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Code.\n6. A victim of a criminal act or"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "This decision or ruling may be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Code.\n6. A victim of a criminal act or his representative who does not speak the Lithuanian language shall be ensured the right to file a complaint or a motion regarding the criminal act in his native language or in another language that he speaks or ensured the right of access to the services of an interpreter when filing an oral complaint. \n\nArticle 81. Processing of criminal case data and submission of procedural documents using information and electronic communications technologies"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. During a pre-trial investigation, criminal case data shall be processed in electronic format in accordance with the procedure specified by the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania and the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania upon coordination with the Judicial Council and the Council of the Lithuanian Bar. During a hearing in court, the criminal case data shall be processed in electronic format in accordance with the procedure specified by the Judicial Council upon coordination with the Chief Archivist of Lithuania. The Judicial Council shall, upon coordination with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania, determine the criminal cases to be kept in electronic format during the hearing thereof in court. \n2. An electronic case file shall contain the electronic procedural documents drawn up or received during criminal proceedings. The electronic procedural documents shall bear an advanced electronic signature.\n3. The written procedural documents drawn up or received during criminal proceedings may be digitised and their digital copies may be transferred to an electronic case file. A digital copy of a written procedural document must bear an advanced electronic signature of the person who has performed the digitisation of the document. Where due to the requirements of legal acts written documents cannot be digitised, they shall be stored only in written format, and a relevant entry shall be made in the electronic case file. \n4. The procedural actions performed by a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor or a judge may be recorded in electronic format.\n5. The procedure for serving procedural documents by electronic means during the"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "investigation officer, a prosecutor or a judge may be recorded in electronic format.\n5. The procedure for serving procedural documents by electronic means during the hearing of a case in court and the format thereof shall be specified by the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania. The procedure for serving the procedural documents by electronic means during a pre-trial investigation and the format thereof shall be specified by the Minister of the Interior of the Republic of Lithuania and the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania upon coordination with the Judicial Council and the Council of the Lithuanian Bar.\n6. A pre-trial investigation body, a prosecutor\u2019s office or a court shall, during a pre-trial investigation and with regard to the criminal case files kept in electronic format during the hearing of such cases in court as determined by the Judicial Council, serve procedural documents on advocates, advocates\u2019 assistants, bailiffs, assistant bailiffs, notaries, experts, state and municipal enterprises, agencies and organisations, financial institutions and insurance undertakings by electronic means. With regard to the criminal case files which, as determined by the Judicial Council, are kept in electronic format during the hearing of such cases in court, procedural documents shall be served during the hearing in court by electronic means on the persons to whom the obligation to receive procedural documents by electronic means is stipulated by legal acts or under an agreement concluded with the data controller of a judicial information system. As regards other persons, the pre-trial investigation body, the"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "legal acts or under an agreement concluded with the data controller of a judicial information system. As regards other persons, the pre-trial investigation body, the prosecutor\u2019s office or the court shall, during the pre-trial investigation and with regard to the criminal case files which, as determined by the Judicial Council, are kept in electronic format during the hearing of such cases in court, serve the procedural documents on such persons by electronic means if they have agreed to receive the procedural documents by electronic means and have provided the necessary contact details. These persons shall have the right to refuse to receive the procedural documents by electronic means at any stage of the criminal proceedings.\n7. Pre-trial investigation bodies, a prosecutor\u2019s office and a court shall, during a pre-trial investigation, also when examining complaints regarding the actions and decisions of a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor, exchange documents in electronic format within the Integrated Information System of Penal Process. This system shall operate in compliance with the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Management of State Information Resources and other legal acts. Upon completion of the pre-trial investigation, the criminal case files which, in accordance with the procedure specified by the Judicial Council and coordinated with the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania, are kept in electronic format during the hearing of such cases in court shall be transmitted to court by electronic means. Other criminal case files shall be transmitted to court in writing, in addition to the transmission by electronic means of the criminal case"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "to court by electronic means. Other criminal case files shall be transmitted to court in writing, in addition to the transmission by electronic means of the criminal case data processed in electronic format. \n8. Advocates/advocates\u2019 assistants, other parties to proceedings and the persons subject to procedural coercive measures shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down by legal acts, have the right to submit procedural and other documents by electronic means to a court, a pre-trial investigation body and a prosecutor\u2019s office.\n9. During criminal proceedings, the persons referred to in paragraph 6 of this Article must notify a pre-trial investigation body, a prosecutor\u2019s office or a court without delay of any change in their contact details."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "10. The day of the service of a procedural document by electronic means on a participant in the hearing of a case shall be deemed to be the working day following the dispatch of the procedural document.\n11. In addition to this Code, the use of electronic case files, information and electronic communications technologies in courts shall be stipulated by the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Courts.\n\nArticle 82. Use of information and electronic communications technologies in criminal proceedings"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A suspect, an accused person and a convicted person shall have the right to defence. This right shall be ensured to them without delay from the time of detention or the first questioning. \n2. A court, a prosecutor and a pre-trial investigation officer must ensure that a suspect, an accused person and a convicted person have the possibility, by the means and in the manner specified by law, to defend themselves against suspicions and charges and to take the measures necessary to ensure the safeguarding of their personal and property rights.\n\nArticle 11. Compliance with the principle of proportionality in applying procedural coercive measures and performing investigative actions"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Procedural coercive measures must be applied only in the cases when the required objectives of proceedings cannot be achieved without them. The application of any procedural coercive measure must be discontinued without delay after it becomes unnecessary.\n2. When applying procedural coercive measures and performing the investigative actions provided for in this Code, it shall be prohibited to use violence, threats, to perform the actions that undermine human dignity and are harmful to health. The use of physical force shall be allowed only to the extent that is necessary to eliminate hindrances to the performance of a procedural action.\n\nArticle 111. Submission of procedural documents\nProcedural documents to be submitted under this Code may be submitted to a district court composed of court chambers in any of the chambers of that court, with the exception of procedural documents submitted during the hearing of a case in court. During the hearing of the case in court, the procedural documents shall be submitted to a district court whose judge or judges are hearing the case or, where the district court is composed of chambers, to the chambers of the court whereto the judge or judges hearing the case are assigned. \n\nCHAPTER II\nDEFINITIONS\n\nArticle 12. Appellate instance\nAn appellate instance shall be the Court of Appeal of Lithuania and a regional court, where these courts hear appeals against non-final judgments and rulings of courts of first instance.\n\nArticle 13. Appeal\nAn appeal shall be a complaint filed in accordance with the procedure laid"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The European Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office shall be a prosecuting body of the European Union which conducts, organises and controls the investigation of criminal acts and carries out the prosecution of persons within the competence laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/1939. \n2. The European Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office shall participate in criminal proceedings when investigating and prosecuting criminal acts within its competence through a European Delegated Prosecutor and a European Prosecutor acting on behalf of the European Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania.\n3. The Permanent Chamber of the European Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office shall, in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, take the decisions referred to in this Regulation regarding investigations and prosecutions conducted by a European Delegated Prosecutor, issue binding instructions to the European Delegated Prosecutor or transfer its decision-making powers to a European Prosecutor supervising pre-trial investigations and prosecutions.\n4. A European Delegated Prosecutor and a European Prosecutor shall, during a pre-trial investigation and prosecution in courts, perform the functions of a prosecutor and take decisions in accordance with the rules of criminal procedure laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 and this Code. \n\nArticle 18. Pre-trial investigation officer"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) deprivation of liberty for the purposes of detention, remand or serving of a sentence;\n2) loss of communications due to an epidemic, an attack of an enemy, an exceptionally large flood or similar force majeure;\n3) departure on a long-distance voyage;\n4) unexpected loss of the summoned person\u2019s major assets;\n5) an illness that prevents the person from appearing under the summons, as confirmed by a certificate in the form specified by the Minister of Health addressed to a pre-trial investigation body, a prosecutor or a court;\n6) death of family members or close relatives or their acute life-threatening condition;\n7) non-receipt of a summons or late receipt thereof.\n2. By a decision of a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a pre-trial investigation judge or a court, another reason for a person\u2019s non-participation may also be recognised as a compelling reason for non-participation.\n3. As a rule, a representative\u2019s and defence counsel\u2019s engagement in another case shall not be considered as a compelling reason for non-participation in criminal proceedings.\n\nArticle 38. Family members\nThe family members of a person shall be the parents/adoptive parents, children/adopted children, brothers, sisters and their spouses residing together with that person, the spouse of the person or the person with whom the person is"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Courts shall be the Supreme Court of Lithuania, the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, a regional court, and a district court.\n2. A court shall be: a judge of a district court or a judicial panel of a district court, a judge of a regional court or a judicial panel of the criminal division of a regional court, a judge of the Court of Appeal of Lithuania or a judicial panel of the Criminal Division of this court, a mixed judicial panel of three judges of the criminal division and the civil division of a regional court or the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, a judicial panel of three justices or an extended judicial panel of seven justices of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania or a plenary session of the Criminal Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, or a mixed judicial panel of three justices or an extended judicial panel of seven justices of the Criminal Division and the Civil Division of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, or a plenary session of the Supreme Court of Lithuania considering and taking decisions on the issues provided for in this Code. Cases shall be assigned to judges/justices and judicial panels shall be formed in accordance with the established procedure for the assignment of cases and the formation of judicial panels.\n3. A district court may be composed of territorial subdivisions, namely, chambers of the district court. \n\nArticle 41. Court\u2019s penal order\nA court\u2019s penal order shall be a judgment passed by the court without hearing a case"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. No person may be deprived of his liberty save in the cases provided for in this Code and in accordance with the established procedure.\n2. Every detained or remanded person must be informed promptly, in a language which he understands, of the reasons for his detention or placement on remand.\n3. Every detained or remanded person shall have the right to refer to court for complaining about wrongful detention or placement on remand.\n4. Every person who has been wrongfully detained or placed on remand shall have the right to compensation in accordance with the procedure laid down by law.\n5. Every person accused of the commission of a criminal act shall have the right to a fair and public hearing of his case within the shortest possible time by an independent and impartial court.\n6. Every person suspected or accused of the commission of a criminal act shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to the procedure laid down by this Code and recognised as such by a final court judgment. All doubts and/or uncertainties regarding the guilt of the person charged with the commission of a criminal act or other circumstances relevant to the just resolution of the case which, having exhausted all possibilities of procedural actions, cannot be eliminated in the course of criminal proceedings shall be assessed for the benefit of the person charged with the commission of the criminal act. \n7. Every person suspected or accused of the commission of a criminal act shall have the right to be informed promptly, in a language which he understands and"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "10. Every victim of a criminal act shall have the right to request that the perpetrator of the criminal act be identified and justly punished, to be paid compensation for the damage caused by the criminal act and, in the cases provided for by law, also compensation from the Crime Victims Fund, also receive state-guaranteed legal aid free of charge according to the procedure laid down by law.\n11. A pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor must take measures to prevent the application of procedural coercive measures, namely, personal examination, search, personal search, bringing in, seizure, also to ensure that a person is not detained or placed on remand in the presence of a minor, with the exception of the cases when the minor himself is suspected of having committed a criminal act. If the procedural coercive measures referred to in this paragraph have been applied in the presence of the minor, the pre-trial investigation officer or the prosecutor shall inform a state child rights protection institution without delay.\n\nArticle 45. Duty to instruct parties to proceedings as to their rights and to ensure them\nA judge, a prosecutor and a pre-trial investigation officer must instruct parties to proceedings as to their procedural rights and ensure their ability to exercise such rights.\n\nArticle 46. Duty of a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor and a judge to instruct a person as to the procedure for reinstating violated rights and compensating for damage caused by unlawful actions"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "legal aid or the coordinator appointed by it that a defence counsel is necessary for the suspect, the accused person or the convicted person and appoint a defence counsel selected by this institution. On rest days and holidays as well as outside the working hours of the institution organising the provision of state-guaranteed legal aid, the defence counsel shall be appointed by a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor or a court on the basis of the on-call lists of advocates providing state-guaranteed legal aid in criminal cases compiled by this institution. The suspect, the accused person or the convicted person shall be notified of the appointed defence counsel without delay by serving on or sending to them a transcript of the ruling or decision to appoint the defence counsel.\n4. After the circumstances referred to in Article 50(4) and (5) of this Code and in paragraphs 1 or 2 of this Article due to which state-guaranteed legal aid has been granted to a suspect, an accused person or a convicted person have ceased to exist, a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor by a decision or a court by a ruling shall terminate the provision of state-guaranteed legal aid. \n\nArticle 52. Waiver of defence counsel"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A suspect or an accused person shall have the right to waiver of defence counsel at any stage of proceedings, except in the case provided for in Article 433 of this Code. The waiver of defence counsel shall be permitted only of the suspect\u2019s or the accused person\u2019s own motion. Prior to waiving his defence counsel, the suspect or the accused person must be instructed without delay in the language which he understands as to the consequences of the waiver of defence counsel, including the possibility of having a defence counsel again at any stage of the proceedings. A record shall be drawn up regarding the waiver of defence counsel. \n2. A pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor and a court shall not be bound by any waiver of defence counsel filed by a minor or by a person who, by reason of his physical or mental impairments, cannot exercise the right of defence himself, as well as by a person who does not speak the language of the proceedings or by a person suspected of or charged with a serious or grave crime in the cases when, due to the complexity or large volume of a case or in other cases, doubts arise as to the person\u2019s ability to exercise his right of defence.\n3. Waiver of defence counsel shall not deprive a suspect, an accused person or a convicted person of the right to have a defence counsel again at any stage of the proceedings.\n\nSECTION THREE\nREPRESENTATION\n\nArticle 53. Legal"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Legal representatives of a suspect, an accused person, a convicted person or a victim may participate in proceedings and defend the interests of the parties to the proceedings represented by them if they are minors or have been recognised as legally incapable in accordance with the established procedure, except for the cases when this would be contrary to the interests of a minor or a legally incapable person.\n2. Legal representatives may be parents, adoptive parents, guardians, curators of a minor or a legally incapable suspect, accused person, convicted person and victim or the persons authorised by an institution acting as a guardian or curator of the suspect, the accused person, the convicted person or the victim.\n3. A legal representative who has submitted a written or oral request shall be allowed to participate in proceedings where a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor adopts a decision and a court issues a ruling thereon. The legal representative shall, as a rule, participate in the proceedings together with the person he represents. The pre-trial investigation officer, the prosecutor may adopt a decision, and the court may issue a ruling, refusing to allow the representative to participate in the proceedings in the capacity of a representative in the cases when this would be contrary to the interests of a minor or a legally incapable person. In such a case, also where it is impossible to contact a legal representative or where his identity is unknown, a person selected by him and recognised by the pre-trial investigation officer, the prosecutor or the court as"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "legal representative or where his identity is unknown, a person selected by him and recognised by the pre-trial investigation officer, the prosecutor or the court as fit to be a legal representative may be a legal representative of a minor. Where the minor has not selected any other person or the person selected by him is not fit to act as a legal representative, the pre-trial investigation officer or the prosecutor, the pre-trial investigation judge or the court shall, taking into account the minor\u2019s interests, appoint another person capable of adequately representing the minor. Where it is refused to allow a person to participate in criminal proceedings as a legal representative of a legally incapable person, the pre-trial investigation officer, the prosecutor or the court must ensure the participation of another legal representative in the proceedings. The pre-trial investigation officer, the prosecutor or the court must temporarily, pending resolution of the issue of a new legal representative, appoint as a representative any other person capable of adequately representing the interests of the minor or the legally incapable person.\n4. A family member or a close relative of a person who is not recognised as legally incapable in accordance with the established procedure but who, due to his old age, disability, illness or for other compelling reasons, is unable to properly exercise the rights granted by law may, upon a written or oral request, be permitted to participate in proceedings in the capacity a legal representative by a decision of a prosecutor or by a court ruling.\n5. The persons referred to"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A legal representative shall have the right to accompany a person represented by him throughout criminal proceedings, to participate in the performance of procedural actions involving the person represented by him and to assist this person in exercising the rights conferred by law. If the represented person is on remand, the legal representative may, if permitted by a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor and a judge, meet with him. The legal representative shall also have the right to obtain information about the rights of a minor in criminal proceedings. When the circumstances referred to in Article 53(3) of this Code due to which the legal representative of a minor has been refused permission to participate in proceedings in the capacity of a representative, cease to exist, he shall also be provided with information about the rights of a minor in criminal proceedings.\n2. A legal representative must, when summoned, appear before a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a judge and a court and observe the established procedure in the course of a pre-trial investigation and hearing in court.\n3. A legal representative may be questioned as a witness, also engaged in proceedings in the capacity of a civil defendant. In these cases, he shall have the rights and duties of a witness or a civil defendant.\n\nArticle 55. Authorised representatives"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "may at any time refuse the representative\u2019s services or choose another representative.\n4. A pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor by a reasoned decision, or a court by a reasoned ruling, shall recognise that the participation of an authorised representative is necessary in cases concerning criminal acts against human health, liberty, freedom of sexual self-determination and sexual inviolability, the child and the family or morals, when these acts have caused damage to a minor, also in other cases when the minors victim\u2019s rights and legitimate interests would not be adequately defended without the assistance of the authorised representative. In such cases, as regards the participation of an authorised representative, provisions of Articles 51 and 52 of this Code shall apply accordingly. \n5. In cases provided for in the laws regulating the provision of state-guaranteed legal aid, a victim and a civil claimant shall have the right to receive state-guaranteed legal aid.\n\nArticle 56. Rights and duties of a representative"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. An authorised representative shall have the same rights as a party to proceedings represented by him.\n2. A victim\u2019s representative shall have the right to participate in a questioning of the victim and in all procedural actions performed at the request of the victim.\n3. An authorised representative must provide legal assistance to a person represented by him, represent his rights and legitimate interests; when summoned, appear before a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a judge and a court; during a pre-trial investigation and hearing in court, observe the established procedure.\n\nArticle 561. Person accompanying a victim\nDuring criminal proceedings, a victim may be accompanied by a person of his own choosing. This person must observe the established procedure during a pre-trial investigation and hearing in court. Participation of the person accompanying the victim during the criminal proceedings or individual parts thereof may be restricted by a decision of a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor or by a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge or a court if such participation is contrary to the interests of the victim or precludes the investigation or hearing of the case. \n\nSECTION FOUR\nCHALLENGE\n\nArticle 57. Right of challenge"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A motion for challenge may be filed by a suspect, an accused person, a convicted person, an acquitted person, a defence counsel, a prosecutor, also a victim, a civil claimant, a civil defendant or their representatives.\n2. A motion for challenge may be filed against a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a pre-trial investigation judge, a trial clerk, an interpreter, an expert and a professional.\n\nArticle 58. Grounds for challenge\n1. A person referred to in Article 57(2) of this Code may not participate in proceedings if:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A person referred to in Article 57(2) of this Code may not participate in proceedings if:\n1) he is a victim, a civil claimant, a civil defendant, a family member or a relative of any of these persons, a family member or a relative of a suspect, an accused person and a convicted person or of a legal representative, a judge, a pre-trial investigation judge, a prosecutor, a pre-trial investigation officer or a defence counsel in the case in question;\n2) he participated in the case in the capacity of a witness, a legal representative of a suspect, an accused person or a convicted person, a representative of a victim, a civil claimant or a civil defendant;\n3) he or his family members or relatives are interested in the outcome of the case;\n4) parties to the proceeding reasonably indicate other circumstances giving rise to reasonable doubts as to the impartiality of the person referred to in Article 57(2) of this Code.\n2. In addition, a judge may not participate in proceedings or repeatedly hear the same case:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) if he participated in the proceedings in the capacity of a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor or a defence counsel;\n2) if he decided the issue of the suspect\u2019s placement on remand or extension of the term of his remand, authorised the application of procedural coercive measures or heard appeals of parties to the proceedings in the same case;\n3) if he passed a judgment in a court of first instance, he may not hear the same case under appeal procedure and cassation procedure, also may not retry the case in the court of first instance in the event of annulling the judgment passed by him;\n4) if he adopted a decision in an appellate court, he may not hear the case under cassation procedure;\n5) if he adopted a decision in a court of cassation, he may not participate in the hearing of the case under appeal procedure;\n6) if he adopted a decision in an appellate court or a court of cassation, he may not retry the case in a court of first instance.\n3. An interpreter, an expert and a professional may not participate in proceedings also in the cases when their incompetence transpires.\n4. Previous participation in proceedings of a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a trial clerk, an interpreter, an expert or a professional in the capacity of respectively a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a trial clerk, an interpreter, an expert or a professional"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A judge, a trial clerk, an interpreter, an expert, a professional or a prosecutor must recuse himself on the grounds referred to in Article 58 of this Code. An advocate or an advocate\u2019s assistant must recuse himself on the grounds referred to in Article 61 of this Code. On the same grounds, the persons referred to in Article 57(1) of this Code may file a motion for their challenge. The motion for challenge must be filed and reasoned until the commencement of the examination of evidence by a court. The motion for challenge may be filed at later stages of proceedings only in the cases when the person who has filed the motion for challenge becomes aware of the ground for challenge after the commencement of the examination of evidence.\n2. Where a case is being heard before a judicial panel of three judges or an extended judicial panel of seven judges, the procedure for challenging a judge shall be as follows:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) other judges shall consider a motion for challenge filed against the judge in his absence. If the votes are divided by half, the judge shall be deemed to have been challenged;\n2) the challenge of several judges or the entire judicial panel is decided by a simple majority of votes of the judicial panel hearing the case;\n3) the judges against whom a motion for challenge was filed have the right to make a statement regarding the challenge;\n4) the court decides on recusal or challenge in the deliberation room.\n3. If a case is heard by a single judge, the challenge of the judge shall be decided by the judge himself. He shall have the right to make a statement regarding the challenge.\n4. The recusal of a judge must be validated by the chair of a court, the deputy chair of the court, the chair of the criminal division of the court or a judge appointed thereby. If the chair of the court, the deputy chair of the court, the chair of the criminal division or the judge appointed thereby does not validate the recusal of the judge, the judge who has filed the unfounded motion for recusal must hear the case on the merits. \n5. The challenge of a trial clerk, an interpreter, an expert, a professional or a prosecutor shall be decided by the court hearing the case.\n\nArticle 60. Challenge during a pre-trial investigation"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "for challenge within two days. If the challenge is rejected, the prosecutor shall adopt a decision, and the pre-trial investigation judge shall issue a ruling thereon. These documents shall be notified against signature to the person who filed the motion for challenge.\n5. The challenge of a pre-trial investigation judge shall be decided by the chair of a district court, the deputy chair of the court or a judge appointed by him in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 4 of this Article. \n6. The filing of a motion for challenge shall not have a suspensory effect on proceedings.\n\nArticle 61. Challenge of an advocate or an advocate\u2019s assistant"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. An advocate or an advocate\u2019s assistant shall not have the right to participate in proceedings in the capacity of a defence counsel or a representative of a victim, a civil claimant and a civil defendant if, in the same case, he provides or previously provided legal aid to a person whose interests are contrary to the interests of the person requesting legal aid or if he previously participated in the capacity of a judge, a prosecutor, a pre-trial investigation officer, an expert, a professional, an interpreter or a witness, also if the advocate or the advocate\u2019s assistant has family links with an officer involved in the investigation or hearing of the case.\n2. The challenge of an advocate or an advocate\u2019s assistant in court shall be decided by a court hearing a case in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 59 of this Code, and the challenge thereof during a pre-trial investigation \u2013 by a pre-trial investigation judge in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 60 of this Code.\n\nSECTION FIVE\nAPPEAL DURING A PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION\n\nArticle 62. Appeal against procedural actions and decisions of a pre-trial investigation officer"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Parties to proceedings and the persons who have been subject to procedural coercive measures may appeal against procedural actions and decisions of a pre-trial investigation officer to a prosecutor who organises and leads a pre-trial investigation. If the prosecutor refuses to grant the appeal, the prosecutor\u2019s decision may be appealed against to a senior prosecutor in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 63 of this Code.\n2. An appeal shall be filed with a prosecutor directly or via a pre-trial investigation officer whose procedural actions or decisions are being appealed against. Appeals may be either written or oral. The pre-trial investigation officer or the prosecutor shall draw up a record regarding the oral appeals. It shall be signed by the appellant and the pre-trial investigation officer or the prosecutor who has received the appeal.\n3. A pre-trial investigation officer must, within one day from the receipt of an appeal, transmit an appeal together with his clarifications to a prosecutor.\n4. The filing of an appeal until its resolution shall not have suspensory effect on the performance of an action or execution of a decision appealed against, unless it is deemed necessary by a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor himself.\n\nArticle 63. Appeal against a prosecutor\u2019s procedural actions and decisions"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Where a prosecutor considers that it is necessary to disclose confidentiality of the source of information in the case provided for in Article 80(5) of this Code, he shall refer to a pre-trial investigation judge with a motion. The content of the prosecutor\u2019s motion must be in conformity with the content of a ruling referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article.\n2. A hearing shall be held to deal with the issues referred to in this Article. A prosecutor and a person whom it is sought to place under the obligation to disclose the source of information shall be called in to this hearing, however, failure of these persons to appear shall not have suspensory effect on the resolution of the issue. The person and/or his authorised representative shall have the right to access the prosecutor\u2019s motion prior to the court hearing. \n3. A pre-trial investigation judge shall issue a reasoned ruling on a prosecutor\u2019s motion. The ruling placing a person under the obligation to disclose the source of information must indicate:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) data on the criminal act under investigation (the place, time, manner and other circumstances of commission of the act, criminal law providing for liability for the criminal act);\n2) data on the producer and disseminator of public information, their participant or journalist who is placed under the obligation to disclose the source of information;\n3) data and arguments that disclosure of the source of information is necessary due to vital or other particularly important public interests, also in order to ensure the protection of constitutional rights and freedoms of persons and the pursuit of justice;\n4) data and arguments that it is impossible to disclose the source of information by other means or that such means have already been exhausted;\n5) the obligation to take the required measures which, given the circumstances, are necessary in order to prevent unjustified dissemination of information about the disclosed confidentiality of the source of information;\n6) other circumstances relevant for the consideration of the issue. \n4. Where a case has been referred to court, a decision to disclose confidentiality of the source of information shall be taken by a court hearing the case in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Article. \n5. A ruling issued by a pre-trial investigation judge or a court on the issue referred to in this Article shall be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part X of this Code.\n\nArticle 81. Rights of a witness\nA witness shall have the right:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) to give testimony in his native language and to have access to the services of an interpreter if a questioning is conducted in a language that he does not understand;\n2) to access a record of his testimony and to make amendments and corrections thereto;\n3) to request that audio and video recordings be made of his testimony;\n4) to draw up his own testimony;\n5) to request, on the grounds and in accordance with the procedure laid down by law, to apply to him measures of protection from criminal influence;\n6) to receive reimbursement of the expenses incurred;\n7) to have a representative.\n\nArticle 82. Specific features of giving testimony\n1. The President of the Republic shall, with his consent, be questioned by a pre-trial investigation judge at the residence of the President of the Republic. The President of the Republic shall not be summoned to a court hearing.\n2. A person may refrain from giving testimony or from answering certain questions asked against his family members or close relatives.\n3. A person who, by a decision of a prosecutor, is questioned about a criminal act allegedly committed by him shall have the right to an authorised representative during the questioning and to request to be recognised as a suspect. Such a person shall not be subject to liability provided for in Article 83(2) and (4) of this Code.\n\nArticle 83. Duties and liability of a witness"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Every person summoned as a witness must appear before a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor and a court and give truthful testimony as to what is known to him about the circumstances relevant to the resolution of a case.\n2. A witness who, in the absence of compelling reasons, fails to appear before a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor and a court or refuses or evades giving testimony without a legal basis therefor may be subject to the procedural coercive measures provided for in Article 163 of this Code.\n3. A judge or a court may also impose the arrest provided for in Article 163(1) of this Code upon a witness who fails to appear before the court in the absence of compelling reasons or refuses or evades giving testimony without a legal basis therefor.\n4. A witness shall be held liable for giving false testimony under Article 235 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\nSECTION TWO\nEXPERTS\n\nArticle 84. Expert"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A person having the required specialist knowledge and entered on the list of experts of the Republic of Lithuania may be appointed as an expert.\n2. If the list of experts of the Republic of Lithuania does not contain experts in the required field of expertise, a person who is not entered on the list of experts may be appointed as an expert.\n3. Where necessary, a person who has the right to be an expert in a Member State of the European Union or a state with which the Republic of Lithuania has concluded an agreement on legal aid may be appointed as an expert.\n\nArticle 85. List of experts of the Republic of Lithuania\n1. Persons shall be entered on the list of experts of the Republic of Lithuania in accordance with the procedure laid down by law.\n2. Experts entered on the list of experts of the Republic of Lithuania shall be warned of liability for presenting a false conclusion and shall not be individually warned during proceedings.\n\nArticle 86. Rights of experts\n1. An expert shall have the right:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. An expert shall have the right:\n1) to have access to the case file related to the subject matter of an expert examination;\n2) to request to submit additional material necessary for the presentation of a conclusion;\n3) to participate in the performance of investigative actions related to the subject matter of the expert examination and in the hearing of the case in court.\n2. An expert shall refuse to present a conclusion if the material submitted to him is not sufficient to reach a conclusion or if the material does not correspond to his specialist knowledge. In such cases, the expert shall draw up a statement that it is not possible to present a conclusion.\n\nArticle 87. Duties and liability of an expert\n1. When summoned, an expert must appear before a court and present an impartial conclusion on the issues submitted to him.\n2. An expert who fails to appear in the absence of compelling reasons or refuses to perform his duties without a legal basis therefor may be subject to the procedural coercive measures provided for in Article 163 of this Code.\n3. An expert shall be held liable for presenting a false conclusion under Article 235 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\nArticle 88. Content of an expert report"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Having carried out the necessary examinations, an expert shall draw up an expert report. It shall consist of an introductory part, an investigative part and conclusions.\n2. The introductory part of the expert report shall indicate: the date and place of drawing up of the report; a ruling ordering an expert examination; the materials and questions submitted for the expert examination; personal data of the expert, namely, his forename, surname, education, field of expertise, qualification, length of service as an expert; dates of commencement and completion of examinations; persons who participated in the expert examination.\n3. The investigative part of the expert report shall indicate: the condition of objects of the examination; the results of their inspection; the examinations carried out, the methods and means employed; the findings and their evaluation.\n4. The conclusions shall provide answers to the questions posed. The expert\u2019s conclusions may not go beyond his specialist knowledge.\n\nSECTION THREE\nPROFESSIONALS\n\nArticle 89. Professional"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Having carried out the assigned examination of objects, a professional shall present his conclusion.\n2. A professional\u2019s conclusion shall be drawn up as a separate document or may be entered in an investigative action record. The professional shall sign the conclusion entered in the investigative action record.\n3. A professional\u2019s conclusion, which shall be drawn up as a separate document, shall indicate: the professional\u2019s personal data, namely, his forename, surname, education, field of expertise, qualification; the objects under examination; the investigative methods and technical means used; circumstances identified by the professional and relevant for the investigation of a criminal act or individualisation of probation conditions. The professional\u2019s conclusion shall be accompanied by visual material.\n\n\nCHAPTER VI\nOBJECTS AND DOCUMENTS\n\nSECTION ONE\nOBJECTS\n\nArticle 91. Objects relevant to the investigation and hearing of a criminal act\nThe physical items which were the instruments or means of commission of a criminal act, the outcome of the criminal act or on which traces of the criminal act were preserved or which were the objects of criminal acts of the offender, as well as any other items which may serve as a means of detection of the criminal act and identification of the offenders or refutation of the charge or mitigation of liability shall be considered to be objects relevant to the investigation and hearing of the criminal act.\n\nArticle 92. Documentation in proceedings of objects relevant to the"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Time limits of criminal proceedings shall be calculated in hours, days and months. When calculating the time limits, the hour and the day on which a time limit commences shall not be included.\n2. A time limit calculated in days shall expire at the twenty-fourth hour of the last day. If a procedural action is to be performed before a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a judge or in court, the time limit shall expire at the specified finish time of working hours.\n3. A time limit calculated in months shall expire on the relevant day of the last month. If the last month does not have the relevant day, the time limit shall expire on the last day of that month.\n4. If a time limit expires on a non-working day, the first working day following it shall be considered to be the last day of the time limit.\n5. Terms of detention, remand and application of compulsory medical measures shall run from the actual moment of imposition of these measures. Upon the expiry of the terms of restriction of liberty as provided for in Article 127 of this Code, a person must be released without delay. This shall be compulsory even if a time limit expires on a non-working day.\n\nArticle 101. Compliance with time limits"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Procedural actions shall be performed in compliance with the time limits laid down by this Code. A time limit shall not be considered to have been exceeded if a complaint or any other document was delivered to a post before the expiry of the time limit, or a complaint or any other document filed by detained persons or persons on remand was served on the administration of a pre-trial detention facility.\n2. Where justified, time limits may, in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Code, be suspended or extended.\n\nArticle 102. Reopening of an exceeded time limit"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A time limit exceeded for compelling reasons may be reopened by a decision of a pre-trial investigation officer and a prosecutor or by a court ruling. In the cases when a request for reopening of the exceeded time limit is submitted to a pre-trial investigation judge or a court, a hearing may be held, which shall be notified to the person requesting reopening of the time limit and other parties to the proceedings. Repeated requests for reopening of the exceeded time limit shall not be admitted and shall not be considered, unless new circumstances transpire.\n2. At the request of the person concerned, the execution of a decision appealed against after exceeding a fixed time limit may be stayed in the cases provided for in this Code pending resolution of the issue of reopening of the exceeded time limit.\n\nCHAPTER VIII\nCOSTS OF PROCEEDINGS AND REIMBURSEMENT THEREOF\n\nArticle 103. Costs of proceedings\nCosts of proceedings shall include the following:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) money paid to witnesses, victims, experts, professionals and interpreters to cover the expenses of their travel to and residence at the place of summon;\n2) money paid to witnesses and victims to compensate them for distraction from their normal work;\n3) money paid to experts, professionals and interpreters to remunerate them for their work, except where they perform such duties as part of their official duties;\n4) (no longer effective from 1 May 2005);\n5) costs of storage or transfer of objects;\n6) any other costs which a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a judge or a court recognises as the costs of the proceedings.\n\nArticle 104. Reimbursement of costs of proceedings"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Costs of proceedings shall be reimbursed to a witness, a victim, an expert, a professional, an interpreter from funds of pre-trial investigation bodies, a prosecutor\u2019s office or a court. The procedure for reimbursing such costs and the amounts thereof shall be established by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania or by an institution authorised by it.\n2. A party to proceedings who, at his own discretion, called in an expert, a professional, a defence counsel or a representative to participate in the proceedings or incurred other costs shall bear the same from his own funds. The party to the proceedings may refer to court to have these costs recognised as costs of the proceedings and have them recovered from a convicted person.\n\nArticle 105. Recovery of costs of proceedings"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A court shall, when passing a judgment, have the right to decide to recover costs of proceedings from a convicted person, with the exception of the costs of paying an interpreter and the costs incurred in carrying out an individual assessment of a minor suspect or a minor accused person.\n2. A court shall have the right to decide to recover costs of proceedings also from an accused person who has been found guilty but has been released from a penalty or has not been imposed a penalty.\n3. Where several accused persons have been found guilty in a case, a court shall decide the amount of the costs of the proceedings to be recovered from each of them, having regard to the guilt of the persons concerned and the extent and nature of their liability.\n4. Costs incurred as a result of the suspension of an investigation or the stay of a hearing because a party to the proceedings failed to appear in the absence of compelling reasons shall be recovered from the party to the proceedings who failed to appear.\n5. Where proceedings are terminated or an accused person is acquitted, also where the person from whom the costs of the proceedings are to be recovered is unable to pay them, the costs of the proceedings shall be paid from state funds in accordance with the procedure laid down by law.\n6. Where an accused person is acquitted in criminal proceedings opened solely on the basis of a victim\u2019s motion, a court shall have the right to decide that all or part of the costs of the proceedings are"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "on the basis of a victim\u2019s motion, a court shall have the right to decide that all or part of the costs of the proceedings are to be borne by the person on the basis of whose motion the proceedings were opened.\n7. Where proceedings are terminated because a victim has reconciled with a suspect or an accused person, a prosecutor or a court shall have the right to decide that costs of the proceedings are to be borne by the suspect, the accused, and the victim, or by one of them.\n\nArticle 106. Remuneration for an advocate\u2019s work"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Where a suspect, an accused person or a convicted person has been granted state-guaranteed legal aid, an advocate shall be remunerated in accordance with the procedure laid down by a law governing the provision of state-guaranteed legal aid. In other cases, the advocate shall be remunerated by the suspect, the accused person or the convicted person or, on their assignment or with their consent, by other persons.\n2. After finding an accused person guilty, a court shall, when passing a judgment, decide to recover from the accused person the expenses for the provision of state-guaranteed legal aid incurred as a result of the necessary participation of a defence counsel, taking into account the financial situation of the accused person, except for the cases referred to in points 1 and 2 of Article 51(1) of this Code. In addition, the court shall have the power to decide to recover from a suspect the expenses incurred by a victim and a civil claimant for the services of an advocate who participated in the proceedings in the capacity of the victim\u2019s or the civil claimant\u2019s representative.\n\n\nPART II\nCOMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM A CRIMINAL ACT\n\nCHAPTER IX\nCOMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE WHERE A CIVIL CLAIM IS NOT FILED IN A CRIMINAL CASE\n\nArticle 107. Voluntary compensation for damage\nA suspect or an accused person or a person who"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "NOT FILED IN A CRIMINAL CASE\n\nArticle 107. Voluntary compensation for damage\nA suspect or an accused person or a person who is materially liable for his acts may, at any time during proceedings, voluntarily compensate a victim for the damage caused by a criminal act. Upon receipt of the information that the damage caused by the criminal act has been compensated, proceedings in respect of a civil claim in a criminal case shall not be opened and the opened proceedings shall be terminated and the temporary restriction of the rights of ownership imposed on this ground shall be lifted.\n\nArticle 108. Return of objects and valuables"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Having ascertained that the objects or valuables found and seized in the course of proceedings belong to a victim or to any other person, a court shall decide to return these objects or valuables to the owner thereof after a judgment has become final.\n2. The objects or valuables referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may be returned to the owner at his request also by a prosecutor or a pre-trial investigation officer before completion of proceedings, but only after these objects or valuables have been thoroughly examined and described. When collecting the objects or valuables being returned in this manner, the owner must, as a rule, give a written pledge to protect them until completion of the hearing of the case in court.\n3. Objects whose circulation has been prohibited shall not be returned.\n\nCHAPTER X\nCOMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE WHERE A CIVIL CLAIM IS FILED IN A CRIMINAL CASE\n\nArticle 109. Civil claim in criminal proceedings \nA person who suffered property or non-property damage as a result of a criminal act shall have the right to file a civil claim in criminal proceedings against a suspect or an accused person or against the persons who are materially liable for acts of the suspect or the accused person. The court shall hear it together with the criminal case. Where the civil claim is filed during a pre-trial investigation, data must be collected during the pre-trial investigation substantiating the ground for and"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A civil claimant shall be a natural or legal person who, in a criminal case, claims compensation for property or non-property damage suffered as a result of a criminal act of a suspect or an accused person. A person shall be recognised as a civil claimant by a decision of a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor or by a court ruling.\n2. A civil claimant shall have the right:\n1) to provide clarifications regarding the substance of his civil claim;\n2) to adduce evidence;\n3) to submit requests and to file motions for challenge;\n4) during a pre-trial investigation and in court, to have access to the case file, to make extracts or transcripts of the required documents in accordance with the established procedure;\n5) to participate in the hearing of the case by a court of first instance;\n6) to appeal against the actions and decisions of a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a judge or a court in so far as they relate to his civil claim;\n7) to participate in the hearing of the case under appeal procedure.\n3. A civil claimant must:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A civil claim shall be filed by filing a claim with a pre-trial investigation officer, a public prosecutor or a court at any time during proceedings, but not later than until the commencement of the examination of evidence by the court. A victim who does not file a civil claim in a criminal case shall have the right to file a claim under civil procedure.\n2. A civil claim filed in a criminal case shall be exempt from stamp duty.\n3. A civil claimant shall have the right to withdraw a claim filed by him before a court retires to the deliberation room for the passing of a judgment.\n4. If a civil claim is dismissed by a judgment in a criminal case, a civil claimant shall lose the right to file the same claim under civil procedure. If a claim is dismissed under civil procedure, the claimant shall lose the right to file the same civil claim in a criminal case.\n\nArticle 113. Hearing of a civil claim"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A civil claim filed in a criminal case shall be proved in accordance with provisions of this Code.\n2. Where, while hearing a civil claim in a criminal case, questions arise which are not governed by this Code, the relevant provisions of civil procedure shall apply unless they are in conflict with the provisions of criminal procedure.\n\nArticle 114. Referral of a civil claim to a court dealing with bankruptcy or restructuring proceedings\nIf a legal person or natural person against which/whom bankruptcy proceedings have been opened is included as a civil defendant in a criminal case, it shall be possible not to hear a civil claim in this criminal case, and all documents related to the civil claim may be transmitted by a decision of a prosecutor or by a court ruling to a court dealing with the bankruptcy or restructuring proceedings. This must be notified to the civil claimant, and he must be instructed as to his rights in the bankruptcy or restructuring proceedings. \n\nArticle 115. Settlement of a civil claim"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. When passing a judgment of conviction, a court shall, based on the evidence of the validity and amount of a civil claim, fully or partially satisfy the civil claim filed or dismiss it. In satisfying the civil claim, the court shall have the right not to comply with the limits of the claim if the amount of the claim does not affect the qualification of a criminal act and the level of a penalty.\n2. In exceptional cases, where it is not possible to precisely calculate a civil claim without staying criminal proceedings or without obtaining additional material, a court may, when passing a judgment of conviction, recognise the right of a civil claimant to satisfaction of the claim and refer the issue of the amount of the claim for hearing under civil procedure.\n3. When passing a judgment of acquittal, a court shall:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "such damage may, in the cases and in accordance with the procedure provided for by law, be compensated with the funds allocated for this purpose by the State.\n\nPART III\nPROCEDURAL COERCIVE MEASURES\n\nCHAPTER XI\nSUPERVISION MEASURES\n\nArticle 119. Purpose of supervision measures\nSupervision measures may be imposed with a view to ensuring participation of a suspect, an accused person or a convicted person in proceedings, unimpeded pre-trial investigation, hearing of a case in court and execution of a judgment, also with a view to preventing new criminal acts.\n\nArticle 120. Types of supervision measures"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "or shall refuse to grant the motion and issue a ruling to refuse to impose remand or a ruling to refuse to impose remand and to impose another supervision measure. \n5. When issuing the ruling to impose remand or upholding this ruling, the judge may instruct the prosecutor to collect additional material within a set time limit. Upon receipt of such material, the judge may issue a ruling to uphold remand and to set a new term of remand or to replace this supervision measure or to lift it.\n6. Where a case is referred to court, a court before which the case is pending may impose, uphold, extend or lift remand or replace it by another supervision measure in accordance with the requirements of Article 122 of this Code.\n7. While a judge is hearing the issue of imposition of remand, a record of the respective court hearing shall be drawn up. The record shall contain clarifications of the person delivered before the judge, motions and observations of a prosecutor and a defence counsel.\n\nArticle 124. Delivery of a person on remand before a pre-trial investigation judge of a court of another district or another court chamber"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) the forename, surname, date of birth, place of residence and place of employment of a suspect;\n2) a criminal act which the person is suspected of having committed, the place, time, manner and other circumstances of commission of this act, a criminal law providing for liability for that criminal act;\n3) the data giving grounds for believing that the suspect committed that criminal act;\n4) the purpose pursued when imposing the supervision measure or, in the case of the ruling to impose remand, the conditions of imposition of remand, one or more grounds and reasons for imposing remand as specified in Article 122 of this Code, as well as the facts and reasons on the basis of which less severe supervision measures were not imposed in order to attain the objectives provided for in Article 119 of this Code.\n3. A decision or a ruling to impose a supervision measure shall be notified to a suspect against his signature.\n\nArticle 126. Content of a ruling to refuse to impose remand, intensive supervision, house arrest or the obligation to reside separately from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance and of a ruling to refuse to impose remand and to impose another supervision measure\nA ruling to refuse to impose remand, intensive supervision, house arrest or the obligation to reside separately from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance and a decision to refuse to impose remand and to impose another supervision"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance and a decision to refuse to impose remand and to impose another supervision measure must contain the data listed in points 1 and 2 of Article 125(2) of this Code, also the facts and reasons for refusing to impose remand, intensive supervision, house arrest and the obligation to reside separately from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance or the facts and reasons for refusing to impose remand and imposing another supervision measure.\n\nArticle 127. Duration of remand and extension of the term thereof"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Remand may not last more than six months. A specific term of remand shall be set by a pre-trial investigation judge in a ruling imposing remand, however, remand may initially be imposed for a period not exceeding three months. As regards a minor, remand may initially be imposed for a period not exceeding two months. The term of remand may be extended but for no longer than six months or, in respect of minors, for no longer than four months by the same or another pre-trial investigation judge of a court of the same district or, where the court is composed of court chambers, of the same court chamber or by a pre-trial investigation judge of a court of another district court or of another court chamber of that court. The rules for imposing remand upon minors shall also apply to a person who, at the time of taking of the judge\u2019s decision, has reached the age of majority. \n2. Due to the particular complexity or large volume of a case, the term of remand provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article may be extended by a judge of a regional court but for no longer than three months or, in respect of minors, for no longer than two months. The term of remand may be extended repeatedly but during a pre-trial investigation the term of remand may not exceed nine months or, in respect of minors, six months. In cases of serious or grave crimes, as well as in"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "of remand may not exceed nine months or, in respect of minors, six months. In cases of serious or grave crimes, as well as in cases where members of a group of accomplices, an organised group or a criminal association are suspected or accused of committing criminal acts, or where persons are placed on remand in a foreign state, the term of remand may not exceed 18 months or, in respect of minors, 12 months. \n3. During a pre-trial investigation, a prosecutor must refer with a motion for extension of the term of remand to a pre-trial investigation judge at least ten days or, where remand is imposed or extended for a period of less than one month, at least five days before the expiry of the previously imposed or extended term of remand or to a regional court where, in the event of extension of the term of remand, the total period of remand would exceed six months or the period of remand imposed or extended in respect of minors would exceed four months or where remand lasts six months or, in respect of minors, four months. \n4. A prosecutor\u2019s motion for extension of the term of remand must contain the data listed in Article 125(2) of this Code. Where, upon extension of the term of remand, the total period of remand would exceed six months, the period of remand imposed or extended in respect of minors would exceed four months or where remand"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "total period of remand would exceed six months, the period of remand imposed or extended in respect of minors would exceed four months or where remand lasts six months or, in respect of minors, four months, the prosecutor\u2019s motion must contain factual data and the reasons why the case should be considered particularly complex or of large volume and list the main pre-trial investigation actions performed after the imposition of remand or last extension of the term of remand.\n5. A court may not refuse to grant a prosecutor\u2019s motion for extension of the term of remand solely on the ground that such a motion was filed after the expiry of the time limits provided for in paragraph 3 of this Article.\n6. In order to resolve the issue of extension of the term of remand during a pre-trial investigation, a pre-trial investigation judge or a judge of a regional court must hold a hearing to which a defence counsel and a prosecutor shall be summoned. Participation of these persons in the hearing shall be compulsory. Where necessary, the person on remand may be delivered to the hearing. The person on remand must be delivered to the hearing where the issue of extension of the term of remand lasting for more than six months is being considered. A minor on remand must be delivered to the hearing where the issue of extension of the term of remand lasting for more than four months is being considered. Participation of the person on remand in the court hearing may"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "of extension of the term of remand lasting for more than four months is being considered. Participation of the person on remand in the court hearing may be ensured by audiovisual transmission. The person on remand who participates in the hearing referred to in this paragraph and the defence counsel shall have the right of access to all the material submitted by the prosecutor requesting extension of the term of remand.\n7. At the hearing referred to in paragraph 6 of this Article, the judge shall issue a ruling to extend the term of remand or not to extend this term or not to extend this term and to impose another supervision measure. The judge shall issue the ruling not to extend the term of remand if he establishes that, over the last two months of the application of the supervision measure of remand, not all the measures as provided for by law have been taken to conduct an investigation and to detect a criminal act within the shortest possible time and the prosecutor has not indicated any objective reasons for not doing so. The content of the ruling issued by the judge shall be specified in Article 125 of this Code.\n8. If the judge issues a ruling not to extend the term of remand, the person on remand shall be released only upon the expiry of the previously imposed or extended term of remand. The judge may decide to release the person immediately if he establishes that remand was imposed or extended in the absence of necessary conditions or grounds therefor.\n9. Where a"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "release the person immediately if he establishes that remand was imposed or extended in the absence of necessary conditions or grounds therefor.\n9. Where a case is referred to court, the issue of extension of the term of remand shall be decided by a court before which the case is pending, irrespective of whether a prosecutor\u2019s motion for extension of the term of remand has been received. If the court has referred the case to a prosecutor, the term of remand may be extended by the court for no longer than three months or, in respect of minors, for no longer than two months."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "10. The terms laid down in this Article shall apply to persons extradited to the Republic of Lithuania under treaties to which the Republic of Lithuania is a party or under a European arrest warrant from the moment of their surrender to the Republic of Lithuania.\n11. Throughout the course of criminal proceedings, remand may not exceed two thirds of the maximum term of a custodial sentence imposed by a criminal law for the most serious crime in respect of which a case is being investigated and heard.\n\nArticle 128. Notification of placement of a suspect on remand"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A prosecutor who participated in the imposition of remand must, without delay, notify of the placement of a suspect on remand one of the family members, close relatives indicated by the person on remand or any other person indicated by the person on remand. If the person on remand does not indicate any person, the prosecutor must, at his own discretion, notify one of the family members or close relatives of the suspect if such can be identified. Where the person on remand is a minor, the prosecutor must, without delay, notify of the placement of the minor suspect on remand the parents or other legal representatives of the minor, or, where such a notification would be contrary to the interests of the minor on remand, any other suitable adult person. In addition, the suspect on remand must, without delay, be given the opportunity to contact one of his family members, close relatives or any other person indicated by the person on remand. A prosecutor may, by a reasoned decision, temporarily refuse to notify of the placement of remand or to deny contact to the person indicated by the person on remand where this would prejudice a positive outcome of a pre-trial investigation or pose a threat to the security of family members, close relatives of the person on remand or other persons. In this case, also in the cases when the minor on remand does not have parents or other legal representatives or it is impossible to identify them or when notification of these persons"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "Moreover, at the request of the suspect on remand, he must, without delay, be given the opportunity to communicate with the representatives of the diplomatic mission or consular post of his state of nationality. The person on remand must, without delay, be instructed in a language which he understands as to his right to communicate with these institutions. \n4. A prosecutor or a pre-trial investigation officer must notify a victim of the placement of a suspect on remand and ascertain whether the victim wishes to be notified of the future release of the suspect or his escape from the place of custody. The victim shall also be notified of the safeguards provided for in legal acts which may be applied to him and of the procedure for applying them. It shall not be necessary to notify of the placement of the suspect on remand if the victim\u2019s place of residence is unknown, also if such notification could cause harm to the suspect. If there are many victims, it shall be sufficient to give a notice of the placement of the suspect on remand to the person/persons representing their interests. A record shall be drawn up regarding notification of the victim. If the victim requests to be notified of the future release of the suspect or his escape from the place of custody, the prosecutor or the pre-trial investigation officer shall draw up a note. This note shall be sent by the prosecutor or the pre-trial investigation officer to the suspect\u2019s remand facility. The suspect and his defence"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "This note shall be sent by the prosecutor or the pre-trial investigation officer to the suspect\u2019s remand facility. The suspect and his defence counsel shall be prohibited from accessing the content of this note.\n\nArticle 129. Measures to ensure provision of children of a person on remand with care and protection of his property"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. If a person on remand has children under the age of 18 years who are left without required care, a prosecutor or a court must hand them over for guardianship or curatorship to family members, close relatives, other persons or institutions.\n2. If a person on remand has property or housing which is to be left unattended, a prosecutor or a court must discuss with the person on remand and take measures to protect such property or housing.\n3. A prosecutor or a court shall notify a person on remand of the measures referred to in paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article.\n\nArticle 130. Right of a person on remand or his defence counsel to appeal against a ruling to impose remand or a ruling to extend the term of remand or a ruling to refuse to impose remand and to impose another supervision measure"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "all the material submitted by the prosecutor. Where the appeal was filed in the course of hearing of the case in court, the court whose ruling has been appealed against must transmit to the higher court the case file necessary for the hearing of the appeal.\n2. Having hearing the appeal, the higher court shall issue a ruling to uphold the imposed remand or the extended term of remand or to modify the term of remand or to replace remand by another supervision measure or to lift remand. The ruling issued by the judicial panel of three judges of the higher court shall be final and not subject to appeal.\n3. If remand is imposed or the term thereof is extended in the course of hearing of a case before the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, appeals against the imposition and extension of the term of remand shall be heard before a judicial panel of three judges of the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, which may not consist of judges hearing that case.\nNote from the Register of Legal Acts. Appeals filed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 130 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania before the entry into force of Law No XII-1878 of 25 June 2015 (11-07-2015) shall be heard in accordance with the procedure valid before the entry into force of this Law.\n\nArticle 131. Prosecutor\u2019s right to appeal against a judge\u2019s ruling"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "at the hearing, and his defence counsel shall have the right of access to all the material submitted by the prosecutor. Where the appeal was filed in the course of hearing of the case in court, the court whose ruling has been appealed against must transmit to the higher court the case file necessary for the hearing of the appeal. \nNote from the Register of Legal Acts. Appeals filed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 131 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania before the entry into force of Law No XII-1878 of 25 June 2015 (11-07-2015) shall be heard in accordance with the procedure valid before the entry into force of this Law.\n2. Having heard the appeal, the higher court shall issue a ruling to refuse to impose remand or to refuse to extend the term of remand, or to refuse to impose remand, or to extend the term of remand and to impose another supervision measure, or to impose remand, or to extend the term of remand, or to lift remand. The ruling issued by the judicial panel of three judges of the higher court shall be final and not subject to appeal.\n3. If remand is imposed or the term thereof is extended in the course of hearing of a case before the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, appeals against the imposition and extension of the term of remand shall be heard before a judicial panel of three judges of the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, which may not"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "imposition and extension of the term of remand shall be heard before a judicial panel of three judges of the Court of Appeal of Lithuania, which may not consist of judges hearing that case.\n4. An appeal filed by a prosecutor shall not have suspensory effect on the execution of a ruling issued by a court.\n\n\nArticle 1311 . Intensive supervision"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Intensive supervision shall mean the control of a suspect by electronic surveillance means.\n2. During a pre-trial investigation, intensive supervision  shall be imposed at a prosecutor\u2019s request by a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge. The issue of imposition of intensive supervision shall be decided at a hearing to which the prosecutor, a suspect and his defence counsel shall be called in. Where the case is referred to court, a court before which the case is pending shall decide on the imposition of intensive supervision or extension of the term thereof by issuing a ruling. \n3. When imposing intensive supervision, the conditions of this supervision measure shall be laid down. The rules for enforcing and controlling intensive supervision shall be approved by an institution authorised by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania.\n4. The term of intensive supervision shall be set by a pre-trial investigation judge or a court in a ruling imposing intensive supervision, however, intensive supervision may initially be imposed for a period not exceeding six months. This term may be extended by a ruling of the pre-trial investigation judge for a period of up to three months. The number of extensions shall not be restricted.\n5. A suspect shall be warned that he may be imposed remand for breach of the specified conditions of intensive supervision and for failure to comply with the duties and prohibitions specified in paragraphs 6 and 7 of this Article, should there be a ground therefor.\n6. A suspect who is subject to intensive supervision"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) wear an electronic surveillance device;\n2) observe the specified daily routine.\n7. A suspect who is subject to intensive supervision shall be prohibited from removing, damaging or destroying an electronic surveillance device.\n\nArticle 132. House arrest"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. House arrest shall be the obligation for a suspect to stay in his place of residence during specified times, not to visit public places and not to communicate with certain persons.\n2. During a pre-trial investigation, house arrest shall, at a prosecutor\u2019s request, be imposed by a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge. The issue of imposition of house arrest shall be decided at a hearing to which the prosecutor, a suspect and his defence counsel shall be called in. Failure of the suspect or his defence counsel to appear without compelling reasons shall not preclude the imposition of house arrest.\n3. When imposing house arrest, the conditions of this supervision measure shall be laid down. A suspect shall be warned that he may be imposed remand or be subject to intensive supervision for breach of the conditions of house arrest, should there be a ground therefor.\n4. The term of house arrest shall be set by a pre-trial investigation judge in a ruling to impose house arrest, however, house arrest may initially be imposed for a period not exceeding six months. This term may be extended by a ruling of the pre-trial investigation judge for a period of three months. The number of extensions shall not be limited. Where the case is referred to court, a court before which the case is pending shall decide on the imposition of house arrest or extension of the term thereof by issuing a ruling.\n5. Decisions of a pre-trial investigation judge and a court on"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "of house arrest or extension of the term thereof by issuing a ruling.\n5. Decisions of a pre-trial investigation judge and a court on the imposition of house arrest, the extension of the term thereof or the refusal to impose house arrest or to extend the term thereof shall be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part X of this Code.\n\nArticle 1321. Obligation to reside separately from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1.\tA suspect may be placed under the obligation to reside separately from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance where there are reasonable grounds for believing that he will attempt to unlawfully influence the victim or will commit new criminal acts against the victim or persons residing together with him. When imposing the obligation to reside separately from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance, the suspect may also be placed under the obligation not to communicate in any form and seek contact with the victim and persons residing with him, also not to visit certain places which the victim or persons residing with him visit. The victim shall remain in the dwelling where the suspect and the victim previously permanently resided.\n2.\tDuring a pre-trial investigation, the obligation to reside separately from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance shall, at a prosecutor\u2019s request, be imposed by a ruling of the pre-trial investigation judge.\n3.\tWhen imposing the supervision measure of the obligation to reside separately from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance, a suspect shall be warned that another supervision measure may be imposed on him for failure to comply with this obligation.\n\nArticle 133. Bail"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Bail shall mean a cash contribution paid to the deposit account of a prosecutor\u2019s office or of a court by a suspect, his family members or relatives as well as other persons, undertakings or organisations and intended for the purposes indicated in Article 119 of this Code.\n2. The amount of bail and the time limit for payment thereof shall be determined by a prosecutor, a pre-trial investigation judge or a court imposing this supervision measure having regard to a criminal act, the level of the penalty to be imposed upon a suspect, the financial situation of the suspect and the bailsperson and their personalities. In the event that the suspect or the bailsperson fails to voluntarily pay into the deposit account of a prosecutor\u2019s office or a court a cash contribution sufficient to achieve the objectives specified in Article 119 of this Code by the date of the adoption of a decision or a ruling to impose bail, the prosecutor, the pre-trial investigation judge or the court imposing bail shall set a time limit of three days for the payment of bail in the amount specified in the decision or the ruling. This time limit shall run from the service on the suspect of the ruling or the decision to impose bail. When determining the amount of bail to be paid, the prosecutor, the pre-trial investigation judge or the court must assess the cash contributions voluntarily paid into the deposit account of the prosecutor\u2019s office or the court by the suspect or the bailsperson. The bail imposed"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "subject to appeal. Where the bail of the specified amount is not paid into the deposit account of the prosecutor\u2019s office or the court within the time limit referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article or the new time limit, the prosecutor shall adopt a decision to replace bail by another supervision measure or, in the cases specified by this Code, refer to the pre-trial investigation judge or the court for the imposition of a more severe supervision measure.\n4. When accepting bail, the bailsperson must be instructed as to his liability as a bailsperson.\n5. The decision or the ruling to impose the supervision measure of bail shall specify the amount of bail, the time limit for the payment of bail, the place of residence of the suspect to which summonses issued by the pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor or a court are to be sent, also indicate that the suspect has been instructed as to the duty to appear before a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a judge or a court when summoned, to refrain from interfering with the course of proceedings, to refrain from committing new criminal acts and that the suspect undertakes to comply with this duty and that the bailsperson has been warned that the bail will be forfeited to the State if the suspect fails to comply with this duty. Moreover, the decision or the ruling shall indicate the banking institution whereto the suspect or the bailsperson has paid the cash contribution of the specified amount or shall indicate the deposit"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "the ruling shall indicate the banking institution whereto the suspect or the bailsperson has paid the cash contribution of the specified amount or shall indicate the deposit account of the prosecutor\u2019s office or the court to which the bail of the specified amount must be paid within the time limit referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article. The document confirming the payment of the contribution (receipt) shall be attached to the criminal case file. A transcript of the decision or the ruling imposing the supervision measure of bail shall be served on the suspect and the bailsperson against his signature.\n6. Where the suspect breaches the supervision measure of bail, another supervision measure may be imposed on him, and bail shall be forfeited to the State. A decision shall be adopted, or a ruling shall be issued, regarding the forfeiture of the cash contribution paid as bail to the State or this fact shall be noted in the operative part of the judgment. A decision of a prosecutor may be appealed against to a pre-trial investigation judge, and a ruling of a judge or a court to a higher court within five days from the receipt of a notice of the adoption of the decision or the issue of the ruling.\n7. Upon the expiry of the supervision measure of bail, bail shall be returned to the bailsperson. The amount of bail paid may, subject to the consent of the bailsperson and the suspect, be used for ensuring compliance with the imposed penal sanction, payment of a fine,"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "subject to the consent of the bailsperson and the suspect, be used for ensuring compliance with the imposed penal sanction, payment of a fine, satisfaction of a civil claim or recovery of the costs of proceedings incurred.\n\nArticle 134. Seizure of documents\nSeizure of documents as a supervision measure may be imposed by a decision of a prosecutor or a ruling of a court or, in urgent cases, by a decision of a pre-trial investigation officer. A passport, an identity card, a driving licence may be seized from a suspect. Upon the seizure of the documents, the suspect shall be issued a note in the format specified by the Prosecutor General indicating the documents seized.\n\nArticle 1341 . Suspension of a special right"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. During the period of suspension of a special right, it shall be prohibited to exercise this right.\n2. A person who is subject to suspension of a special right may, if he breaches this supervision measure, be subject to a more severe supervision measure together with suspension of the special right. \n\nArticle 135. Obligation of a suspect to periodically report to the police\n1. A suspect may be placed under the obligation to report to the police by a decision of a prosecutor or by a ruling of a court or, in urgent cases, by a decision of a pre-trial investigation officer. The decision or the ruling must indicate the address of the police station, the days of the week or month and the time of day at which the suspect must appear at the police station for reporting. If the suspect fails to appear for reporting in due time, an officer of the police station must, without delay, notify a prosecutor and take measures to determine the whereabouts of the suspect.\n2. A suspect who breaches the obligation to periodically report to the police may be subject to a more severe supervision measure.\n\nArticle 136. Written pledge not to leave"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A written pledge not to leave shall be a written commitment, undertaken by a suspect, not to leave the Republic of Lithuania, not to leave his place of residence or temporary stay without the permission of a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor or a court.\n2. A written pledge not to leave may also oblige a suspect not to visit certain places and not to communicate or seek contact with certain persons.\n3. A suspect who breaches a written pledge not to leave may be subject to a more severe supervision measure. When accepting the written pledge, the suspect must be warned of the possible imposition of a more severe supervision measure.\n\nArticle 137. Observation by command of a military unit"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. The observation of a suspect serviceman by the command of a military unit shall be the measure, as provided for in the statutes of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Lithuania, intended to ensure that the suspect acts properly and, when summoned, appears before a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a pre-trial investigation judge or a court.\n2. A decision or a ruling to impose the supervision measure referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be transmitted to the command of the military unit.\n3. The command of the military unit shall give a written notice of the carrying out of observation to the pre-trial investigation officer, the prosecutor or the court who/which imposed this supervision measure.\n\nArticle 138. Placement of a minor under supervision"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Placement of a minor suspect under the supervision of his parents, curators or other natural or legal persons caring for children shall mean a written pledge by any of the persons to ensure that the minor suspect acts properly and, when summoned, appears before a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor or a court.\n2. When accepting the written pledge, the persons to be entrusted with supervision of the minor must be familiarised with the substance of a criminal act in respect whereof this supervision measure is imposed upon the minor suspect. Moreover, the persons to be entrusted with supervision of the minor shall be instructed as to their liability if the minor suspect evades a pre-trial investigation or a trial.\n3. Where a minor suspect evades appearing before a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor or a court, a fine in the amount of up to five minimum standards of living (MSLs) may, by a decision of the prosecutor or by a ruling of the court, be imposed on the persons entrusted with the minor suspect\u2019s supervision.\n\nArticle 139. End of the application of a supervision measure"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. An imposed supervision measure shall be lifted when it is no longer necessary or shall be replaced by a more severe or less severe measure when the circumstances of a case so require. The supervision measure shall be lifted or replaced by a prosecutor\u2019s decision or by a court\u2019s ruling.\n2. If during a pre-trial investigation the grounds for imposition of remand, intensive supervision, house arrest or the obligation to reside separately from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance cease to exist or the conditions necessary for the application of these supervision measures are no longer present, a prosecutor must, without delay, adopt a decision to release a suspect who is on remand or lift the supervision measure of intensive supervision, house arrest or the obligation to reside separately from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance or relax the conditions of application of these supervision measures. A transcript of such a decision shall be sent to a pre-trial investigation judge who imposed remand, intensive supervision, house arrest or the obligation to reside separately from a victim and/or prohibition to approach the victim closer than a prescribed distance or who extended the period of application of these supervision measures.\n3. The application of supervision measures shall also end: upon the expiry of the period of application of a supervision measure, after a judgment of acquittal becomes final or upon the commencement of execution of a sentence.\n\nCHAPTER XII\nOTHER"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A suspect, an accused person, a victim and every person summoned as a witness must, when summoned, appear before a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor or a court. Where the suspect, the accused person, the victim or the witness fails to appear before the pre-trial investigation officer, the prosecutor or the court without compelling reasons, he may be brought in. If the whereabouts of the suspect or the accused person are unknown, a search notice shall be issued in respect of the suspect or the accused person by a decision of the pre-trial investigation officer or the prosecutor or by a ruling of the court. The pre-trial investigation officer must notify the prosecutor without delay in writing of the issue of the search notice in respect of the suspect.\n2. A person shall be brought in by the police by a decision of a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor or by a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge or a court.\n\nArticle 143. Person\u2019s visual inspection"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor shall have the right to perform a visual inspection of the body of a suspect, a victim or another person and to determine, where necessary, whether there are traces of a criminal act or distinguishing marks on his body.\n2. If a person does not agree to have his body visually inspected, a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor shall adopt a decision binding on that person.\n3. If a visual inspection involves undressing, it shall be performed by a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor or a physician of the same sex.\n4. A visual inspection record shall be drawn up.\n\nArticle 144. Sampling for comparative analysis\n1. A pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor shall have the right to take samples from a suspect for comparative analysis. Such samples may be taken from a victim or a witness only if it is necessary to check whether these persons left traces at the site of the incident or on objects.\n2. If a person refuses to give samples for comparative analysis, a prosecutor shall adopt a decision binding on that person.\n3. A record of sampling for comparative analysis shall be drawn up.\n\nArticle 145. Search"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. When there is a ground for believing that in any premises or in another place there are kept instruments of commission of a criminal act, the objects and valuables obtained or acquired by criminal means, also the objects or documents that may be relevant to the investigation of the criminal act or that they are held by a person, a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor may conduct a search to find and seize them.\n2. A search may be conducted also to find the people who are being searched for, as well as dead bodies.\n3. A search shall be conducted under a reasoned ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge. The ruling must indicate which of the items referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article will be searched for.\n4. In the course of a search, participation of the owner, the lessor, the manager of the apartment, house or other premises being searched, an adult family member or a close relative thereof or, where the search is being conducted in an undertaking, agency or organisation, a representative of that undertaking, agency or organisation shall be compulsory. When it is not possible to ensure participation of these persons, the search shall be conducted in the presence of a witness to search or a representative of a municipal institution. If required, witnesses to search may be called in to participate in the search also in other cases.\n5. A search on plots of land, in the forest and in water bodies may be conducted also in the"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "the search also in other cases.\n5. A search on plots of land, in the forest and in water bodies may be conducted also in the absence of the owner, the lessor or the manager thereof, however these persons shall be subsequently notified in writing about the search.\n\nArticle 146. Body search"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A body search shall be conducted in accordance with the same rules as a search of an apartment, a house or other premises.\n2. A body search may be conducted without a separate ruling issued thereon:\n1) when detaining or placing on remand;\n2) where there are reasonable grounds for believing that a person staying in the premises or another place wherein a seizure or a search is being conducted conceals on himself the objects or documents that could be relevant to the investigation of a criminal act.\n3. A body search may only be conducted by a person of the same sex.\n4. The persons referred to in Article 145(4) of this Code shall not be under the obligation to participate in a body search.\n\nArticle 147. Seizure"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. If it is necessary to seize the objects or documents that are relevant to the investigation of a criminal act and it is precisely known where they are or who is holding them, a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor may conduct a seizure. The seizure shall be conducted under a reasoned ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge.\n2. The persons holding the objects or documents to be seized must not interfere with the officers conducting the seizure. The persons who fail to comply with this duty may be subject to a fine pursuant to Article 163 of this Code.\n3. The persons referred to in Article 145(4) of this Code must participate when conducting a seizure.\n4. If the persons holding the objects or documents to be seized do not surrender them, the objects or documents may be seized by force.\n\nArticle 148. Seizure of postal items\n1. A seizure of postal items shall be allowed only under a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge. Instructions of an officer conducting the seizure of the postal items shall be mandatory for the staff of a post office. The persons who fail to comply with these instructions may be subject to a fine pursuant to Article 163 of this Code.\n2. The right to check the content of the postal items seized shall be vested in a prosecutor, a judge and a court.\n\nArticle 149. Procedure for conducting a search and a seizure"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. When commencing a search and a seizure, an officer must announce a ruling or a decision regarding the search or the seizure and serve one transcript of the ruling or the decision regarding the search or the seizure on the person subject to the search. Subsequently, the officer must demand that the objects or documents listed in the ruling or the decision be surrendered or the whereabouts of the person in hiding be indicated.\n2. When conducting the search or the seizure, the officer shall have the right to open locked premises and containers if the person refuses to open them. The officer must refrain from causing unnecessary damage to locks, doors and other items.\n3. The officer shall have the right to prohibit the persons staying in the premises or place wherein the search or the seizure is being conducted, as well as the persons entering these premises or place from leaving the premises or the place, communicating with each other or with other persons before the end of the search or the seizure.\n4. The premises or the place wherein the search or the seizure is being conducted may be encircled by officers.\n5. It shall be prohibited to conduct searches or seizures at night, except in urgent cases.\n6. When conducting the search or the seizure, the officer shall have the right to seize only those objects and documents that may be relevant to the investigation. The objects and documents whose circulation is prohibited by laws must be seized regardless of their connection with the investigation.\n7. All objects and documents"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "investigation. The objects and documents whose circulation is prohibited by laws must be seized regardless of their connection with the investigation.\n7. All objects and documents seized shall be shown to participating persons and listed in a record of the search or the seizure or in an inventory attached to the record (indicating their quantity, weight, individual characteristics, wear). The objects and documents seized must be packed and sealed as appropriate at the place of the search or the seizure.\n8. When conducting the search or the seizure, the officer must take measures to prevent the disclosure of the circumstances of the private life of the person and other persons residing in those premises which transpired as a result of the search or the seizure.\n9. If there are no witnesses to the search or the seizure, an audio and video recording shall be made during the search or the seizure at the request of the persons participating therein."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "10. A record of a search or a seizure shall be drawn up. The record must indicate the objects and documents seized and provide a description of their main characteristics. If no objects or documents were seized during the search, this shall be indicated in the record. One copy of the record of the search or the seizure shall be left to the person subject to the search or the seizure.\n\nArticle 150. Conditions of conducting a search and a seizure in premises of diplomatic missions"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Searches and seizures in the premises wherein a diplomatic mission is located or members of the diplomatic mission and their families reside may be conducted only at the request or with the consent of diplomatic representatives. The consent of a diplomatic representative to a search and a seizure shall be obtained through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.\n2. When conducting searches and seizures in the premises referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, participation of a prosecutor and a representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania shall be necessary.\n\nArticle 1501 . Conditions of conducting a search and a seizure undertaken for the purpose of disclosing confidentiality of the source of information in premises and vehicles of producers and disseminators of public information, their participants and journalists \nWhen conducting searches and seizures in working, living and auxiliary premises and vehicles of producers and disseminators of public information, their participants and journalists, it shall be necessary to ensure compliance with the guarantees of protection of confidentiality of the source of information of these persons as specified in this Code and other legal acts, moreover, in all cases it shall be necessary to ensure participation of a representative authorised by the meeting of representatives of journalists\u2019 and publishers\u2019 organisations or a witness to the search or the seizure proposed by the owner or user of those premises or of the vehicle.\n\nArticle 151. Temporary restriction of the right of ownership"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. In order to secure a civil claim, possible confiscation of property or an extended confiscation of property, a suspect or a natural person(s) who, under the law, is/are materially liable for actions of the suspect and who own the property obtained or acquired by criminal means or the property to be confiscated having the characteristics indicated in Article 723 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania may be subject to temporary restriction of the right of ownership by a decision of a prosecutor. Temporary restriction of the right of ownership may be imposed in conjunction with a seizure or a search.\n2. The right of ownership of a legal person may be temporarily restricted by a decision of a prosecutor in the cases when:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) it is aimed at securing a possible confiscation of property in the cases provided for in Article 72 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania and a possible extended confiscation of property in the cases provided for in Article 723 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania;\n2) it is aimed at securing a civil claim where there is a sufficient ground for involving the legal person as a civil defendant.\n3. An inventory of the property of the person whose right of ownership is temporarily restricted shall be drawn up in the presence of the persons referred to in Article 145(4) of this Code. All property subject to the inventory must be shown to the persons participating when drawing up the inventory of the property. A record of temporary restriction of the right of ownership or an annex to this record drawn up separately, namely, the inventory of the property, shall indicate the quantity and individual characteristics of the objects subject to the inventory. It shall be prohibited to temporarily restrict the right of ownership to the objects which, in accordance with the list specified by laws of the Republic of Lithuania, are essential for a suspect or for members of his family members and his dependants.\n4. The property subject to temporary restriction of the right of ownership shall, at the discretion of a prosecutor, be transferred for safekeeping to a representative of a municipal institution or to the owner of this property or his family member, close relative or another person. They must be instructed as to liability for the"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "a municipal institution or to the owner of this property or his family member, close relative or another person. They must be instructed as to liability for the conveyance, concealment, destruction of or the damage to this property pursuant to Article 246 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania. In connection therewith, a written pledge shall be obtained from such persons. Where necessary, such property may be seized. Where the right of ownership of monetary deposits is temporarily restricted, all transactions therewith shall be terminated unless a decision on temporary restriction of the right of ownership specifies otherwise. \n5. The person whose right of ownership is temporarily restricted shall have the right to appeal against a prosecutor\u2019s decision to a pre-trial investigation judge. The pre-trial investigation judge must hear this appeal not later than within seven days from the receipt of the appeal. A ruling of the pre-trial investigation judge shall be appealed against to a higher court; a ruling issued by this court shall be final and not subject to appeal.\n6. The term of temporary restriction of the right of ownership imposed by a decision of a prosecutor may not exceed six months. This term may be extended by a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge but for no longer than six months. The ruling extending the term of temporary restriction of the right of ownership and the refusal of the pre-trial investigation judge to extend the term of temporary restriction of the right of ownership shall be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "of the pre-trial investigation judge to extend the term of temporary restriction of the right of ownership shall be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part X of this Code. Where the case is referred to court, a court before which the case is pending shall decide on the imposition of temporary restriction of the right of ownership or extension of the term thereof by issuing a ruling. The ruling of the court shall be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part X of this Code. \n7. In criminal cases concerning the less serious crimes provided for in Article 189(1) and (2) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, serious or grave crimes or in criminal cases in which a civil claim is brought for compensation for the damage caused by a criminal act or where a suspect is in hiding, the number of extensions of the term of temporary restriction of the right of ownership shall not be limited.\n8. Temporary restriction of the right of ownership shall be lifted by a decision of a prosecutor or by a court ruling where this measure becomes unnecessary.\n\nArticle 152. Decision to impose temporary restriction of the right of ownership"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) the time and place of the taking of the decision;\n2) the prosecutor who adopted the decision;\n3) the reasons for adopting the decision and the grounds for imposing temporary restriction of the right of ownership;\n4) the person whose right of ownership is to be temporarily restricted (the forename, surname, personal number and place of residence of a natural person; the name, address of the registered office and registration number of a legal person);\n5) the person to secure whose claim the right of ownership is to be temporarily restricted (the forename, surname, personal number and place of residence of a natural person; the name, address of the registered office and registration number of a legal person), where the right of ownership is temporarily restricted in order to secure a civil claim;\n6) the name of the property subject to temporary restriction of the right of ownership, the property\u2019s code (if the property is registered in a register of property), brief description, location and other property identification data;\n7) the owner/co-owners of the property subject to temporary restriction of the right of ownership (the forename, surname, personal number and place of residence of a natural person; the name, address of the registered office and registration number of a legal person);\n8) the modes of temporary restriction of the right of ownership (full or partial restriction of the right of ownership) and the scope thereof;\n9) the date of expiry"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "12) the procedure for appealing against the decision.\n2. A decision shall, without delay and not later than on the next working day, be notified in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Code to the person whose right of ownership has been temporarily restricted and to all owners/co-owners of the property subject to temporary restriction of the right of ownership. A transcript of the decision imposing temporary restriction of the right of ownership shall be served on the owner/co-owners of the property subject to temporary restriction of the right of ownership. If it is not possible to notify the decision without delay, the decision shall be deemed to have been notified upon registration thereof in the register of property seizure acts.\n3. A transcript of a decision to impose temporary restriction of the right of ownership must, without delay and not later than on the next working day, be sent to the data processor of the register of property seizure acts. \n4. If, at the time of the adoption of a decision to impose temporary restriction of the right of ownership, the composition and location of the property of the person whose right of ownership is to be temporarily restricted is unknown, it shall be possible not to indicate the specific property in this decision. In this case, the prosecutor who adopted the decision must take measures to determine the composition and location of the property of the person whose right of ownership is to temporarily restricted and, having done so, adopt an additional decision.\n5. The additional decision shall be"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "of the person whose right of ownership is to temporarily restricted and, having done so, adopt an additional decision.\n5. The additional decision shall be adopted, notified and registered in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Article.\n6. Having lifted temporary restriction of the right of ownership, a prosecutor or a court must, without delay, notify thereof the data processor of the register of property seizure acts and submit a decision or a ruling lifting the temporary restriction of the right of ownership.\n\nArticle 153. Transmission of documents on temporary restriction of the right of ownership to a court dealing with bankruptcy proceedings"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. If, in order to secure a civil claim in criminal proceedings, the right of ownership of an undertaking against which bankruptcy proceedings have been opened is temporarily restricted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 151 of this Code, all documents relating to temporary restriction of the right of ownership may be transmitted to a court dealing with the bankruptcy proceedings. The court dealing with the bankruptcy proceedings shall address all the issues relating to the restricted right of ownership.\n2. The custodian or administrator of property designated in a criminal case shall retain all the rights and duties until the temporary restriction of the right of ownership is lifted.\n\nArticle 154. Control, recording and accumulation of information transmitted by electronic communications networks"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Under a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge issued at the request of a prosecutor, a pre-trial investigation officer may wiretap personal conversations transmitted by electronic communications networks, make recordings thereof, control, record and accumulate other information transmitted by electronic communications networks where there is a ground for believing that in this manner, data could be obtained on a grave, serious or less serious crime being planned, being or having been committed or on the minor crimes provided for in Article 1521, Article 162(2), Article 170, Article 1982(1) and Article 309(2) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania or where there is a risk that a victim, a witness or other parties to proceedings or close persons thereof may be exposed to violence, coercion or other unlawful acts.\n2. A ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge or a decision of a prosecutor to wiretap personal conversations transmitted by electronic communications networks, to make recordings thereof, to control, record and accumulate other information transmitted by electronic communications networks must indicate the following:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A prosecutor who has adopted a decision and has obtained the consent of a pre-trial investigation judge shall have the right to visit any state or municipal, public or private agency, undertaking or organisation and to request to be provided with access to the required documents or other required information, to make recordings or to copy documents and information or to obtain the information in writing, if it is necessary for the investigation of a criminal act.\n2. Persons who refuse to provide the required information or documents to a prosecutor may, pursuant to Article 163 of this Code, be subject to a fine.\n3. A prosecutor may use the information obtained in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article only for the investigation of a criminal act. The prosecutor must, without delay, destroy the information that is not necessary for the investigation of the criminal act.\n4. A pre-trial investigation officer may, on a prosecutor\u2019s assignment, also access information in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Article.\n5. Laws of the Republic of Lithuania may stipulate restrictions regarding a prosecutor\u2019s right of access to information.\n\nArticle 156. Photographing, filming, measuring, taking of palm prints and a sample for genetic dactyloscopy"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A suspect by a decision of a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor and an accused person by a ruling of a court may be photographed, filmed, measured and have their palm prints and samples taken for genetic dactyloscopy, even if he objects thereto.\n2. In the event of necessity related to an investigation, the actions referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article may be performed also in respect of other persons. If such persons do not agree to undergo such actions, such actions may be enforced, but only if there is a prosecutor\u2019s decision.\n\nArticle 157. Temporary suspension from duties or temporary suspension of the right to engage in certain activities"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. During the investigation of a criminal act, a pre-trial investigation judge shall, upon receipt of a request from a prosecutor, have the right to temporarily suspend a suspect from duties or to temporarily suspend the right to engage in certain activities if this is necessary in order to investigate the criminal act more speedily and impartially or to prevent the suspect from committing new criminal acts. A ruling to temporarily suspend the suspect from duties shall be delivered to the employer of the suspect for execution.\n2. The duration of temporary suspension from duties or temporary suspension of the right to engage in certain activities may not exceed six months. Where necessary, the application of this measure may be extended for a period of up to three months. The number of extensions shall not be limited.\n3. A suspect or his defence counsel may appeal to a higher court against a ruling to temporarily suspend the suspect from duties or to temporarily suspend his right to engage in certain activities, also against a ruling to extend the term of application of this measure within seven days from the publication of the ruling. The ruling issued by this court shall be final and not subject to appeal.\n4. Where a case is referred to court, the issue of temporary suspension from duties or temporary suspension of the right to engage in certain activities shall be decided by a court before which the case is pending.\n5. A prosecutor during a pre-trial investigation, or a court upon referring a case to court, must lift temporary suspension from duties or"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "A prosecutor during a pre-trial investigation, or a court upon referring a case to court, must lift temporary suspension from duties or temporary suspension of the right to engage in certain activities in the cases when this measure becomes unnecessary.\nNote from the Register of Legal Acts. Acting pursuant to Article 26(3) of the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Constitutional Court, it is hereby announced that from the day of official publication of Ruling No KT7-N4/2016 of the Constitutional Court of 17 February 2016 on the Compliance of Article 157 (wording of 14 March 2002 as amended on 21 September 2010) of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania with the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania, the validity of Article 157 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania (wording of 14 March 2002 (Valstyb\u0117s \u017einios (Official Gazette) No 37-1341, 2002) as amended on 21 September 2010 (Valstyb\u0117s \u017einios (Official Gazette) No 113-5742), 2010)).\n\nArticle 158. Actions of pre-trial investigation officers withholding their identity"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. When investigating crimes, pre-trial investigation officers may conduct an investigation without disclosing their identity. These officers may, in accordance with the procedure laid down by Article 159 of this Code, perform the actions imitating a criminal act. If the actions performed by the pre-trial investigation officers withholding their identity may compromise the inviolability of the home, the confidentiality of correspondence or other communication transmitted by non-electronic communications networks, such actions may be performed only when investigating grave, serious and less serious crimes.\n2. The actions of pre-trial investigation officers withholding their identity shall be permitted by a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge and only in the presence of sufficient evidence of a crime of the person under investigation. The pre-trial investigation judge shall issue a ruling on covert activities upon receipt of a prosecutor\u2019s request whose content must conform to the content of a ruling referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article.\n3. A ruling permitting pre-trial investigation officers withholding their identity to perform actions must indicate:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) the persons who are going to perform the covert actions;\n2)\u00a0the person against whom the actions must be performed;\n3) data on the person\u2019s criminal act;\n4) the specific actions permitted to be performed;\n5) the result aimed at;\n6) the duration of the covert actions.\n4. In conducting an investigation in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Article, it shall be prohibited to provoke a person into committing a criminal act.\n5. While conducting an investigation in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Article, pre-trial investigation officers may not apply procedural coercive measures, unless a separate decision has been adopted, or a separate ruling has been issued, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part III of this Code, with the exception of the urgent cases provided for by this Code.\n6. In extraordinary cases, in the absence of other possibilities of identification of the persons committing crimes, an investigation may be conducted in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Article also by persons other than pre-trial investigation officers.\n7. Where necessary, the persons who conducted an investigation in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Article may be questioned as witnesses. In the presence of the grounds provided for in Section Four of Chapter XIV of this Code, such persons may be granted anonymity. \n8. As regards the fact of the actions performed, a record drawn up by a pre-trial investigation officer shall"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A prosecutor who receives from a person the information that this person is offered to commit a crime or to participate in commission thereof may refer to a pre-trial investigation judge with a request to permit that person to perform the actions imitating a criminal act for the purpose of identifying the persons committing crimes. The content of the prosecutor\u2019s request must be in conformity with the content of a ruling referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article.\n2. When issuing a permission to perform the actions imitating a criminal act, a pre-trial investigation judge must issue a ruling. The ruling must indicate the following:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) the person permitted to perform the actions imitating a criminal act;\n2)\u00a0the person against whom the actions must be performed;\n3)\u00a0data on the criminal act of the person against whom the actions must be performed;\n4) the specific actions permitted to be performed;\n5) the result aimed at;\n6) the duration of the actions.\n3. In the course of performance of the actions imitating a criminal act, it shall be prohibited to provoke persons into committing a criminal act.\n4. A person who performed the actions imitating a criminal act in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Article shall be considered to be a person who has performed a task of a law enforcement institution in compliance with Article 32 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania and may not be prosecuted for the performance of these actions.\n\nArticle 160. Covert surveillance\n1. A pre-trial investigation judge may, upon receipt of a prosecutor\u2019s request, order to conduct surveillance of a person or a vehicle or an item. A ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge, a decision of a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor to conduct surveillance of a person or a vehicle or an item must indicate:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) the person or the vehicle or the item subject to surveillance;\n2) the data substantiating the necessity of application of this measure;\n3) the duration of covert surveillance.\n2. Where a video or audio recording or filming is to be made in the course of covert surveillance, such a possibility must also be provided for in the ruling of the pre-trial investigation judge, the decision of the pre-trial investigation officer or the prosecutor.\n3. A record of covert surveillance and other documents in the file related to covert surveillance shall be drawn up in compliance with the rules specified in Article 201 of this Code. The record of covert surveillance shall contain only the data relevant to the investigation. The data not relevant to the investigation and not kept in a medium together with the data relevant to the case shall not be attached to the case file and shall be destroyed without delay by a decision of a prosecutor upon drawing up a relevant report.\n4. An officer who conducted covert surveillance may be questioned as a witness. The questioning may be conducted in compliance with the rules specified in Articles 203 and 282 of this Code, while a presentation for identification and a confrontation \u2013 in compliance with the rules specified in Article 204 of this Code.\n5. Subject to the written consent of an officer who conducted covert surveillance, a record of covert surveillance may be drawn up in accordance with the general rules for recording the course and results of the investigative actions specified in Article 179 of this Code, and the"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. In urgent cases, the procedural coercive measures provided for in Articles 154, 155, 158 and 159 of this Code may also be applied by a decision of a prosecutor and the procedural coercive measures provided for in Articles 145, 147 and 160 of this Code also by a decision of the prosecutor or a pre-trial investigation officer, but in all these cases a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge confirming the legitimacy of the application of a procedural measure must be obtained within three days from the adoption  of the decision. The ruling of the pre-trial investigation judge shall be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part X of this Code. The filing of an appeal against the ruling of the pre-trial investigation judge refusing to confirm the legitimacy of the application of the procedural coercive measure shall suspend the enforcement of this ruling.\n2. If a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge is not issued within the time limit laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article, the actions initiated by a decision of a prosecutor or a pre-trial investigation officer shall be terminated without delay. \n3. If a ruling confirming the legitimacy of the application of a procedural coercive measure is not received, the objects, valuables and documents seized during a search or a seizure shall be returned to the persons from whom they were seized and the data received by means of other procedural coercive measures shall be destroyed. This shall be done after the expiry of a time limit specified in paragraph 1 of this"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "received by means of other procedural coercive measures shall be destroyed. This shall be done after the expiry of a time limit specified in paragraph 1 of this Article or a time limit for appealing against a ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge or, when this ruling has been appealed against, upon taking a decision by a higher court. In these cases, the results of the application of procedural coercive measures may not be relied upon in further proceedings as the data evidencing the guilt of a suspect or an accused person.\n\nArticle 161. Notice to a person of measures applied against him"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A person against whom, without his knowledge, at least one of the measures provided for in this Chapter was applied must be notified thereof after the end of the application of such a measure. The person must be notified as soon as this becomes possible without prejudice to a positive outcome of the investigation.\n2. In the event of termination of criminal proceedings, all the information collected about the private life of a person must be destroyed without delay upon drawing up a relevant note. A decision on the destruction of such information shall be taken by a prosecutor after the expiry of a time limit for appealing against a procedural decision to terminate a pre-trial investigation as provided for in Article 214 of this Code or after examining appeals of parties to the proceedings regarding the termination of the pre-trial investigation.\n3. Certain information must also be destroyed in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 2 of this Article if it is decided that such information or part thereof will not be used in criminal proceedings as having no relation thereto, even though the criminal proceedings are not terminated.\n\nArticle 162. Use of information in other criminal cases\nThe information collected about the private life of a person in one criminal case using the procedural coercive measures provided for by this Code may be used during a pre-trial investigation in another criminal case only by a decision of a senior prosecutor. If the criminal case is pending before a court, a decision on the use of the information in another criminal case shall be taken by a ruling"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A witness who, without compelling reasons, fails to appear for proceedings or any person who fails to comply with lawful instructions of a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, a pre-trial investigation judge or a court issued in accordance with this Code or other laws or who interferes with the investigation and hearing of a criminal case may be subject to a fine in the amount of up to 30 minimum standards of living (MSLs) or, in the cases provided for in this Code, arrest for a period of up to one month. The fine may be imposed by the prosecutor, the pre-trial investigation judge or the court, and arrest \u2013 only by the pre-trial investigation judge or the court. A suspect or an accused person may be subject to the fine specified in this Article only for failure to appear for proceedings without compelling reasons.\n2. A prosecutor shall impose a fine by a decision of his own motion or under a motion filed by a pre-trial investigation officer. A pre-trial investigation judge or a court shall impose the fine or arrest of his/its own motion or at the request of the prosecutor.\n3. A decision of a prosecutor to impose a fine may be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 63 of this Code within ten days from the receipt of a transcript thereof.\n4. A ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge or a court hearing a case to impose a fine or arrest may be appealed against by"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "A ruling of a pre-trial investigation judge or a court hearing a case to impose a fine or arrest may be appealed against by a person subject to the fine or arrest within seven days from the receipt of a transcript of the ruling to the pre-trial investigation judge or to the court that issued the ruling requesting to revoke the imposed fine or arrest or to reduce the amount of the fine or the length of arrest. The appeal shall be heard at a court hearing if a notice thereof has been given to the person who filed the appeal. A ruling issued in respect of the appeal may be appealed against to a higher court in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part X of this Code.\n\nPART IV\nPRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION\n\nCHAPTER XIII\nGENERAL PROVISIONS ON PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION\n\nArticle 164. Entities of a pre-trial investigation"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A pre-trial investigation shall be conducted by pre-trial investigation officers. The pre-trial investigation shall be organised and directed by a prosecutor. The prosecutor may decide to conduct himself the entire pre-trial investigation or a part thereof.\n2. In the cases provided for in this Code, certain pre-trial investigation actions shall be performed by a pre-trial investigation judge.\n\nArticle 165. Pre-trial investigation bodies\n1. The police shall be a pre-trial investigation body. Pre-trial investigation bodies shall also include the State Border Guard Service, the Special Investigation Service, the Military Police, the Financial Crime Investigation Service, the Customs of the Republic of Lithuania and the Fire and Rescue Department when investigating the criminal acts detected in the course of performance by these institutions of their direct functions provided for in the laws governing their activities.\n2. A pre-trial investigation shall also be conducted by masters of seagoing vessels in respect of the criminal acts committed by the crew and passengers while on a voyage, by officers of the Prisons Department, directors of arrest houses, pre-trial detention facilities and correctional facilities or the officers authorised by them in respect of the criminal acts committed therein.\n\nArticle 166. Opening of a pre-trial investigation\n1. A pre-trial investigation shall be opened:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A pre-trial investigation shall be opened:\n1) upon receipt of a complaint, a motion or a report of a criminal act;\n2) where a prosecutor or a pre-trial investigation officer himself establishes the elements of a criminal act.\n2. In the cases specified in this Code, a pre-trial investigation shall be opened only upon receipt of a victim\u2019s complaint.\n3. Each case of opening of a pre-trial investigation shall be registered in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania.\n4. A notice of the opening of a pre-trial investigation shall be sent to the person who filed a complaint, a motion or a report.\n\nArticle 167. Opening of a pre-trial investigation solely on the basis of a complaint of a victim or a motion of his legal representative or at a prosecutor\u2019s request"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "investigation body or a person authorised by him.\n3. A transcript of a decision to refuse to open a pre-trial investigation shall be sent to the person who filed a complaint, a motion or a report. A pre-trial investigation officer must send the transcript of the decision to a prosecutor within 24 hours.\n4. In the event of refusal to open a pre-trial investigation in the cases referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, a person who filed a complaint, a motion or a report shall have the right to access all material or part thereof on the basis of which a pre-trial investigation officer or a prosecutor has adopted a decision to refuse to open the pre-trial investigation, also to make copies or extracts of this material when accessing it. A written request for accessing the material referred to in this paragraph and/or making copies or extracts of this material when accessing it shall be submitted to the head of a pre-trial investigation body/division thereof or, in the cases where the complaint, the motion or the report has been examined and a procedural decision thereon has been taken by a prosecutor, to the prosecutor. The head of the pre-trial investigation body/division thereof or the prosecutor must consider this request not later than within three days from the receipt thereof. The head of the pre-trial investigation body/division thereof or the prosecutor shall indicate the extent to which the material is to be accessed by the person who filed the complaint, the motion or the report."}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "thereof or the prosecutor shall indicate the extent to which the material is to be accessed by the person who filed the complaint, the motion or the report. When accessing the material referred to in this paragraph, the prohibitions referred to in Article 181(6) of this Code shall also apply. \n5. A decision of a pre-trial investigation officer to refuse to open a pre-trial investigation may be appealed against to a prosecutor, and a prosecutor\u2019s decision \u2013 to a pre-trial investigation judge. If the prosecutor does not revoke the decision to refuse to open the pre-trial investigation, his decision may be appealed against to the pre-trial investigation judge. A decision taken by the pre-trial investigation judge shall be appealed against in accordance with the procedure laid down in Part X of this Code. Appeals may be filed within seven days from the receipt of a transcript of a decision or a ruling. The persons authorised to file an appeal, if failing to keep to a time limit for filing an appeal for compelling reasons, shall have the right to request that the prosecutor or the pre-trial investigation judge authorised to hear the appeal to reopen the exceeded time limit. The request to reopen the mentioned time limit may not be submitted after the lapse of more than six months from the taking of the decision which has been appealed against.\n6. In the event of refusal to open a pre-trial investigation in the cases specified in paragraph 1 of this Article and having at his disposal data on an"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "In the event of refusal to open a pre-trial investigation in the cases specified in paragraph 1 of this Article and having at his disposal data on an administrative offence or an offence provided for by other legal acts, a prosecutor, a pre-trial investigation officer shall, under a decision to refuse to open the pre-trial investigation, refer a complaint, a motion or a report and an adjustment thereof for resolution in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Code of Administrative Offences of the Republic of Lithuania or other legal acts.\n7. The Permanent Chamber of the European Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office may, in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/1939, instruct a European Delegated Prosecutor to open a pre-trial investigation where the European Delegated Prosecutor has taken a decision to refuse to open a pre-trial investigation or has validated a decision adopted by a pre-trial investigation officer to refuse to open a pre-trial investigation or dismissed an appeal of a person who filed a motion or a report regarding the opening of a pre-trial investigation. \n\nArticle 169. Prosecutor\u2019s actions in opening a pre-trial investigation"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Having received a complaint, a motion or a report of a committed criminal act or having establishing the elements of the criminal act himself, a prosecutor shall open a pre-trial investigation without delay.\n2. Having opened a pre-trial investigation, a prosecutor shall perform all the required pre-trial investigation actions himself or shall assign this to a pre-trial investigation body.\n\nArticle 170. Prosecutor\u2019s powers in conducting a pre-trial investigation\n1. A prosecutor shall have the right to conduct himself the entire pre-trial investigation or individual pre-trial investigation actions.\n2. When a pre-trial investigation or individual pre-trial investigation actions are conducted by pre-trial investigation officers, a prosecutor must control the conduct of the pre-trial investigation.\n3. A prosecutor shall give mandatory instructions to pre-trial investigation officers, revoke their unlawful or unfounded decisions, assign to entities of criminal intelligence the use of the methods or means of collection of criminal intelligence information that do not restrict the individual\u2019s rights provided for in Article 44(9) of this Code.\n4. The following decisions shall be taken exclusively by a prosecutor:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) regarding joining and splitting of investigations;\n2) regarding suspension of a pre-trial investigation;\n3) regarding termination of a pre-trial investigation, except for the cases provided for in Article 214(1) of this Code;\n4) regarding reopening of a terminated pre-trial investigation;\n5) regarding conclusion of an investigation and drawing up of an indictment.\n5. When taking the decisions referred to in points 1, 3, 4 and 5 of paragraph 4 of this Article, a European Delegated Prosecutor or a European Prosecutor shall act in accordance with the rules laid down in Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 and this Code. \n6. A senior prosecutor shall establish the infringements of procedural laws committed by prosecutors, revoke their unlawful or unfounded decisions and give mandatory instructions to the prosecutors, with the exception of an instruction regarding a procedural decision to be taken.\n7. Only a prosecutor may refer to a pre-trial investigation judge for the performance of the actions falling within this judge\u2019s remit. In the cases provided for in Articles 214 and 217 of this Code, decisions of a prosecutor regarding termination of a pre-trial investigation and reopening of a terminated pre-trial investigation must be validated by the pre-trial investigation judge.\n\nArticle 1701 . Prosecutor\u2019s powers in ensuring property confiscation\nDuring proceedings, a prosecutor must take measures to find the property having the characteristics referred to in Article 72 or"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "powers in ensuring property confiscation\nDuring proceedings, a prosecutor must take measures to find the property having the characteristics referred to in Article 72 or 723 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania and to ensure its possible confiscation.\n\nArticle 171. Actions of officers of pre-trial investigation bodies in opening a pre-trial investigation"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. If a complaint, a motion or a report of a criminal act is received by a pre-trial investigation body or where the pre-trial investigation body itself establishes elements of the criminal act, an officer of the pre-trial investigation body shall open a pre-trial investigation without delay and also notify a prosecutor thereof.\n2. Having received a report from an officer of a pre-trial investigation body, a prosecutor shall decide who is to conduct an investigation. The prosecutor may decide:\n1) to conduct on his own the entire pre-trial investigation or individual actions thereof;\n2) to assign the performance of pre-trial investigation actions to the pre-trial investigation body, which shall report to the prosecutor about the opening of the pre-trial investigation;\n3) to assign the performance of pre-trial investigation actions to another pre-trial investigation body.\n3. A prosecutor shall have the right to form an investigation team from several officers of different pre-trial investigation bodies.\n\nArticle 172. Rights and duties of pre-trial investigation officers\n1. A pre-trial investigation officer shall, in the course of a pre-trial investigation, have the right to perform all actions provided for in this Code, except for those which may be performed only by a prosecutor or a pre-trial investigation judge.\n2. A pre-trial investigation officer must:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) perform the necessary procedural actions to ensure a speedy and comprehensive detection of criminal acts;\n2) comply with all instructions of a prosecutor;\n3) report to a prosecutor about the progress of a pre-trial investigation at the time set by the prosecutor.\n3. The head of a pre-trial investigation body or a division thereof shall, within his remit, organise the activities of the pre-trial investigation body or the division thereof and control the procedural activities of pre-trial investigation officers in such a manner so as to complete an investigation and to detect a criminal act within the shortest possible time.\n\nArticle 173. Powers of a pre-trial investigation judge\n1. A pre-trial investigation judge shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Code:"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) impose and authorise the application of procedural coercive measures;\n2) take the oath of and question witnesses and victims;\n3) question suspects;\n4) take decisions on termination of a pre-trial investigation in the cases provided for in Article 214(1) of this Code;\n5) validate decisions of a prosecutor to terminate a pre-trial investigation in the cases provided for in Article 214(2) of this Code;\n6) validate decisions of a prosecutor to reopen a terminated pre-trial investigation in the cases provided for in this Code;\n7) hear complaints of parties to proceedings regarding the actions of pre-trial investigation officers and a prosecutor;\n8) perform other actions provided for in this Code.\n2. A pre-trial investigation judge shall perform the actions provided for in points 1-5 of paragraph 1 of this Article upon receipt of a request from a prosecutor. The prosecutor shall submit this request of his own motion or if requested by a party to proceedings. The pre-trial investigation judge may not refuse to consider the prosecutor\u2019s request. If the pre-trial investigation judge refuses to grant the prosecutor\u2019s request, he shall issue a reasoned ruling thereon. The prosecutor may appeal against this ruling in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 65 of this Code.\n3. In addition, a pre-trial investigation judge shall perform procedural actions on the assignment of a court before which a criminal case is"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A pre-trial investigation shall be conducted by a prosecutor of the locality wherein a criminal act was committed or by an officer of a pre-trial investigation body within the territory of activities whereof the criminal act was committed.\n2. In order to ensure that a criminal act is investigated as speedily and comprehensively as possible, the investigation may be assigned to a prosecutor or a pre-trial investigation body of another locality.\n3. A prosecutor or a pre-trial investigation body of another locality shall be assigned the investigation of a criminal act by a senior prosecutor.\n\nArticle 175. Separate assignments\n1. If it is necessary to perform investigative actions in another locality, a prosecutor or an officer of a pre-trial investigation body may perform them himself or assign this task to the relevant prosecutor or pre-trial investigation body.\n2. A prosecutor shall have the right to assign the performance of investigative actions to a prosecutor of another locality or to any pre-trial investigation body.\n3. A pre-trial investigation body shall have the right to assign the performance of investigative actions only to the equivalent pre-trial investigation body of another locality. If the performance of individual actions is to be assigned to another pre-trial investigation body of another locality, the relevant request shall be submitted to a prosecutor.\n4. The assignments given in this Article must be executed within the shortest possible time limits.\n\nArticle 176. Time limits of a pre-trial investigation"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. A pre-trial investigation must be conducted within the shortest possible time limits but no longer than:\n1) in respect of a misdemeanour \u2013 within three months;\n2) in respect of minor, less serious and negligent crimes \u2013 within six months;\n3) in respect of serious and grave crimes \u2013 within nine months.\n2. Due to the complexity, large volume of a case or other relevant circumstances, the time limits provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article may be extended by a senior prosecutor\u2019s validation at the request of a prosecutor in charge of the pre-trial investigation in question. The pre-trial investigation must be a priority in the cases wherein suspects are on remand, as well as in the cases wherein suspects or victims are minors.\n3. If a pre-trial investigation lasts for an excessive period of time, a pre-trial investigation judge may, upon receipt of a complaint of a suspect or his defence counsel, take the decisions provided for in Article 215 of this Code.\n\nArticle 177. Prohibition of publication of pre-trial investigation data"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1. Pre-trial investigation data may not be published. These data may be published prior to hearing of a case in court solely with the permission of a prosecutor and to the extent recognised as permissible. Publication of data on the suspects and victims who are minors shall be prohibited.\n2. Where necessary, a prosecutor or a pre-trial investigation officer shall warn parties to proceedings or other persons being witnesses to ongoing pre-trial investigation actions of the prohibition to publish pre-trial investigation data without the prosecutor\u2019s permission. In such cases, a person shall, against signature, be warned of liability pursuant to Article 247 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania.\n\nCHAPTER XIV\nPRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION ACTIONS\n\nSECTION ONE\nGENERAL PROVISIONS ON PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION ACTIONS\n\nArticle 178. Actions performed by prosecutors and pre-trial investigation officers"}


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{"source": "/kaggle/working/extracted_files/LR_Criminal_Procedure_code_2022.txt", "chroma:document": "1) to perform the requested actions himself;\n2) to place a pre-trial investigation body under the obligation to perform the requested actions;\n3) to refuse to perform the requested actions.\n3. When deciding to refuse to perform the requested actions, a prosecutor must draw up a decision. The person who submitted the request shall have the right to appeal against this decision to a pre-trial investigation judge within seven days from the receipt thereof. The pre-trial investigation judge must hear the appeal not later than within seven days from the receipt thereof. The judge\u2019s decision shall be final. If the judge decides that the actions as requested by a suspect, his defence counsel or a victim must be performed, the prosecutor must, within the shortest possible time, perform them or place a pre-trial investigation body under the obligation to do so.\n4. If a suspect, his defence counsel, a victim, a civil claimant, a civil defendant and their representatives request to perform an action that may only be performed by a pre-trial investigation judge, the pre-trial investigation judge may, upon examining an appeal regarding a prosecutor\u2019s refusal to refer to the judge regarding this action, assign to the prosecutor the organisation of the performance of such an action.\n5. A suspect, his defence counsel, a victim, a civil claimant, a civil defendant and their representatives shall have the right to participate in the investigative actions performed at their request, to pose questions during a"}


