REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW On the Contracts and Property Unlawfully Possessed by the USSR Military Units and other Milita

REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW On the Contracts and Property Unlawfully Possessed by the USSR Military Units and other Military Structures on the Territory of the Republic of Lithuania Article

1. All the resolutions, decrees, directives of the USSR, the Lithuanian SSR, Lithuanian SSR local state power and government bodies as well as contracts forced upon the Republic of Lithuania and binding on the State of Lithuania, on the transference or assignment of property - land, forests, water bodies, buildings, structures, and plants, together with their equipment and stock, which used to be possessed by legal and natural persons by the right of ownership on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania, are null and void, and invalid from the day of their enactment. They do not impose any liabilities upon the Republic of Lithuania, its state power and government establishments, other legal and natural persons. Article
2. All buildings, structures, establishments together with their equipment and stock as well as other property of the USSR military units, military enterprises or the property acquired or created on the territory of the Republic of Lithuania by other USSR organisations and structures related with the existence or servicing of military enterprises, shall become the property of the Republic of Lithuania. Article
3. Former contracts on sale, lease, or transference of property specified in Articles 1 and 2 hereof, to legal or natural persons, with the exception of contracts under which the Republic of Lithuania - its enterprises, organisations or governmental institutions -acquire the property, as well as agreements or decrees on the participation of the USSR military units, military enterprises, or other USSR organisations or other structures related with their existence or servicing, in economic or commercial associations, on the establishment of joint ventures, as well as other agreements or decrees changing property relations or violating property rights of the Republic of Lithuania, shall be invalid from the moment of their conclusion or enactment. Article
4. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania, its central and local institutions of state power and government, as well as enterprises, institutions or organisations shall be prohibited to conclude any contracts or to otherwise assume obligations regarding sale, lease or transference of land, forests, water bodies, buildings, structures or other establishments owned by the Republic of Lithuania, to the USSR military units or the USSR organisations or other structures related with their existence or servicing. Provided such contracts are concluded, they shall be held invalid from the moment of their conclusion. Article
5. All obligations regarding the fulfillment of the requirements of the USSR military units and the USSR organisations or other structures related with their existence and servicing, imposed upon the Republic of Lithuania by force, shall be held void and null and having no legal force. Rendering of services for the USSR military units and the USSR organisations and other structures related with their existence, as well as the compensation for damages which has been inflicted or continue to be inflicted to the legitimate owner, cannot serve as a legal presumption for justifying the temporary existence of these structures and the management of property specified in Articles 1 and 2 in Lithuania. Damage, which has been inflicted or continues to be inflicted by the USSR military units, military enterprises and other USSR military structures by unlawful management and use of the property possessed by the right of ownership by legal or natural persons of the Republic of Lithuania, or by their engagement in economic activities as well as incurred losses or unreceived profit shall be assessed in the manner established by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania and by experts' calculations. Article
6. The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall start immediately the implementation of this law by establishing the procedure for the taking over of the property and shall carry out the taking over of the said property. The Government shall restore and safeguard the property interests of the Republic of Lithuania and of its legal and natural persons, shall solve the issues relative to the disposal and use of the said property. On the decision of the Government, the property specified in Articles 1 and 2 may be used for the establishment of all types of enterprises set forth in the laws of the Republic of Lithuania. It may be transferred into the possession of public or private enterprises; investments may be used in the established manner and as necessary, the type of an enterprise which has been taken over shall not be changed. The housing fund belonging to the USSR military units, military enterprises, organisations and other structures shall be at the disposal of and shall be privatized by the local governments of towns and districts according to the procedure provided for in the laws of the Republic of Lithuania. Article
7. For the hampering the taking over of the property specified in Articles 1 and 2 hereof, its destruction, taking away, illegal transference, ruining, or any other damage, officers of the USSR military units, enterprises, organisations or other structures, as well as other persons shall be subject to liability under the laws of the Republic of Lithuania. Article
8. This law shall come into force from the moment of its enactment. Vytautas Landsbergis President Supreme Council Republic of Lithuania Vilnius 28 November 1991 No. I-2051