REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON THE POPULATION REGISTER Article 1. Objectives of the Law This Law shall regulate: the establishment of a Population Register of the Republic of Lithuania, the registration and liquidation of the Register, the background information presented for registration and the procedures for their utilization, and the rights and liabilities of persons who provide and use the information. Article 2. Population Register of the Republic of Lithuania The Population Register shall consist of the individual records of all Lithuanian citizens, and of foreign nationals and stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of Lithuania. These records shall be kept in the data bank in accordance with a uniform system of indices. The purpose of the Population Register is to collect and compile information concerning the distribution and composition of the population, the scope and direction of migration, labor resources, their utilization, and other social information, as well as to constantly update, process, and provide this to the institutions of State authority and government of the Republic of Lithuania, and to other legal and natural persons in the manner prescribed by law. The Population Register of the Republic of Lithuania shall be comprised of the central population register and local population registers. The latter shall be subdivisions of the central population register. The Population Register shall provide the opportunity to obtain information concerning the population according to every numerical equivalent of personal data and combinations thereof. Article 3. The Founding and Supervision of the Population Register The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall be the founder of the Population Register. The regulations of the Population Register shall be approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania in pursuance of this Law. The Population Register shall be supervised by the Department of Statistics under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. The Department shall methodize the regulation of the Register in the Republic of Lithuania and in its administrative territorial divisions, as well as the collection of data for the Register. Article 4. Data Compiled in the Population Register Each resident (person) must register the following data in the register: 1. Personal Identification Number: 1) identification number; 2) name; 3) surname; 4) personal identification number of his or her father; 5) personal identification number of his or her mother; 6) personal identification number of his or her spouse; 7) personal identification number(
- s)of his or her child (children); 8) family size; place of Residence: 1) former place(
- s)of residence; 2) current place of residence; 3) city, city district office, street, house number, flat number; 4) district; 5) rural district; 6) village; 7) date of arrival; 8) date of departure; 9) place of departure; 3. Citizenship, Native Language, Passport, Military Service: 1) citizenship; 2) date of granting (or loss) of citizenship; 3) native language; 4) passport series and number; 5) place of issue; 6) date of issue; 7) conscript; 4. Demographic Data: 1) sex; 2) place of birth; 3) date of birth; 4) marital status; 5) date of death; 6) cause of death; 5. Occupation: 1) employment (trade); 2) profession or post; 3) date of employment; 4) date of discharge from work (registration at labour exchange); 6. Education: 1) educational institution; 2) date of entry; 3) date of graduation; 7. Training, Profession: 1) training; 2) profession; 8. Information Concerning Pension: 1) type of pension; 2) date of assignment (or loss) of pension. Information which is not specified in part 1 of this article shall not be recorded in the Register. The data bank of the Population Register may be used without charge by other state data banks concerning: education, health, employment, social security, passports, municipal economy, and taxes. Article 5. Data Required in the Population Register Individual data shall be recorded in the Population Register only on the basis of the documents presented. Data for the Population Register shall be presented by: 1) passport agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs - if the data concerns personal identity, citizenship, passport, or place of residence; 2) the Ministry of National Defence - if the data concerns military conscription; 3) civil registration agencies - if the data concerns birth, death, marriage, or divorce; 4) employers, state data banks, and other institutions supervising the registration of the population - if the data concerns employment, education, or profession; 5) institutions of secondary, professional and higher education - if the data concerns education, training, or the acquired profession; 6) social welfare institutions, social security institutions, and other institutions responsible for the granting of pensions - if the data concerns pensions. Emigration and immigration agencies shall furnish all the data concerning emigrants and immigrants. The data specified above shall be furnished in accordance with the regulations of the Population Register. Officials who present erroneous data, who do not present the required data on time, or who fail to present the required data at all, shall be held responsible in accordance with the procedure established by the laws of the Republic of Lithuania. Article 6. Personal Identification Number The personal identification number shall be an individual sequence of decimal numbers assigned to a person by the agency of Population Registration. The personal identification number shall be used for personal identification, and for establishing interrelations between separate data banks. The structure of the personal identification number shall be as follows: the first number shall represent the person's sex and century of birth, the second and the third numbers shall represent the last two numbers of the year of birth, the fourth and the fifth numbers shall represent the month of birth, the sixth and the seventh numbers shall represent the day of birth, the eighth, the ninth, and the tenth numbers shall represent the sequence of registration of persons born on the same day, the eleventh number shall represent the control number of the ten preceding numbers. The personal identification number shall be recorded in the passport, birth certificate, state social security certificate, driver's licence, and other personal documents. Article 7. Utilization of the Data Recorded in the Population Register A council shall be formed to manage issues concerning the preparation of data to be recorded in the Population Register, its utilization, and its protection. The formation of the council, as well as its regulations, shall be approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. The utilization of data recorded in the Population Register shall be as follows: 1) data presented in summary reports may be used by all legal and natural persons of the Republic of Lithuania; 2) data collected in the lists of voters, preschool and school children, military conscripts or alternative service conscripts, specialists, and unemployed persons may be used by State government institutions and local government institutions (if the data concerns residents of their respective territories); 3) upon purposive requisition, lists shall be presented in accordance with the type of activities of the agencies in question, and shall only be provided upon written decision of an appropriate body of power; 4) each resident of the Republic of Lithuania shall have the right to utilize personal data which concerns him or her. Article 8. The Powers of the Supervisors of the Population Register If erroneous data was recorded in the Population Register, the Department of Statistics must correct the entry on the basis of the applicant's documents. The Department of Statistics shall be prohibited from correcting entries (data) in the presented documents, and from requiring the bearer to do the same. Employees of the Population Register agency must sign a pledge promising not to violate the requirements under this Law. Employees of the Population Register agency who violate the requirements shall be held responsible under the laws of the Republic of Lithuania. Article 9. The Rights of Residents of the Republic of Lithuania in the Utilization of Population Register Data Residents of the Republic of Lithuania shall have the right to obtain a certificate containing their personal data. The certificate shall be legally valid. Upon presention of identification documents, citizens of the Republic of Lithuania, as well as foreign nationals and stateless persons who are permanently residing in the Republic of Lithuania, shall have the right to check their personal data in the Population Register, and, upon finding errors, to request their correction. Disputes concerning the canceling or altering of the data of the Population Register shall be resolved in court. Article 10. Publication of Data in the Population Register Population data recorded in the Register may be published only in summary reports. Article 11. Financing of the Population Register Resources from the State budget of Lithuania shall be used for the founding and supervision of the Register. The Department of Statistics, which is responsible for the supervision of the Population Register, may accumulate resources by providing data for a set cost in the manner established by this Law. Article 12. Liquidation of the Register The Population Register shall be liquidated in accordance with the resolution of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania. Bronislovas Kuzmickas Vice President Supreme Council Republic of Lithuania Vilnius January 23, 1992 No. I-2237