Article 97Previous Conviction
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1.The persons convicted of commission of a crime in respect of whom a judgement of conviction passed by a court of the Republic of Lithuania has become effective shall be considered as persons having previous conviction. The court shall take previous conviction into consideration when imposing a penalty for the commission of a new criminal act, deciding the issue of the offender’s release from a penalty or criminal liability, release on parole or replacement of a penalty with a more lenient one, also when identifying the person as a repeat offender.
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2.Previous conviction may be a basis for restricting only those rights and freedoms of citizens whose restriction is provided for by laws of the Republic of Lithuania.
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3.The following persons shall be considered as having previous conviction:
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1)the persons given a suspended sentence – during the period of suspension of the sentence;
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2)the persons convicted of negligent crimes – during the period of serving the sentence;
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3)the persons convicted of premeditated crimes who have actually served the imposed sentence – during the period of serving the sentence and during the following period commencing after they have served the sentence or have been released from serving the sentence:
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a)for three years if convicted of a minor or less serious crime;
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b)for five years if convicted of a serious crime;
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c)for eight years if convicted of a grave crime;
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d)for ten years if they are dangerous repeat offenders.
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4.The terms of validity of previous conviction following serving of the sentence or release from serving the sentence in respect of the minors convicted of the crimes provided for in subparagraph 3 of paragraph 3 of this Article shall be reduced by half.
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5.The terms stipulated in subparagraph 3 of paragraph 3 and in paragraph 4 of this Article shall be calculated from fully serving of the imposed sentence or release from serving the sentence.
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6.Upon the expiry of the time limits laid down in this Article, previous conviction shall expire and the persons shall be considered as having no criminal record.
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7.After the lapse of a least one half of the term of conviction, a court may, at the request of the convicted person, reduce the term of conviction or expunge the conviction.
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8.Where a person who has a previous conviction commits a new crime or misdemeanour, calculation of the term until the expiry of previous conviction shall cease. In such a case, calculation of the term until the expiry of the conviction for the previous criminal act shall commence from the serving of the penalty for the new crime or misdemeanour. The person shall be considered as having previous conviction for each criminal act until the expiry of conviction for the most serious of the acts.
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Chapter XIV
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COMPULSORY medical TREATMENT
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Article 98Compulsory Medical Treatment
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1.The persons who are recognised by a court as being legally incapacitated or of diminished capacity as well as the persons who, after committing a criminal act or having been imposed a penalty, start to suffer from a mental disorder rendering them incapable of understanding the nature of their actions or controlling them may be subjected by the court to the following compulsory medical treatment measures:
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1)out-patient observation under the conditions of primary mental health care;
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2)in-patient observation under the conditions of a general observation at specialised mental health care establishments;
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3)in-patient observation under the conditions of an enhanced observation at specialised mental health care establishments;
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4)in-patient observation under the conditions of a strict observation at specialised mental health care establishments.
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2.A court shall commit a person to an out-patient observation where it is not necessary to subject the person to observation and in-patient treatment due to the dangerousness of the committed act and his mental state or where this person may continue out-patient treatment after his mental state improves following in-patient treatment.
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3.A court shall impose an in-patient observation under the conditions of a general observation to a person who needs to be under observation and undergo treatment at a specialised in-patient treatment establishment due to his mental disorder.
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4.A court shall impose an in-patient observation under the conditions of an enhanced observation to a person who needs to be under observation and undergo treatment at a specialised in-patient treatment establishment due to the dangerousness of the committed act and his mental disorder.
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5.A court shall impose an in-patient observation under the conditions of a strict observation to a person who has committed an attempt against a person’s life or health, is particularly dangerous to surrounding people due to his mental disorder and needs to be under observation and undergo treatment at a specialised in-patient treatment establishment.
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6.A court shall not fix any period of time for compulsory medical treatment. It shall be applied until the person is cured or his mental state improves and he no longer represents a danger. At least once every six months, a court must make a determination on the basis of the findings of a health care establishment as regards extension of compulsory medical treatment, change of type thereof or discontinuation thereof.
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7.Where there is no necessity to subject a person to compulsory medical treatment, also where a court cancels application thereof, the person may be transferred by the court into the custody or guardianship of his relatives or other persons and may concurrently be subjected to medical observation.
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SPECIAL PART
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CHAPTER XV
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CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY AND WAR CRIMES
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Article 99Genocide
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A person who, seeking to physically destroy, in whole or in part, the persons belonging to any national, ethnic, racial, religious, social or political group, organises, is in charge of or participates in their killing, torturing, causing bodily harm to them, hindering their mental development, their deportation or otherwise inflicting on them the conditions of life bringing about the death of all or a part of them, restricts the birth of the persons belonging to those groups or forcibly transfers their children to other groups shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five up to twenty years or by life imprisonment.
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Article 100Treatment of Persons Prohibited under International Law
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A person who intentionally, by carrying out or supporting the policy of the State or an organisation, attacks civilians on a large scale or in a systematic way and commits their killing or causes a severe impairment to their health; inflicts on them such conditions of life as bring about their death; engages in trafficking in human beings; commits deportation of the population; tortures, rapes, involves in sexual slavery, forces to engage in prostitution, forcibly inseminates or sterilises; persecutes any group or community of persons for political, racial, national, ethnic, cultural, religious, sexual or other reasons prohibited under international law; detains, arrests or otherwise deprives them of liberty, where such a deprivation of liberty is not recognised, or fails to report the fate or whereabouts of the persons; carries out the policy of apartheid shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five up to twenty years or by life imprisonment.
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Article 101Killing of Persons Protected under International Law
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Any person who, in violation of norms of international humanitarian law in time of war or during an international armed conflict, occupation or annexation, orders to kill or kills: the persons who had surrendered by laying down their arms or not having any means of resistance; the wounded, the sick or seamen of a sinking war ship; prisoners of war; the civilians present in an occupied, annexed or captured territory or in the territory of hostilities or other persons under international protection in time of war shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of ten up to twenty years or by life imprisonment.
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Article 102Deportation of Civilians of an Occupied State or Transfer of the Civilian Population of an Occupying State
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A person who, in time of war or during an international armed conflict or under the conditions of occupation or annexation, orders to deport or carries out deportation of the civilian population from an occupied or annexed territory to the territory of an occupying or annexing country or of a third country; orders to transfer or transfers the civilian population of the occupying state to the territory of the occupied country shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to fifteen years.
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Article 103Causing Bodily Harm to, Torture or Other Inhuman Treatment of Persons Protected under International Humanitarian Law
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A person who, in time of war or during an armed international conflict or under the conditions of occupation or annexation and in violation of norms of international humanitarian law, inflicts a serious bodily harm to or an illness upon or tortures the wounded, the sick, seamen of a sinking warship, prisoners of war, civilians or other persons protected under international humanitarian law, conducts a biological or medical experiment with them, unlawfully takes their organ or tissue for transplanting purposes, unlawfully takes their blood or subjects them to other inhuman treatment, imposes upon them criminal penalties without a judgement of an independent and impartial court or without guarantees of defence in court or commits an outrage on the remains of the fallen; shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to twelve years.
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Article 104Violation of Norms of International Humanitarian Law Concerning Protection of Civilians and Their Property in Time of War
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A person who, in time of war or during an armed international conflict or under the conditions of occupation or annexation and in violation of norms of international humanitarian law, drives out the civilian population from their homes or resettles them or forces them to change their religion; rapes women, involves them in sexual slavery or forces them to engage in prostitution; forcibly sterilises or inseminates them; utilises means of intimidation or terror; takes hostages; applies collective punishment; confines in a concentration camp; separates children from their parents or guardians; threatens death by starvation; imposes criminal penalties without a judgement of an independent and impartial court or without guarantees of defence in court; confiscates their property or conducts mass expropriation thereof for purposes other than military necessity; imposes unjustifiably large contributions and requisitions shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to fifteen years.
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Article 105Forcible Use of Civilians or Prisoners of War in the Armed Forces of the Enemy
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1.A person who, in time of war, during an armed international conflict, occupation or annexation and in violation of international humanitarian law, forces civilians or prisoners of war to serve in the armed forces of their enemy, uses them as a human shield in a military operation, conscripts or recruits children under the age of 18 years into the armed forces or uses them in a military operation shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of three up to ten years.
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2.A person who conscripts or recruits children under the age of 18 years into military service in the military groups not belonging to the armed forces of the State or uses them in a military operation shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to twelve years.
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Article 106Destruction of Protected Objects or Plunder of National Valuable Properties
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A person who issues an order not justifiable by military necessity to destroy or destroys the historic monuments, objects of culture, art, education, upbringing, science or religion protected by treaties or national legal acts, plundered national valuable properties in an occupied or annexed territory and causes extensive damage shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to twelve years.
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Article 107Delay in Repatriation of Prisoners of War
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A person who, after the signing of a peace treaty or cessation of hostilities, unjustifiably delays the release or repatriation of prisoners of war shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to three years or a fine.
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Article 108Delay in Release of Interned Civilians or Impeding Repatriation of Other Civilians
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A person who, after cessation of hostilities, unjustifiably delays the release of interned civilians or does not permit other civilians to repatriate to their Homeland from the territory of an armed conflict, where they so wish shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to three years or a fine.
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Article 109
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Unlawful Use of the Emblem of the Red Cross, Red Crescent, Red Crystal and the United Nations Organization or Another Universally Recognised Emblem (Sign) or Designation A person who unlawfully uses the emblem of the Red Cross, Red Crescent, Red Crystal, the United Nations Organization or another universally recognised emblem (sign) or designation during an international or other than international armed conflict shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to three years or a fine.
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Article 110Aggression
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Any person who causes an aggression against another state or is in command thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of ten up to twenty years or by life imprisonment.
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Article 111Prohibited Military Attack
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1.A person who orders to carry out or carries out a military attack prohibited under international humanitarian law against civilians, medical or civil defence personnel, a military or civilian hospital, a first-aid post, a vehicle carrying wounded or sick persons, the personnel of the International Red Cross Committee or a National Red Cross or Red Crescent Society, a military attack against an undefended settlement or a demilitarised zone, a military attack without selecting a specific target and being aware that it could result in civilian casualties or destruction of a civilian object, or a military attack against the combatants who had clearly withdrawn from the battle and had given up resistance shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of five up to fifteen years.
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2.A person who orders to carry out or carries out a military attack contravening international humanitarian law against a target posing a considerable danger to the environment and people, such as a nuclear plant, a dam, a facility for the storage of toxic substances or another object, while being aware that it could cause grave consequences, or a military attack using weapons of mass destruction shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of ten up to twenty years or by life imprisonment.
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Article 112Use of Prohibited Means of Warfare
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A person who, in violation of treaties to which the Republic of Lithuania is party or universally accepted international practices regarding means of warfare or methods of warfare, orders the use of or uses in hostilities prohibited means of warfare or methods of warfare shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to ten years.
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Article 113Marauding
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A person who orders the plundering of or plunders property on the battlefield from the fallen or the wounded shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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CHAPTER XVI
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CRIMES AGAINST THE INDEPENDENCE, TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY AND CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER OF THE STATE OF LITHUANIA
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Article 114Coup d’Etat
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1.A person who organises or participates in a conspiracy to carry out a coup d’etat, or participates in a coup d'etat shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of four up to twenty years.
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2.A person who, in the course of committing an act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, uses armed force or where his act causes serious consequences shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of ten up to twenty years or by life imprisonment.
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3.A person who participates in a coup d’etat provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be released from criminal liability where he voluntarily provides to a state institution a significant information about the coup d’etat being prepared.
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Article 115Attempt on the Life of the President of the Republic of Lithuania
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A person who makes an attempt on the life of the President of the Republic of Lithuania shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of ten up to twenty years or by life imprisonment.
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Article 116Attempt on the Life of a Representative of Another State or International Public Organisation
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A person who makes an attempt on the life of a representative of another state or international public organisation officially present in the Republic of Lithuania shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of ten up to twenty years or by life imprisonment.
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Article 117Treason
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A citizen of the Republic of Lithuania who, in time of war or following declaration of a state of war, allies with the enemy or assists the enemy in carrying out activities against the State of Lithuania shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to fifteen years.
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Article 118Assistance to Another State in Carrying out Activities Hostile to the Republic of Lithuania
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A person who assists another state or organisation thereof in carrying out activities hostile to the Republic of Lithuania – its constitutional order, sovereignty, territorial integrity, defence or economic power shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years.
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Article 119Espionage
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1.A person who, for the purpose of communicating it to a foreign state or organisation thereof, seizes, purchases or otherwise collects the information constituting a state secret of the Republic of Lithuania or communicates this information to a foreign state, organisation thereof or their representative shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two up to ten years.
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2.A person who, in performing an assignment of another state or organisation thereof, seizes, purchases or otherwise collects or communicates the information constituting a state secret of the Republic of Lithuania or another information of interest to the intelligence of a foreign state shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of three up to fifteen years.
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Article 120Collaboration
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A citizen of the Republic of' Lithuania who, under the conditions of occupation or annexation, aids bodies of the illegitimate government to consolidate the occupation or annexation, suppress the resistance of the Lithuanian population or otherwise assists the illegitimate government in carrying out activities against the Republic of Lithuania shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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Article 121Creation of Anti-constitutional Groups or Organisations and Participation in Activities Thereof
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A person who creates organisations or armed groups with the aim of unlawfully altering the constitutional system of the State of Lithuania, making an attempt against its independence, infringing upon territorial integrity or who participates in the activities of such organisations or groups shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to ten years.
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Article 122Public Incitement to Infringe upon the Sovereignty of the Republic of Lithuania by Using Violence
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A person who publicly incites infringement upon the sovereignty of the Republic of Lithuania by using violence – altering of its constitutional order, overthrowing of the legitimate government, making an attempt against its independence or infringement upon territorial integrity, formation of armed groups for these purposes or commission of other crimes provided for in this Chapter and having the aim of threatening the State of Lithuania shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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Article 123Abuse of Authority
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A person who, while authorised to represent the Republic of Lithuania in relations with another state or an organisation of another state or an international public organisation, abuses his authority or deliberately fails to perform his duties or performs them inappropriately and thus commits an act contravening the interests of the Republic of Lithuania, which incurs or could have incurred major damage, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
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Article 123(1). Violation of International Sanctions 1. A person who violates the international sanctions implemented in the Republic of Lithuania and thus causes major damage to interests of the Republic of Lithuania shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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Article 124Unlawful Possession of the Information Constituting a State Secret
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A person who unlawfully acquires or conveys the information constituting a state secret of the Republic of Lithuania or unlawfully holds in possession the material items whose content or information thereon constitutes a state secret of the Republic of Lithuania, in the absence of characteristics of espionage, shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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Article 125Disclosure of a State Secret
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1.A person who discloses the information constituting a state secret of the Republic of Lithuania, where this information was entrusted to him or he gained access thereto through his service, work or in the course of performance of public functions, but in the absence of characteristics of espionage, shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.The act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be a crime also where it has been committed through negligence.
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Article 126Loss of a State Secret
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1.A person who destroys, damages or loses a document, article or another material item entrusted to him through his service, work or in the course of performance of public functions whose content or information thereon constitutes a state secret of the Republic of Lithuania shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.The act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be a crime also where it has been committed through negligence.
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Article 127Desecration of State Symbols
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A person who publicly tears down, tatters, breaks, destroys, soils or otherwise desecrates the state flag or state emblem of the Republic of Lithuania or publicly ridicules the national anthem of Lithuania shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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Article 128Desecration of Symbols of a Foreign State, the European Union or an International Public Organisation
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A person who tears down, tatters, breaks, destroys, soils or otherwise desecrates an officially displayed state emblem or flag of a foreign state, the flag of the European Union or an international public organisation shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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CHAPTER XVII
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CRIMES AGAINST HUMAN LIFE
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Article 129Murder
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1.A person who murders another person shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of seven up to fifteen years.
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2.A person who murders
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1)a young child;
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2)a person in a helpless state;
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3)his close relative or family member;
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4)a pregnant woman;
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5)two or more persons;
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6)by torturing or in another particularly cruel manner;
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7)in a manner endangering other persons’ lives;
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8)by reason of disorderly conduct;
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9)for mercenary reasons;
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10)by reason of performance of official or citizen’s duties by the victim;
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11)in order to conceal another crime;
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12)in order to acquire the victim’s organ, tissue or cells shall be punished by imprisonment for a period of eight up to twenty years or by life imprisonment.
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Article 130Murder in a State of Passion
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A person who murders a person in a state of sudden passion due to the victim’s conduct which is unlawful or particularly offensive in respect of him or a person close tom him shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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Article 131Infanticide
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A mother who kills her new-born child in a state resulting after giving birth to the child shall be punished by arrest or imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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Article 132Negligent Homicide
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1.A person who commits a homicide through negligence shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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2.A person who commits a homicide of two or more through negligence shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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3.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article in violation of the special conduct security rules as specified by legal acts shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
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4.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 3 of this Article.
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Article 133Abetting a Suicide or Procuring a Suicide
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A person who abets a person to commit a suicide or procures the person’s suicide by a cruel or deceitful conduct shall be punished by a restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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Article 134Aiding a Suicide
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A person who, at the request of a terminally ill person, aids his suicide shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by community service or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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Chapter XVIII
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CRIMES AGAINST HUMAN HEALTH
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Article 135Severe Health Impairment
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1.A person who causes bodily harm or an illness to a person resulting in the victim’s loss of eyesight, hearing, ability to speak, ability to reproduce, pregnancy or other serious mutilation, contracting of a terminal illness or a long-lasting illness posing a threat to his life or seriously affecting his mental health or in the loss of a considerable part of professional or general capacity for work or in a permanent disfigurement of the victim’s body shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to ten years.
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2.A person who causes a serious bodily injury or illness
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1)to a young child;
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2)to a person in a helpless state;
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3)to his close relative or family member;
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4)to a pregnant woman;
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5)to two or more persons;
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6)by torturing or in another particularly cruel manner;
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7)in a manner endangering other persons’ lives;
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8)by reason of disorderly conduct;
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9)for mercenary reasons;
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10)by reason of performance of official or citizen’s duties by the victim;
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11)in order to conceal another crime;
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12)in order to acquire the victim’s organ, tissue or cells shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two up to twelve years.
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Article 136Severe Health Impairment Caused in a State of Passion
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A person who causes a serious bodily harm to a person in a state of sudden passion due to the victim’s conduct which is unlawful or particularly offensive in respect of him or a person close to him shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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Article 137Severe Health Impairment Caused Through Negligence
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1.A person who causes a serious bodily harm or illness to a person through negligence shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who causes a serious bodily harm or illness to two or more persons through negligence shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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3.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 or 2 of this Article in violation of the special conduct security rules as specified by legal acts shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years.
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4.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 3 of this Article.
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Article 138Non-Severe Health Impairment
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1.A person who causes bodily harm or an illness to a person resulting in the victim’s loss of a small part of his professional or general capacity for work or in a long-lasting illness, but without developing the after-effects indicated in paragraph 1 of Article 135 of this Code shall be punished by a restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who causes a bodily harm or illness which is not serious
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1)to a young child;
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2)to a person in a helpless state;
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3)to his close relative or family member;
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4)to a pregnant woman;
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5)to two or more persons;
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6)by torturing or in another particularly cruel manner;
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7)in a manner endangering other persons’ lives;
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8)by reason of disorderly conduct;
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9)for mercenary reasons;
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10)by reason of performance of official or citizen’s duties by the victim;
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11)in order to conceal another crime;
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12)in order to acquire the victim’s organ, tissue or cells shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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Article 139Non-Severe Health Impairment Through Negligence
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1.A person who causes bodily harm or an illness to a person through negligence resulting in the victim’s loss of a small part of his professional or general capacity for work or in a long-lasting illness, but without developing the after-effects indicated in paragraph 1 of Article 135 of this Code shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to one year.
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2.A person who causes a bodily harm or illness which is not serious to two or more persons through negligence shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to one years.
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3.A person shall be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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Article 140Causing Physical Pain or a Negligible Health Impairment
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1.A person who, by beating or other violent actions, causes to a person physical pain or a negligible bodily harm or a short-term illness shall be punished by community service or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to one year.
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2.A person who commits the act indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of a young child or by torturing the victim shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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3.A person shall be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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Article 141Interpretation of Concepts
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Characteristics of the cases of health impairment provided for in Articles 135, 138 and 140 of this Chapter shall be defined by the rules for determining the extent of health impairment as approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania or an institution authorised by it.
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CHAPTER XIX
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CRIMES ENDANGERING HUMAN HEALTH AND LIFE
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Article 142Illegal Abortion
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1.A doctor who has the right to perform abortions and performs an abortion at the request of a patient, in the presence of contraindications or in the event of performing it not at a health care establishment shall be punished by community service or by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by restriction of liberty or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A health care specialist who does not have the right to perform abortions and performs an abortion at a health care establishment at the request of a patient shall be punished by community service or by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by restriction of liberty or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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3.A person who does not have the right to perform abortions and terminates pregnancy at the request of a pregnant woman shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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Article 143Compelling a Woman to Have an Illegal Abortion
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A person who compels a pregnant woman to have an illegal abortion by exerting a mental coercion on the victim or persons close to her shall be punished by a restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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Article 144Leaving a Person in a Life-Threatening Situation Without Providing Assistance
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A person who, having raised a threat or while having the duty to take care of the victim, fails to provide assistance to him in a situation posing a threat to this person’s life, although he was in a position to provide him with assistance shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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Article 145Threatening to Murder or Cause a Severe Health Impairment to a Person or Terrorisation of a Person
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1.A person who threatens to murder a person or cause a severe health impairment to him, where there is a sufficient basis for believing that the threat may be fulfilled shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.Any person who terrorises a person by threatening to blow him up, to set him on fire or to commit another act dangerous to his life, health or property or who systematically intimidates the person by using mental coercion shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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3.A person shall be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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4.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Chapter XX
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CRIMES AGAINST HUMAN LIBERTY
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Article 146Unlawful Deprivation of Liberty
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1.A person who unlawfully deprives a person of his liberty, in the absence of characteristics of hostage taking, shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article by using violence or posing a threat to the victim’s life or health or by holding the victim in captivity for a period exceeding 48 hours shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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3.A person who unlawfully deprives a person of his liberty by committing him to a psychiatric hospital for reasons other than an illness shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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Article 147Trafficking in Human Beings
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1.A person who sells, purchases or otherwise conveys or acquires a person or recruits, transports or holds in captivity a person by using physical violence or threats or by otherwise depriving him of a possibility of resistance or by taking advantage of the victim’s dependence or vulnerability or by resorting to deceit or by paying or granting other material benefit to a person who actually has the victim under his control, where the offender is aware of or seeks involvement of the victim in prostitution or gaining profit from this person’s prostitution or using him for pornography purposes or forced labour shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two up to ten years.
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2.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of two or more victims or by participating in an organised group or seeking to acquire the victim’s organ, tissue or cells shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of four up to twelve years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 147(1). Use for Forced Labour 1. A person who, by using physical violence or threats or by otherwise depriving of a possibility of resistance or by taking advantage of a person’s dependence unlawfully forces him to perform a certain work shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who commits the act indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article by forcing a person to work under the conditions of slavery or under other inhuman conditions shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 148Restriction of Freedom of a Person’s Actions
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1.A person who demands that a person carry out unlawful actions or refrain from performing lawful actions or otherwise behave according to instructions of the offender by using mental coercion in respect of the victim or persons close to him shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person shall be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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CHAPTER XXI
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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST FREEDOM OF A PERSON’S SEXUAL SELF-DETERMINATTON AND INVIOLABILITY
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Article 149Rape
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1.A person who has sexual intercourse with a person against his will by using physical violence or threatening the immediate use thereof or by otherwise depriving of a possibility of resistance or by taking advantage of the helpless state of the victim shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years.
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2.A person who rapes another person with a group of accomplices shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to ten years.
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3.A person who rapes a minor shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to ten years.
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4.A person who raped a young child shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to fifteen years.
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5.A person shall be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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6.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article.
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Article 150Sexual Assault
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1.A person who, against a person’s will, satisfies his sexual desires through anal, oral or interfemoral intercourse by using physical violence or by threatening the immediate use thereof or by otherwise depriving the victim of a possibility of resistance or by taking advantage of the helpless state of the victim shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years.
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2.A person who carries out the actions provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article together with a group of accomplices shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
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3.A person who carries out the actions provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of a minor shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two up to ten years.
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4.A person who carries out the actions provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of a young child shall be punished with imprisonment for a term of three up to thirteen years.
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5.A person shall be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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6.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article.
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Article 151Sexual Abuse
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1.A person who, by threatening to resort to violence, using other mental coercion or by taking advantage of a person's dependency, compels the person to have sexual intercourse with or otherwise satisfy sexual desires of the offender or a third person shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who carries out the actions provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of a minor shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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3.A person shall be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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4.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.
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Article 151(1). Satisfaction of Sexual Desires by Violating a Minor’s Freedom of Sexual Self-Determination and/or Inviolability 1. A person who has sexual intercourse or otherwise satisfied his sexual desires with a minor upon offering, promising to provide or upon providing to him in consideration money or a consideration of another form, in the absence of characteristics of a rape, sexual assault or sexual abuse, shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A father, mother, guardian, custodian or another lawful representative of a child or another person holding statutory powers in respect of a minor who has sexual intercourse or otherwise satisfied his sexual desires with that minor, in the absence of characteristics of a rape, sexual assault or sexual abuse, shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 152Sexual Harassment
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1.A person who, in seeking sexual contact or satisfaction, harasses a person subordinate to him in office or otherwise by vulgar or comparable actions or by making offers or hints shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest.
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2.A person shall be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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Article 153Sexual Molestation of a Child
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A person who molests a child shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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CHAPTER XXII
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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST A PERSON’S DIGNITY AND HONOUR
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Article 154Libel
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1.A person who spreads false information about another person that could arouse contempt for this person or humiliate him or undermine trust in him shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to one year.
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2.A person who libels a person accusing him of commission of a serious or grave crime or in the media or in a publication shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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3.A person shall be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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Article 155Insult
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1.A person who publicly humiliates a person in an abusive manner by an action, word of mouth or in writing shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to one year.
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2.A person who insults a person in a manner other than publicly shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by arrest.
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3.A person shall be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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CHAPTER XXIII
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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST A CHILD AND A FAMILY
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Article 156Abduction of a Child or Exchange of Children
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1.A person who abducts another person’s young child or exchanges infants shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
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2.A father, mother or a close relative who abducts their own or their relatives’ young child from a children’s establishment or from a person with whom the child lawfully resides shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.
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Article 157Purchase or Sale of a Child
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1.A person who offers to purchase or otherwise acquire a child or sells, purchases or otherwise conveys or acquires a child, or recruits, transports or holds in captivity a child, while being aware or seeking his involvement in prostitution or gaining profit from his prostitution or his use for pornography purposes or forced labour, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to twelve years.
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2.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of two or more children or young children or by participating in an organised group or seeking to acquire the victim’s organ, tissue or cells shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of five up to fifteen years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 158Desertion of a Child
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A father, mother or a guardian or another lawful representative of a child who deserts a young child being unable to look after himself thus leaving him without due care, with the intent to abandon him, shall be punished by community service or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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Article 159Involvement of a Child in a Criminal Act
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A person who, by persuading, requesting, paying, threatening, deceiving or otherwise, involves a child in a criminal act shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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Article 160Involvement of a Child in the Use of Medicine or Other Intoxicating Means
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A person who involves a child in the use of medicine or other non-narcotic intoxicating means for purposes other than medical treatment, shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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Article 161Involvement of a Child in Abuse of Alcohol
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1.A person who involves a child in abuse of alcohol shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who intoxicates a child with alcohol shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest.
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Article 162Use of a Child for Pornography
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1.A person who involves a child in pornographic events or uses a child for the production of pornographic material or gains profit from such activities of the child shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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Article 163Abuse of the Rights or Duties of Parents, a Guardian or Custodian or Other Lawful Representatives of a Child
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A person who abuses the rights of a father, mother, guardian or custodian or other lawful representatives of a child by physically or mentally harassing a child, leaving him for long periods without care or by maltreating him in a similar cruel manner shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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Article 164Evasion of a Child’s Maintenance
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A person who evades his duty as established by a decision of a court to maintain a child, pay for the maintenance of the child or provide another required support to the child shall be punished by community service or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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CHAPTER XXIV
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CRIMES AGAINST INVIOLABILITY OF A PERSON’S PRIVATE LIFE
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Article 165Unlawful Violation of Inviolability of a Person’s Dwelling
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1.A person who unlawfully, in a secret or open manner by resorting to deceit or violence or otherwise against the will of an owner or the persons authorised by him, intrudes into another person’s residential house, apartment or other residential premises or fixtures thereof, including the dwelling’s guarded territory, shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.
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2.A person shall be held liable for an act provided for in this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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Article 166Violation of Inviolability of a Person’s Correspondence
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1.A person who unlawfully intercepts a postal item or package sent by post or via a provider of courier services or unlawfully intercepts, records or observes a person’s messages transmitted by electronic communications networks or unlawfully records, wiretaps or observes a person’s conversations transmitted by electronic communications networks or otherwise violates inviolability of a person’s correspondence shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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Article 167Unlawful Collection of Information about a Person’s Private Life
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1.A person who unlawfully collects information about a person’s private life shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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Article 168Unauthorised Disclosure or Use of Information about a Person’s Private Life
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1.A person who, without another person’s consent, makes public, uses for his own benefit or for the benefit of another person information about the private life of another person, where he gains access to that information through his service or profession or in the course of performance of a temporary assignment or he collects it through the commission of an act provided for in Articles 165-167 of this Code, shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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3.A person shall be held liable for an act provided for in this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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CHAPTER XXV
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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST A PERSON’S EQUAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE
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Article 169Discrimination on Grounds of Nationality, Race, Sex, Descent, Religion or Belonging to Other Groups
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A person who carries out the actions aimed at hindering, on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, race, nationality, language, descent, social status, religion, convictions or views, a group of persons or a person belonging thereto to participate on a par with other persons in political, economic, social, cultural, labour or other activities or at restricting the rights and freedoms of such a group of persons or of the person belonging thereto shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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Article 170Incitement against Any National, Racial, Ethnic, Religious or Other Group of Persons
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1.A person who, by making public statements orally, in writing or in the media, ridicules, expresses contempt for, urges hatred of or incites discrimination against a group of persons or a person belonging thereto on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, race, nationality, language, descent, social status, religion, convictions or views shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who publicly incites violence or a physical violent treatment of a group of persons or a person belonging thereto on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, race, nationality, language, descent, social status, religion, convictions or views or finances or otherwise supports such activities shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 171Disturbance of Religious Ceremonies or Religious Celebrations
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A person who, through the use of taboo words, carrying out of defiant actions, making threats, taunting or other indecent actions, disrupted the services or other ceremonies or celebrations held by a religious community or society recognised by the State shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest.
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CHAPTER XXVI
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CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS’ VOTING RIGHTS AND THE PROCEDURE OF ELECTIONS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, ELECTIONS TO THE SEIMAS, THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND MUNICIPAL COUNCILS OR THE PROCEDURE FOR CONDUCTING REFERENDUMS
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Article 172Hindering the Exercise of the Right of Elections or Referendums
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A person who, through the use of mental coercion or by bribing or by deceit, hinders a person to exercise his right to elect, to be elected or to participate in a referendum shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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Article 173Forgery of an Election or Referendum Document or Use of a Forged Election or Referendum Document
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1.A person who, for the purpose of influencing the results of elections or a referendum, forges a voters' list, a list of the citizens having the right to participate in the referendum, a vote counting record, an election or referendum ballot, produces a large number of false election or referendum ballots or uses a forged or false election or referendum document shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.
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2.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, where it results in the annulment of elections or a referendum or significantly influences the results of the elections or the referendum, shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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Article 174Incorrect Counting of Election Votes
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1.A person who, for the purpose of influencing the results of elections or a referendum, incorrectly counts and records election votes or votes of the citizens participating in the referendum shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.
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2.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, where it results in the annulment of elections or a referendum or significantly influences the results of the elections or the referendum shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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Article 175Destruction, Spoiling, Seizure or Concealment of an Election or Referendum Document
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A person who destroys, spoils, seizes or conceals a list of voters or the citizens having the right to participate in a referendum, an election or referendum ballot or a vote counting record, where this results in the annulment of the elections or the referendum or significantly influences the results of the elections or the referendum shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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CHAPTER XXVII
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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST A PERSON’S SOCIAL RIGHTS
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Article 176Violation of Requirements of Safety and Health Protection at Work
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1.An employee or a person authorised by him who violates the requirements of safety or health protection at work as stipulated in legislation on safety at work or other legal acts, where this results in an accident involving people, a breakdown or causes other serious consequences, shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
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2.An employee or a person authorised by him who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, where it could have resulted in an accident involving people, a breakdown or caused other serious consequences, shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest.
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3.The acts provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be criminal also where they have been committed through negligence.
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Article 177Hindering the Activities of Trade Unions
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A person who hinders the lawful activities of a trade union or a member thereof shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by a fine or by restriction of liberty.
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CHAPTER XXVIII
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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST PROPERTY, PROPERTY RIGHTS AND PROPERTY INTERESTS
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Article 178Theft
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1.A person who seizes another’s property shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who openly seizes another’s property in an open manner or seizes another’s property by breaking into premises, a storage facility or a guarded territory or seizes another’s property publicly from a person’s clothes, handbag or other carried item (pick-pocketing) or a vehicle shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by restriction of liberty or by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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3.A person who seizes another’s property of a high value or the valuables of a considerable scientific, historical or cultural significance or seizes another’s property by participating in an organised group shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
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4.A person who seizes another’s property of a low value shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest.
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5.A person shall be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 4 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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Article 179Unlawful Use of Energy and Communications Services
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1.A person who uses heat, gas, water, telecommunications or other items having an economic value by unlawfully connecting to energy supply or a communications network or a storage facility, by distorting meter readings or by other unlawful means and thereby incurs property damage to another person shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who commits the act indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article and thereby incurs major property damage to another person shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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3.A person who commits the act indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article and thereby incurs minor property damage to another person shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or arrest.
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4.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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5.A person shall be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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Article 180Robbery
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1.A person who, through the use of physical violence or by threatening the immediate use thereof or by otherwise depriving of a possibility of resistance or by taking advantage of the helpless state of the victim, seizes another’s property shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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2.A person who commits the robbery by breaking into premises or using a weapon other than a firearm, a knife or another item specially designed to injure a person shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years.
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3.A person who commits a robbery by using a firearm or an explosive or, having committed a robbery, seizes a property of a high value or the valuables of a considerable scientific, historical or cultural significance or commits the robbery by participating in an organised group shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two up to ten years.
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Article 181Extortion of Property
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1.A person who, without a lawful ground therefor, openly or secretly for own benefit or for the benefit of other persons demands property from another person, asks to grant a property right or to release from a property obligation or to carry out other property‑related actions or to refrain from such actions by threatening to use physical violence against the victim or another person, to damage or destroy his property, to publish a compromising or other information whose disclosure is undesired or through the use of other mental coercion shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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2.A person who, when extorting property, uses physical violence, deprives a person of his liberty, destroys or damages his property or otherwise incurs major property damage thereto shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
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3.A person who extorts a property of a high value or the valuables of a considerable scientific, historical or cultural significance or extorts property by participating in an organised group shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to ten years.
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Article 182Swindling
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1.A person who, by deceit, acquires another’s property for own benefit or for the benefit of other persons or acquires a property right, avoids a property obligation or annuls it shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who, by deceit and for own benefit or for the benefit of other persons, acquires another’s property of a high value or a property right or the valuables of a considerable scientific, historical or cultural significance or avoids a property obligation of a high value or annuls it or swindles by participating in an organised group shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
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3.A person who, by deceit and for own benefit or for the benefit of other persons, acquires another’s property of a low value or acquires a property right, avoids a property obligation of a low value or annuls it shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest.
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4.A person shall be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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5.Legal entities shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.
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Article 183Misappropriation of Property
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1.A person who misappropriates another’s property or property right entrusted to him or held at his disposal shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who misappropriates another’s property or property right of a high value entrusted to him or held at his disposal or the valuables of a considerable scientific, historical or cultural significance shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to ten years.
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3.A person who misappropriates another’s property or property right of a low value entrusted to him or held at his disposal shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by arrest.
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4.Legal entities shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.
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5.A person shall be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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Article 184Squandering of Property
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1.A person who squanders another’s property or property right entrusted to him or held at his disposal shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who squanders another’s property or property right of a high value entrusted to him or held at his disposal or the valuables of a considerable scientific, historical or cultural significance shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years.
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3.A person who squanders another’s property or property right of a low value entrusted to him or held at his disposal shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by arrest.
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4.The acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall be criminal also where they have been committed through negligence.
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5.A person shall be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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6.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.
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Article 185Misappropriation of a Found Item
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A person who misappropriates a found treasure, the valuables of a considerable scientific, historical or cultural significance, another found item of a high value or another’s property of a high value coming into his possession by chance shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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Article 186Causing Property Damage by Deceit
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1.A person who, by deceit, evades settlement for the works received, the goods delivered, the services rendered or obligatory payments and thereby incurs major property damage to another person shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who, by deceit, incurs minor property damage to another person shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article.
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4.A person shall be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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Article 187Destruction of or Damage to Property
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1.A person who destroys or damages another’s property shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who destroys or damages another’s property in a generally dangerous manner or by taking apart or damaging an installation or assembled units, where this could have caused harm to people, or destroys or damages another’s property of a high value or the valuables of a considerable scientific, historical, or cultural significance shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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3.A person who destroys or damages another’s property of a low value shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest.
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4.A person shall be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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Article 188Destruction of or Damage to Property through Negligence
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1.A person who destroys or damages through negligence another’s property and incurs major property damage to the victim or destroys or damages the valuables of a considerable scientific, historical or cultural significance shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article in violation of the special conduct security rules as specified by legal acts shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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3.A person shall be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article only subject to a complaint filed by the victim or a statement by his authorised representative or at the prosecutor’s request.
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4.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 2 of this Article.
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Article 189Acquisition or Handling of the Property Obtained by Criminal Means
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1.A person who acquires, uses or handles a property while being aware that this property has been obtained by criminal means shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who acquires, uses or handles a property of a high value or the valuables of a considerable scientific, historical or cultural significance while being aware that that property or the valuable properties have been obtained by criminal means shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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3.A person who acquires, uses or handles a property of a low value while being aware that this property has been obtained by criminal means shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by arrest.
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4.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.
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Article 190Interpretation of the Value of a Property
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The property provided for in this Chapter shall be considered to be of a considerable value where its value exceeds the amount of 250 MSLs and of a low value where its value exceeds the amount of 1 MSL, but does not exceed the amount of 3 MSLs.
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CHAPTER XXIX
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CRIMES AGAINST INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
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Article 191Misappropriation of Authorship
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1.A person who publishes or publicly announces as his own a literary, scientific, artistic or anther work or a part thereof created by another person shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who, by taking advantage of his official position or by resorting to mental coercion, forces the author of a literary, scientific, artistic or other work or a part thereof to acknowledge another person as the co-author or successor to author’s rights or to renounce the right of authorship shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 192Unlawful Reproduction of a Literary, Scientific, Artistic or Other Work, Distribution, Transportation or Storage of Illegal Copies Thereof
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1.A person who unlawfully reproduces a literary, scientific, artistic or another work or a part thereof or imports, exports, distributes, transports or stores for commercial purposes illegal copies thereof, where the total value of the copies exceeds, according to the retail prices of legal copies, the amount of 100 MSLs shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 193Destruction or Alteration of Information about Management of Author’s Rights or Related Rights
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1.A person who, without authorisation of the entity of author’s rights or related rights and for commercial purposes, destroys or alters information about management of author’s rights or related rights, where this information helps to identify a work, the author of the work, another entity of author’s rights or the performer, performance of the work, a phonogram, the producer of the phonogram, another entity of related rights, also information about the terms and conditions of and procedure for using the work, performance thereof or the phonogram, including all figures or codes communicating the information indicated in copies of the work, performance record or the phonogram or presented at the time of their publication shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to one year.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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Article 194Unlawful Removal of Technical Protection Means of Author’s Rights or Related Rights
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1.A person who unlawfully removes any technical protection means used by entities of author’s rights or related rights for the exercise or protection of their rights or produces, imports, exports, stores, transports or distributes for commercial purposes the devices providing a possibility to remove the technical protection means (decoders, decoding cards or other devices) or a software, passwords, codes or other similar data shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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Article 195Violation of Industrial Property Rights
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1.A person who violates the exclusive rights of a patent owner or a design owner or the right of a legal entity to the legal entity’s name shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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CHAPTER XXX
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CRIMES AGAINST SECURITY OF ELECTRONIC DATA AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
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Article 196Unlawful Influence on Electronic Data
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1.A person who unlawfully destroys, damages, removes or modifies electronic data or a technical equipment, software or otherwise restricts the use of such data thereby incurring major damage shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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2.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of the electronic data of an information system of strategic importance for national security or of major importance for state government, the economy or the financial system shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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3.A person who commits the act provided for in this Article thereby incurring minor damage shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest.
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4.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 197Unlawful Influence on an Information System
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1.A person who unlawfully disturbs or terminates the operation of an information system thereby incurring major damage shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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2.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of an information system of strategic importance for national security or of major importance for state government, the economy or the financial system shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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3.A person who commits the act provided for in this Article thereby incurring minor damage shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest.
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4.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 198Unlawful Interception and Use of Electronic Data
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1.A person who unlawfully observes, records, intercepts, acquires, stores, appropriates, distributes or otherwise uses the electronic data which may not be made public shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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2.A person who unlawfully observes, records, intercepts, acquires, stores, appropriates, distributes or otherwise uses the electronic data which may not be made public and which are of strategic importance for national security or of major importance for state government, the economy or the financial system shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 198(1). Unlawful Connection to an Information System 1. A person who unlawfully connects to an information system by damaging the protection means of the information system shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to one year.
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2.A person who unlawfully connects to an information system of strategic importance for national security or of major importance for state government, the economy or the financial system shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 198(2). Unlawful Disposal of Installations, Software, Passwords, Login Codes and Other Data 1. A person who unlawfully produces, transports, sells or otherwise distributes the installations or software, also passwords, login codes or other similar data directly intended for the commission of criminal acts or acquires or stores them for the same purpose shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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CHAPTER XXXI
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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST THE ECONOMY AND BUSINESS ORDER
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Article 199Smuggling
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1.A person who, when transporting across the state border of the Republic of Lithuania the items which must be declared at the customs and whose value exceeds the amount of 250 MSLs, fails to go through the customs control or otherwise avoids this control or transports across the state border of the Republic of Lithuania, without an authorisation, movable cultural properties or antiques shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
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2.A person who, without going through the customs control or otherwise avoiding it or without an authorisation, transports across the state border of the Republic of Lithuania firearms, ammunition, explosives, explosive, radioactive materials or other strategic goods, toxic, highly active, narcotic or psychotropic substances or precursors of narcotic or psychotropic substances shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to ten years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 199(1). Deceit of the Customs 1. A person who brings into the Republic of Lithuania from a Member State of the European Union the items which must be declared at the customs and whose value exceeds the amount of 250 MSLs and fails to go through the customs control of the Republic of Lithuania or another Member State of the European Union or otherwise avoids this control shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to eight years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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Article 199(2). Unlawful Possession of the Goods Subject to Excise Duties 1. A person who, in violation of the established procedure, acquires, stores, transports, forwards, uses or handles the goods subject to excise duties whose value exceeds the amount of 250 MSLs shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 200Unlawful Failure to Bring Goods or Products outside the Republic of Lithuania
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1.A person who unlawfully fails to bring beyond the state border of the Republic of Lithuania the goods or products whose value exceeds the amount of 250 MSLs and which ought to have been brought outside the Republic of Lithuania according to transit or export documents shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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Article 201
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Unlawful Production, Storage, Transportation or Handling of Strong Home-Made Alcoholic Beverages, Non-denatured, Denatured or Technical Ethyl Alcohol, Dilutions (Mixtures) Thereof and Equipment for Production Thereof 1. A person who, for the purposes of handling, unlawfully produces, stores, transports strong home-made alcoholic beverages, non-denatured, denatured or technical ethyl alcohol, dilutions (mixtures) thereof or handles them or produces, stores, transports or handles equipment for the production of strong home-made alcoholic beverages shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.
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2.A person who, for the purposes of handling, unlawfully produces, stores, transports fifty or more litres of strong home-made alcoholic beverages, non-denatured, denatured or technical ethyl alcohol, dilutions (mixtures) thereof or handles them shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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3.A person who, for the purpose other than handling, unlawfully produces, stores, transports ten or more litres of strong home-made alcoholic beverages or non-denatured, denatured or technical ethyl alcohol, dilutions (mixtures) thereof shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty.
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Article 202Unauthorised Engagement in Economic, Commercial, Financial or Professional Activities
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1.A person who undertakes economic, commercial, financial or professional activities in the form of a business or on a large scale without holding a licence (authorisation) to engage in the activities for which it is required or by other unlawful means shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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2.A person who engages in prohibited economic, commercial, financial or professional activities shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 203Unlawful Activities of a Legal Entity
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1.A person who, on a large scale, engages in the activities not provided for in the founding documents of a public legal entity shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to one year.
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2.A person who establishes or is in charge of a legal entity used as a cover for unlawful activities shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article.
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Article 204Use of Another’s Trademark or Service Mark
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1.A person who, without holding an authorisation, identifies a large quantity of goods with another’s trademark or presents them for handling or makes use of another’s service mark and thereby incurs major damage shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who, without holding an authorisation, identifies a small quantity of goods with another’s trademark or presents them for handling or makes use of another’s service mark and thereby incurs damage shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 205Misleading Declaration about the Activities of a Legal Entity
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1.A person who, on behalf of a legal entity, presents in an official report or in an application misleading data concerning the activities or assets of the legal entity and thereby misleads a government institution, international public organisation, creditor, member of the legal entity or another person who suffers major property damage as a result thereof shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type activities or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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Article 206Use of a Credit, Loan or Targeted Support Not in Accordance with Its Purpose or the Established Procedure
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1.A person who, upon obtaining a credit, loan or targeted support in the amount of 150 MSLs or more, uses it not in accordance with its purpose or the established procedure shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to one year.
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2.A person who, upon obtaining a credit or loan, uses it not in accordance with its purpose or the established procedure and fails to repay it within the established time limit thereby incurring major property damage to the creditor, guarantor or another person shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 207Credit Fraud
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1.A person who, by deceit, obtains a credit, loan, subsidy, warranty or bank guarantee statement or another credit obligation shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for an act provided for in this Article.
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Article 208Dishonesty of a Debtor
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1.A person who, owing to a difficult economic situation or insolvency, when facing obvious bankruptcy and being unable to meet all creditors’ claims, meets claims of only one or several of them or secures claims of one or several creditors and thereby incurs property damage to the remaining creditors shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who, owing to a difficult economic situation or insolvency, when facing obvious bankruptcy, conceals, squanders, conveys, transfers abroad or sells his property at an unjustifiably low price, while it could have been utilised to repay debts, and thereby incurs property damage to creditors shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years or a fine.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 209Criminal Bankruptcy
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A person who brings an undertaking to bankruptcy by deliberate mismanagement and thereby incurs major property damage to creditors shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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Article 210Commercial Espionage
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A person who unlawfully acquires the information considered to be a commercial secret or communicates this information to another person shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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Article 211Disclosure of a Commercial Secret
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A person who discloses the information considered to be a commercial secret which was entrusted to him or which he accessed through his service or work, where this act incurs major property damage to the victim, shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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Article 212Interpretation of Concepts
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1.In this Chapter, the indicated major property damage shall be a damage exceeding the amount of 150 MSLs.
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2.The value of the items (goods) indicated in Articles 199, 1991, 1992 and 200 of this Chapter shall be calculated according to their customs value, including the taxes to be paid.
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3.The strong home-made alcoholic beverages indicated in Article 201 of this Chapter shall be the alcoholic beverages whose ethyl alcohol strength by volume exceeds 18%.
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4.The legal entities indicated in this Chapter shall be any legal entities, with the exception of the State, a municipality, a state and municipal institution and agency as well as an international public organisation.
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CHAPTER XXXII
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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM
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Article 213Production, Storage or Handling of Counterfeit Currency or Securities
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1.A person who produces counterfeit or forges genuine currency or securities of Lithuania or another state which are in circulation or which have been officially approved, but have not been issued into circulation yet or acquires, stores or handles counterfeit or forges genuine currency or securities of Lithuania or another state which are in circulation or which have been officially approved, but have not been issued into circulation yet or produces, acquires, stores or handles the equipment, software or special materials for the production of counterfeit currency or securities or for the forgery of genuine currency or securities shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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2.A person who produces, forges, acquires, stores or handles, in a large quantity or of a high value, counterfeit or forged currency or securities which are in circulation in Lithuania or another state or which have been officially approved, but have not been issued into circulation yet shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to ten years.
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3.A person who, upon obtaining as genuine, handles a small quantity of counterfeit or forged currency or securities which are known to be such and are in circulation in Lithuania or another state shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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4.A person who, while being authorised to produce genuine currency, but in violation of the established procedure for or conditions of producing currency, produces the currency which is in circulation in Lithuania or another state or which has been officially approved, but has not been issued into circulation yet, also a person who stores, acquires or handles such currency while being aware that it has been produced in violation of the procedure for or conditions of producing currency, shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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5.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 214
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Production of a Counterfeit Electronic Means of Payment, Forgery of a Genuine Electronic Means of Payment or Unlawful Possession of an Electronic Means of Payment or Data Thereof 1. A person who produces one or more counterfeit electronic means of payment or parts thereof or forges one or more genuine electronic means of payment or unlawfully acquires, stores, transfers or handles one or more another person’s, counterfeit or forged electronic means of payment or unlawfully acquires, stores, transfers or handles data of one or more electronic means of payment or data of the means of identification of the user thereof sufficient to initiate a financial operation or produces, acquires, stores, transfers or handles the equipment, software or other means directly intended or adapted for the production of counterfeit electronic means of payment or parts thereof or for the forgery of genuine electronic means of payment shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 215Unlawful Use of an Electronic Means of Payment or Data Thereof
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1.A person who unlawfully initiates or performs one or more financial operations with the help of one or more another person’s, counterfeit or forged electronic means of payment or by unlawfully using one or more another person’s electronic means of payment or data of the means of identification of the user thereof or by using the data of one or more identification means which are known to be counterfeit or recognises as lawful the unlawful use of one or more another person’s, counterfeit or forged electronic means of payment, which is known to be unlawful, shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 216Money or Property Laundering
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1.A person who, seeking to conceal or legalise the money or property of his own or another person while being aware that they have been obtained by criminal means, performs financial operations with this property or money or a part thereof, enters into transactions or uses them in economic, commercial activities or makes a false declaration that they have been obtained lawfully shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 217Trade in Securities by Using Non-Public Information
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1.A person who, having access to a non-public information about the events essential for the issuer or other non-public information relating to the issuer or securities thereof, enters into a transaction on the securities of this issuer directly or via intermediaries of public trading in securities or communicates this information to third parties or recommends or offers third parties to acquire or to convey the securities of the issuer whereto the non-public information is related to, where this incurs major property damage, shall be punished by restriction of liberty or by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 218Manipulating the Price of Securities
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1.A person who, seeking to arbitrarily increase or reduce the market price of securities, circulates a false or incomplete information regarding the issuer or securities thereof and thereby incurs major property damage shall be punished by restriction of liberty or by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 219Failure to Pay Taxes
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1.A person who, upon filing a tax return or submitting a report approved in accordance with the established procedure or another document, fails to timely pay the taxes calculated according thereto after he is reminded by an institution authorised by the State about the duty to pay taxes shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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2.A person who, having committed the act indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article, fails to pay taxes in the amount of over 500 MSLs as payable by him shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two up to six years.
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3.A person who, having committed the act indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article, fails to pay taxes in the amount not exceeding 10 MSLs as payable by him shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty.
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4.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 220Provision of Inaccurate Data on Income, Profit or Assets
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1.A person who, seeking to evade payment of taxes, provides data on the person’s income, profit, assets or the use thereof that are known to be inaccurate in a tax return or in a report approved in accordance with the approved procedure or another document and submits such information to an institution authorised by the State shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who commits the act indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article having the aim of evading payment of taxes in the amount not exceeding 10 MSLs shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 221Failure to File a Tax Return or to Submit a Report or Another Document
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1.A person who fails, in accordance with the procedure laid down by legal acts, to timely file with an institution authorised by the State a tax return or to submit thereto a report approved in accordance with the established procedure or another document concerning a person’s income, profit or assets after this state institution reminds him in writing of the duty to submit them shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by arrest.
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2.A person who commits the act indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article seeking to avoid payment of taxes or making of other payments in the amount exceeding 500 MSLs shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 222Fraudulent Management of Accounts
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1.A person who fraudulently manages the accounts required by legal acts or conceals, destroys or damages accounting documents, where this disables, fully or in part, determination of the person's activities, the amount or structure of the assets, equity or liabilities thereof, shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 223Negligent Management of Accounts
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1.A person who is under the obligation, but fails to manage the accounts required by legal acts or negligently manages the accounts required by legal acts or fails to store the accounting documents for a period stipulated by laws, where this disables, fully or in part, determination of the person's activities, the amount or structure of the assets, equity or liabilities thereof, shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 224Production, Storage or Handling of Counterfeit or Forged Postage Stamps, Travel or Other Tickets, Tax Stamps or Other Official Marking Signs
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1.A person who produces, stores or handles counterfeit or forged postage stamps, travel or other tickets, tax stamps or other official marking signs shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who produces, stores or handles, in a large quantity or of a high value, counterfeit or forged postage stamps, travel or other tickets, tax stamps or other official marking signs shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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CHAPTER XXXIII
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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST CIVIL SERVICE AND PUBLIC INTEREST
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Article 225Bribery
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1.A civil servant or a person equivalent thereto who, for own benefit or for the benefit of other persons, directly or indirectly accepts, promises or agrees to accept a bribe, demands or provokes giving it for a lawful act or inaction in exercising his powers shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type activities or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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2.A civil servant or a person equivalent thereto who, for own benefit or for the benefit of other persons, directly or indirectly accepts, promises or agrees to accept a bribe, demands or provokes giving it for an unlawful act or inaction in exercising his powers shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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3.A civil servant or a person equivalent thereto who, for own benefit or for the benefit of other persons, directly or indirectly accepts, promises or agrees to accept a bribe in the amount exceeding 250 MSLs, demands or provokes giving it for a lawful or unlawful act or inaction in exercising his powers shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of two up to eight years.
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4.A civil servant or a person equivalent thereto who, for own benefit or for the benefit of other persons, directly or indirectly accepts, promises or agrees to accept a bribe in the amount less than 1 MSLs, demands or provokes giving it for a lawful or unlawful act or inaction in exercising his powers shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities.
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5.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 226Bribery of an Intermediary
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1.A person who, by taking advantage of his social status, office, powers, family relationship, contacts or other likely influence on a state or municipal institution or agency, international public organisation, a servant thereof or a person equivalent thereto, promises to exert an influence, in return for a bribe, on the respective institution, agency or organisation, civil servant or person equivalent thereto to ensure their lawful or unlawful act or inaction shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article in return for a bribe of a low value shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by a fine or by arrest.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 227Graft
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1.A person who, whether directly or indirectly, offers, promises to give or gives a bribe to a civil servant or a person equivalent thereto for a desired lawful act or inaction in exercising his powers or to an intermediary seeking to achieve the same results shall be punished by restriction of liberty or by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who commits the actions provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article by offering, promising to give or giving a bribe in the amount exceeding 250 MSLs or who commits these actions seeking an unlawful act by a civil servant to be bribed or a person equivalent thereto in exercising his powers shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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3.A person who, for the purpose of grafting a civil servant or a person equivalent thereto, offers, promises or gives to him or to an intermediary a bribe in the amount less than 1 MSL shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by restriction of liberty or by a fine or by arrest.
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4.A person shall be released from criminal liability for grafting where he was demanded or provoked to give a bribe and he, upon offering, promising or giving the bribe and before the delivery of a notice of suspicion raised again him, notifies a law enforcement institution thereof or offers, promises or gives the bribe with the law enforcement institution being aware thereof.
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5.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article.
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Article 228Abuse of Office
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1.A civil servant or a person equivalent thereto who abuses his official position or exceeds his powers, where this incurs major damage to the State, an international public organisation, a legal or natural person, shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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2.A person who commits the act provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article seeking material or another personal gain, in the absence of characteristics of bribery, shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 228(1). Unlawful Registration of Rights to an Item A civil servant or a person equivalent thereto who, while performing the functions of a registrar in a public register, registers rights to an item shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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Article 229Failure to Perform Official Duties(
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A civil servant or a person equivalent thereto who fails to perform his duties through negligence or performs them inappropriately, where this incurs major damage to the State, a legal or natural person, shall be punished by deprivation of the right to be employed in a certain position or to engage in a certain type of activities or by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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Article 230Interpretation of Concepts
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1.The civil servants indicated in this Chapter shall be the persons employed in civil service, namely, state politicians, public administration civil servants according to the Law on Civil Service as well as other persons who, while working at state or municipal institutions or agencies, at judicial, law enforcement, national audit and supervisory institutions as well as equivalent institutions, perform the functions of a government representative or hold administrative powers, also official candidates for such office.
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2.A person holding appropriate powers at a foreign state institution, an international public organisation or international judicial institutions, also official candidates for such office shall be held equivalent to a civil servant.
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3.Moreover, a person who works at any state, non-state or private body, undertaking or organisation or engages in professional activities and holds appropriate administrative powers or has the right to act on behalf of this body, undertaking or organisation or provides public services shall also be held equivalent to a civil servant.
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CHAPTER XXXIV
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CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST JUSTICE
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Article 231Hindering the Activities of a Judge, Prosecutor, Pre-trial Investigation Officer, Lawyer or Bailiff
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1.A person who, in any manner, hinders a judge, prosecutor, pre-trial investigation officer, lawyer or an officer of the International Criminal Court or of another international judicial institution in performing the duties relating to investigation or hearing of a criminal, civil, administrative case or a case of the international judicial institution or hinders a bailiff in executing a court judgement shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who commits the act indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article by using violence or another coercion shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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3.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 232Contempt of Court
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A person who publicly, in an abusive manner by an action, word of mouth or in writing, humiliates a court or a judge executing justice by reason of their activities shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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Article 233Influence on a Witness, Victim, Expert, Specialist or Translator
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1.A person who, in any manner, seeks to influence a witness, victim, expert, specialist or translator so that they would give false testimony, present false conclusions, clarifications or incorrect translations during a pre-trial investigation or in court or before the International Criminal Court or at another international judicial institution or hinders their arrival when summoned to a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, the court or the International Criminal Court or another international judicial institution shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.
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2.A person who, in any manner, seeks to influence a witness, expert, specialist or translator so that they would give false testimony, present false conclusions, clarifications or incorrect translations during impeachment proceedings to a special investigation commission formed by the Seimas or to the Seimas or hinders their arrival when summoned to the special investigation commission formed by the Seimas or to the Seimas shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.
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3.A person who commits the acts indicated in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article by using violence or another coercion shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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4.A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 234Influence on the Victim to Reconcile with the Offender
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A person who seeks to influence the victim, a representative of the State or a legal entity to reconcile with the offender, where this involves the use of violence or another coercion, shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.
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Article 235False Testimony, Conclusions and Translation
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1.A person who, during a pre-trial investigation, in court or before the International Criminal Court or at another international judicial institution, gives false testimony as a witness or the victim, presents false conclusions or clarifications as an expert or a specialist or as a translator makes a false translation or a translation known to be incorrect shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.
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2.A person who, during impeachment proceedings, gives false testimony as a witness, presents false conclusions or clarification as an expert or a specialist or as a translator makes a false translation or a translation known to be incorrect to a special investigation commission formed by the Seimas or to the Seimas shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.
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3.A person who commits the act indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article accusing a person of commission of a serious or grave crime shall be punished by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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4.The victim or a witness shall not be held liable for giving false testimony where, under laws, he has the right to refuse to give testimony, however was not made familiar with this right before questioning.
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Article 236False Denunciation or Report about a Non‑Existent Crime
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1.A person who falsely denounces before an authority or officer empowered to initiate prosecution an innocent person to have committed a criminal act, where this results in initiation of prosecution against the person, or who reports a crime known to be non‑existent shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.A person who carries out the actions provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article and forges evidence for the initiation of prosecution against the person shall be punished by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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Article 237Concealment of a Crime or the Perpetrator
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1.A person who, without prior arrangement, conceals, destroys or obliterates the evidence, tools or means of a serious or grave crime committed by another person, the items obtained by criminal means, other articles which are connected with the concealed crime and which have evidential value or conceals the perpetrator shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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2.The close relatives and family members of the perpetrator shall not be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.
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Article 238Failure to Report a Crime
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1.A person who, without a valid reason, fails to report to a law enforcement agency or to a court a grave crime known to him, either in progress or already committed, shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to one year.
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2.The close relatives and family members of the perpetrator shall not be held liable for a failure to report a crime.
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Article 239Disrupting the Work of a Place of Detention
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1.A person who, while held in detention, in custody or serving the sentence of arrest, a custodial sentence or the sentence of life imprisonment, terrorises another person or persons confined in a place of detention shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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2.A person who, while held in detention, in custody or serving the sentence of arrest, a custodial sentence or the sentence of life imprisonment, organises riots among other persons confined in a place of detention, where they result in a serious bodily harm or loss of life or incur major property damage or cause other serious consequences, also a person who takes an active part in such riots shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of three up to fifteen years.
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Article 240Freeing a Prisoner
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A person who, through the use of violence against guards or abuse of trust or by deceit, frees a person held in detention, in custody or serving the sentence of arrest or a custodial sentence or the sentence of life imprisonment shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to six years.
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Article 241Escape of a Prisoner
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1.A person who, while held in detention, in custody or serving the sentence of arrest, a custodial sentence or the sentence of life imprisonment, escapes from his place of detention shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who carries out the actions provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article by using violence against guards or other persons or incurring major property damage to his place of detention shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to five years.
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Article 242Evasion of Serving the Sentence of Arrest or Imprisonment or of Return to the Place of Pre-Trial Detention
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A person who, having been sentenced to arrest or imprisonment, but not yet arrested, evades serving of the imposed penalty or, having been temporarily released from a short-term detention facility or a place of detention or a place of pre-trial detention, fails to timely return without a valid reason shall be punished by a fine or by imprisonment for a term of up to two years.
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Article 243Evasion of Serving a Non-Custodial Sentence or of Complying with Penal Sanctions
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A person who evades serving of a non-custodial sentence or complying with a penal sanction (with the exception of confiscation of property) shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by a fine or by arrest.
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Article 244Failure to Comply with a Penalty Imposed upon a Legal Entity
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The employee of a legal entity who is responsible for compliance with a penalty imposed upon this legal entity and who fails to comply therewith shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by arrest.
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Article 245Failure to Comply with a Court's Decision Not Associated with a Penalty
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A person who fails to comply with a court’s decision not associated with a penalty shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest.
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Article 246
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Conveyance, Concealment, Destruction of or Damage to a Distrained or Seized Property or the Property Subject to a Temporary Restriction of the Right of Ownership 1. A person who conceals, destroys or damages a distrained or seized property which has been entrusted to him or a property which is subject to a temporary restriction of the right of ownership or who unlawfully conveys this property to another person shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
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2.A person who conceals, destroys or damages a distrained or seized property of a high value which has been entrusted to him or a property of a high value which is subject to a temporary restriction of the right of ownership or who unlawfully conveys this property to another person shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of up to seven years.
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Article 247Unauthorised Disclosure of Pre-Trial Investigation Data
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A person who discloses pre-trial investigation data prior to the hearing of a case at a court sitting without the authorisation of a judge, prosecutor or pre-trial investigation officer investigating this case shall be considered to have committed a misdemeanour and