'Escape - national proceedings' in document 'Lithuania - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER XXXIV
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 241. Escape of a Prisoner

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.

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.