Lithuania

Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania

GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER II
VALIDITY OF A CRIMINAL LAW

Article 8. Criminal Liability for the Crimes Committed Abroad

2. A person who has committed the crimes provided for in Articles 5, 6, and 7 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania shall not be held liable under this Code where he :

1) has served the sentence imposed by a foreign court ;
2) has been released from serving the entire or a part of the sentence imposed by a foreign court ;
3) has been acquitted or released from criminal liability or punishment by a foreign court’s judgement, or no penalty has been imposed by reason of the statute of limitation or on other legal grounds provided for in that state.

Keywords

Ne bis in idem - State's own court



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