Lithuania

Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania

GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER III
CRIME AND MISDEMEANOUR

Article 15. Premeditated Crime and Misdemeanour

1. A crime or misdemeanour shall be premeditated where it has been committed with a specific or general intent.

2. A crime or misdemeanour shall be committed with a specific intent where :

1) when committing it, the person was aware of the dangerous nature of the criminal act and desired to engage therein ;
2) when committing it, the person was aware of the dangerous nature of the criminal act, anticipated that his act or omission might cause the consequences provided for by this Code and desired that they arise.

3. A crime or a misdemeanour shall be committed with a general intent where, when committing it, the person was aware of the dangerous nature of the criminal act, anticipated that his act or omission might cause the consequences provided for by this Code and, though he did not desire that they arise, consciously allowed the consequences to arise.

Keywords

Mental element
Recklessness
Intent - national proceedings



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