Lithuania

Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania

GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER IV
STAGES AND FORMS OF A CRIMINAL ACT


Article 23. Voluntary Renunciation of Completion of a Criminal Act

1. A person shall voluntarily renounce completion of a crime or a misdemeanour when he voluntarily terminates an initiated criminal act while being aware that it can be completed.

2. A person who voluntarily renounces completion of a crime or misdemeanour shall be held liable under this Code solely in cases where the committed act constitutes the body of another crime or misdemeanour.

3. When several persons participate in the commission of a criminal act, the organiser or abettor who voluntarily renounces completion of the act shall not be liable under this Code if he has made every effort within his reasonable power to prevent commission by his accomplices of the criminal act which he had organised or instigated, and this act has not been committed or has not caused any consequences. Moreover, an accessory shall not be held liable under this Code if he voluntarily refused to participate in a criminal act, informed thereof other accomplices or law enforcement institutions and that act has not been committed or it has been committed without his assistance.

4. A person who attempted to voluntarily renounce completion of a crime or misdemeanour, but failed to avoid the criminal act or its consequences shall be held liable under a criminal law, however, a penalty imposed upon him may be commuted under Article 59 of this Code.

Keywords

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