Lithuania

Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania

GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER V
CIRCUMSTANCES ELIMINATING CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Article 29. Arrest of a Person Who has Committed a Criminal Act

1. A person shall not be held liable under this Code for his actions when he causes property damage, a minor health impairment or a serious health impairment through negligence to a person who is actively attempting to escape the arrest by chasing, attempting to stop, preventing the escape or by other actions, and a serious health impairment when arresting on the spot of a crime a person who has committed or attempted to commit a premeditated murder, provided it was not otherwise possible to arrest the person who has committed the criminal act.

2. Actions of a person restraining the resistance of a person who has committed a criminal act shall be subject to the rules for self-defence as stipulated in Article 28 of this Code.

Article 30. Discharge of Professional Duty

1. A person shall not be held liable under this Code for the damage caused in charge of professional duty, provided he has not exceeded the authority granted to him by laws or other legal acts.

2. A person shall be held liable under this Code for the damage caused in charge of professional duty where he has exceeded the authority granted to him by laws or other legal acts, however a penalty imposed upon him may be commuted under Article 59 of this Code.

Keywords

Other defences - national proceedings



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