Lithuania

Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania

GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER VI
RELEASE FROM CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Article 39. Release from Criminal Liability on the Basis of Mitigating Circumstances

A person who commits a misdemeanour or a negligent crime may be released from criminal liability by a reasoned decision of a court where :

1) he commits the criminal act for the first time, and
2) there are at least two mitigating circumstances provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 59 of this Code, and
3) there are no aggravating circumstances.

Keywords

Sentencing - national proceedings
Determination of sentence - national proceedings
Mitigating factors - national proceedings



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