Lithuania

Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania

GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER VIII
IMPOSITION OF A PENALTY

Article 56. Imposition of a Penalty upon a Repeat Offender for the Commission of a Premeditated Crime

1. A court shall generally impose a custodial sentence upon a repeat offender for the commission of a premeditated crime.

2. For the commission of a premeditated crime, a dangerous repeat offender shall be imposed a penalty more severe than the average custodial sentence prescribed by the sanction of an article for the committed crime. Another penalty may be imposed upon a dangerous repeat offender only on the grounds provided for in Article 62 of this Code.

Keywords

Recidivism of criminal offences
Sentencing - national proceedings
Determination of sentence - national proceedings



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