Lithuania

Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER XXXIV
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 237. Concealment of a Crime or the Perpetrator

1. A person who, without prior arrangement, conceals, destroys or obliterates the evidence, tools or means of a serious or grave crime committed by another person, the items obtained by criminal means, other articles which are connected with the concealed crime and which have evidential value or conceals the perpetrator
shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.

2. The close relatives and family members of the perpetrator shall not be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.

Keywords

Offences against administration of justice
Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence
National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
National penalties - maximum penalty



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