Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania () is the Criminal Code of
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
, the prime source of
Law of Lithuania
Lithuanian law is a part of the legal system of Lithuania. It belongs to the civil law legal system, as opposed to the common law legal system.
The legal system of Lithuania is based on epitomes of the French and German systems. The Lithuan ...
concerning criminal offences.
The Criminal Code came into force together with the Code of Criminal Process, Code of
Punishment
Punishment, commonly, is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular acti ...
Execution and Code of Administrative Offenses.
The previous Criminal Code of the
Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (Lithuanian SSR; lt, Lietuvos Tarybų Socialistinė Respublika; russian: Литовская Советская Социалистическая Республика, Litovskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialistiche ...
soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
criminal code was adopted in December 1991. In 2003, the new Criminal Code came into effect.
Jonas Prapiestis
Jonas Prapiestis (born 2 August 1952) is a Lithuanian judge, Professor of criminal law and politician, born in Kupiškis. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
Biography
Jonas Prapi ...
Jonas Prapiestis
Jonas Prapiestis (born 2 August 1952) is a Lithuanian judge, Professor of criminal law and politician, born in Kupiškis. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania.
Biography
Jonas Prapi ...
): ''Lietuvos Respublikos baudžiamojo kodekso komentaras I dalis.'' 1st Edition: ''1-98.'' Teisinės informacijos centras, Vilnius 2004, .
* Egidijus Bieliūnas, Gintaras Švedas, Armanas Abramavičius: ''Lietuvos Respublikos baudžiamojo kodekso komentaras.'' 2nd Edition: '' 99–212.'' Registrų centras, Vilnius 2009, .
* Egidijus Bieliūnas, Gintaras Švedas, Armanas Abramavičius: ''Lietuvos Respublikos baudžiamojo kodekso komentaras.'' 3rd Edition: ''213-330.'' Registrų centras, Vilnius 2010, .
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