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Baudžiamojo poveikio priemonės – įmokos į nukentėjusių nuo nusikaltimų asmenų fondą teisinio reguliavimo problemos
Problems of Legal Regulation of Criminal Measure – Payment to the Fund for Victims of Crime

Author(s): Darius Pranka, Virginija Gelžinytė
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law
Published by: Lietuvos teisės institutas

Summary/Abstract: Some problematic issues related to the Article 71 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania, which regulates the criminal measure - Payment to the Fund for Victims of Crime (hereinafter referred to as the Payment), are analyzed in this article. The main objective of this article is to provide conclusions and suggestions that would contribute to the more effective imposing and enforcement of this criminal measure. According to this objective, the first part of the article concerns the specifics of applying the Payment together with other sentences. The possibility to impose the Payment to the legal persons is analyzed in the second part of the article. The next parts of the article summarize the information about the possible amount of the Payment, its proportionality comparing to the fine and the rules of determining the amount of the Payment. Finally, some problematic issues concerned with the enforcement of the Payment are analyzed in the last part of this article. At the end of article some sugges¬tions to change or supplement the existing legal acts are made by the authors of the article.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 94 (2)
  • Page Range: 62-86
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: Lithuanian