NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE 59 3.2.3. ASSESSMENT OF INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES Liuiza v. Lithuania, No. 13472/06, judgment of 31 July 2012 The provisions of Article 141 of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania provide that in the event that the suspect (accused) needs to undergo a forensic medical or forensic psychiatric examination during the investigation or trial of a criminal case, they may be transferred to an examination institution and held there until submission of the expertise report to the prosecutor or the court. According to part 2 of this article, if the psychiatric examination of the court determines that the suspect is dangerous to society due to their state of mental health, the time of their stay in the examination institution may be extended by the judge's order, or the suspect may be transferred to another special institution until the court decides on the imposition of compulsory medical measures. In order to ensure that the legal process for the involuntary placement of a person in a psychiatric institution complies with the requirements of Article 5(1)(e) of the European Convention of Human Rights,

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