KEY RECOMMENDATIONS 93 3.3. NATIONAL FRAMEWORK CONCERNING ALTERNATIVES AND PROBATION The Lithuanian Criminal Law provides for the following alternative sanctions in regards to prison sentence: – Community Service (Article 46 of the CC). It may be imposed for a period from one month up to one year and only with the consent of the convict. Where after a judgement becomes effective a person refuses to perform community service, a court shall, on the recommendation of the institution executing the penalty, replace community service with a fine or arrest. – Fine (Article 47 of the CC). A fine shall be a pecuniary penalty imposed by a court in the cases provided for in the Criminal Code. Where a person does not possess sufficient funds to pay a fine imposed by a court, the court may, in compliance with the rules stipulated in Article 65 of this Code and subject to the convict’s consent, replace this penalty with community service. Where a person evades voluntary payment of a fine and it is not possible to recover it, a court may replace the fine with an arrest. – Restriction of Liberty (Article 48 of the CC). Restriction of liberty may be imposed for a period from three months up to two years. When imposing such a penalty, the court usually assigns the defendant intensive supervision - control of the location of the convicted person for a set period of time by means