NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED
OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE
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Article 394 of the CPC regulates the commencement of
proceedings for compulsory medical measures. If it is
established that the person is not criminally responsible,
the prosecutor or the court shall take the following
decisions:
1. The pre-trial investigation officer transmits the
investigation material to the prosecutor. Where
there are grounds, the public prosecutor shall
record a resolution to initiate proceedings for the
application of compulsory medical measures and
shall instruct the pre-trial investigation body to
carry out the pre-trial investigation, or shall carry
it out himself;
2. The judge or court makes an order in the course
of the trial to initiate proceedings for compulsory
medical measures.
The judge shall refer the case to a trial after receiving
it from the public prosecutor. The trial must include
questioning of victims and witnesses, verification of other
evidence that the person has committed an offence
prohibited by criminal law, hearing an expert's opinion on
the person's incapacity or diminished capacity (criminal
responsibility), and verification of other circumstances
that are essential for deciding whether to impose
compulsory medical measures.98
Article 400(2)of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Republic of
Lithuania, 2002, No. IX-785. Available at: https://bit.ly/3tMjRdy.
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