NATIONAL LEGAL AND POLICY FRAMEWORK CONCERNING DEFENDANTS AND PERSONS DEPRIVED OF LIBERTY WITH INTELLECTUAL AND/OR PSYCHOSOCIAL DISABILITIES IN LAW AND PRACTICE 84 that a person may pose to their own or others’ life or health (the Supreme Court ruling in a criminal case No. 2K-343-648/2015) and two criteria that must be evaluated by the court when extending, changing or discontinuing the application of compulsory medical measures: 1) a person's mental health status, and 2) the social danger of the person related to it.107 What specific measures apply to an individual person who has committed an act prohibited by the Criminal Code, is decided by the court in accordance with the law, after assessing the degree of dangerousness of the act, the dangerousness of their personality and the conclusions of the psychiatric examination and the recommendations set out in those. The outcome of a compulsory medical measures case depends on the person's condition and the outcome of the pre-trial investigation. According to Article 403 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the court may issue one of the following orders: 1. To impose a compulsory medical measure on a person - if it is proven that he or she has committed an act prohibited by criminal law while being not criminally responsible; 2. Exempting a person from criminal liability and imposing a compulsory medical measure on him or her - if it is proved that he or she has committed an Resolution of the Criminal Division of the Panevėžys Regional Court of 4 March 2022 in criminal case No 1S-20-366/2022. 107

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