§ Article 98Loss of the Mandate of Seimas Member because of the Collaboration

with the Special Services of other States, and Earlier Conviction
which Has Not Been Disclosed to the Voters
1. Each candidate for of Seimas member must make a public disclosure of his deliberate collaboration with the special services of other states, provided that he was not thereby carrying out the assignments of the Republic of Lithuania. He shall indicate this fact in the questionnaire for a candidate for Seimas member. An election poster of a candidate for Seimas member, issued by the Central Electoral Committee, as well as a poster with the list of candidates must contain the following notice beside the surname of the candidate: “Has deliberately and not on the instruction of the Republic of Lithuania collaborated with the special services of another state”.
2. If the candidate fails to indicate this and there is a valid court sentence which has established a fact having juridical meaning (or this fact has been confirmed by the candidate himself in the manner prescribed by law) that he with full awareness collaborated with the special services of other states which was not related to carrying out the assignments of the Republic of Lithuania, the Central Electoral Committee shall not register him; where it has already registered him a candidate for Seimas member, the Central Electoral Committee shall immediately cancel his registration as a candidate for Seimas member. If the candidate has not indicated it and after the election to the Seimas his deliberate collaboration with the special services of other states which was not related to carrying out the assignments of the Republic of Lithuania is proved according to the procedure established by law, his Seimas member powers shall be lapse from that day.
3. Each candidate for Seimas member must make a public disclosure that under the sentence of the court of the Republic of Lithuania, which became effective after 11 March 1990, he was found guilty for committing a crime or under the effective court sentence was found guilty for committing a crime of violence against the person at any time. He shall indicate this fact in the questionnaire for a candidate for Seimas member. An election poster of a candidate for Seimas member, issued by the Central Electoral Committee, as well as a poster with the list of candidates must contain the following notice beside the name of the candidate: “Has been found guilty for committing a crime”.
4. If the candidate has not indicated this fact and there is a sentence of the court of the Republic of Lithuania which came into effect after 11 March 1990 and which found the person guilty for committing a crime or there is a court sentence which found the person guilty for committing a crime of violence against the person at any time, the Central Electoral Committee shall not register such person as a candidate for Seimas member, and if the Committee has already registered him, it shall immediately cancel his registration as a candidate for Seimas member. If the candidate failed to disclose this fact and, following the elections to the Seimas, it has been established that there is a sentence of the court of the Republic of Lithuania effective after 11 March 1990 which found the person guilty for committing the crime or there is the court sentence which found the person guilty for committing a crime of violence against the person at any time, the Central Electoral Committee shall, within 15 days, submit copies of the court sentence and the questionnaire of a candidate for Seimas member to the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania for the Seimas to adopt a decision to initiate impeachment proceedings.”
I promulgate this Law passed by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.
PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC VALDAS ADAMKUS