REPUBLIC OF LAW ON THE STATUS OF THE SIGNATORIES OF THE LITHUANIAN ACT OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE PERSONS WHO SIGNED ON 16 FEBRUARY 1949 THE DECLARATION BY THE COUNCIL OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM OF LITHUANIA

16 October 2003 No. IX-1789 Vilnius (Last amended on 10 November 2011 – No. XI-1647)

Article 1. The purpose of the Law This Law shall define the status and social guarantees of the deputies of the Supreme Council (Reconstituent ) of the Republic of Lithuania – the signatories of the Act of 11 March 1990 on the Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania (hereinafter referred to as the “Signatories of the Lithuanian Act of Independence”) and the persons who signed on 16 February 1949 the Declaration of the Council of the Movement of the Struggle for Freedom of Lithuania which was the sole legitimate authority in occupied Lithuania.

Article 2. The Signatory of the Lithuanian Act of Independence 1. The Signatory of the Lithuanian Act of Independence (hereinafter referred to as the “Signatory”) shall be a deputy of the Supreme Council (Reconstituent Seimas) of the Republic of Lithuania, elected by the people, who on 11 March 1990 filled in a card of nominal voting, put his/her signature to it, voted for the Act on the Re-establishment of the State of Lithuania and signed it. 2. This Law (Appendix to the Law) shall list the deputies of the Supreme Council (Reconstituent Seimas) of the Republic of Lithuania and the persons who signed on 16 February 1949 the Declaration of the Council of the Movement of the Struggle for Freedom of Lithuania who are granted the status of the Signatory.

Article 3. The certificate and badge of the Signatory

2 1. The Signatory shall be issued a certificate of the Signatory and a badge of the Signatory the models of which are approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. 2. The Central Electoral Committee shall issue the certificates of the Signatory and badges of the Signatory, and keep accounting thereof.

Article 4. The rights and duties of the Signatory 1. Upon producing the certificate, the Signatory shall have the right: 1) to visit freely the Seimas, the Office of the President, the Government as well as other state and municipal institutions; 2) to be received out of turn by the heads of the institutions and establishments referred to in subparagraph 1 of this Article; 3) to obtain and use the information possessed by the institutions and establishments referred to in subparagraph 1 of this Article, with the exception of the information which constitutes a state or official secret under the Law on State Secrets and Official Secrets; 4) after consultation with the heads of the institutions referred to in subparagraph 1 of this Article, to attend meetings and other events held by them, to express his/her opinion on drafts of legal acts which are under consideration. 2. The Signatory shall have the right to submit written proposals concerning the improvement of work of state and municipal institutions and establishments or concerning drafts of legal acts which are under consideration. The heads of the appropriate institutions and establishments must reply to written proposals, recommendations and remarks of the Signatory in accordance with the procedure laid down by law. 3. The Signatory shall have the right to use a diplomatic passport of the Republic of Lithuania for travelling to foreign states.

Article 5. The Club of the Signatories of the Act of Independence 1. The Club of the Signatories of the Act of Independence (hereinafter referred to as the “Club of the Signatories”) shall be a public organization established in accordance with the procedure laid down by law, which unites the Signatories. 2. The headquarters of the Club of the Signatories shall be located on the premises of the Seimas. It shall be maintained and provided with technical supply with funds of the Office of the Seimas.

Article 6. The state annuity of the Signatory

2 3 1. The Signatory shall be entitled to the state annuity of the Signatory. The amount of the state annuity of the Signatory shall be 50 percent of the basic salary of the Seimas member per month. 2. The deputies of the Supreme Council (Reconstituent Seimas) of the Republic of Lithuania who carried out an important state task in Moscow on 11-14 March 1990 shall also be entitled to the state annuity of the Signatory under the same conditions.

Article 7. Conditions of awarding and payment of the state annuity of the Signatory 1. The state annuity of the Signatory shall be awarded and paid to the persons specified in Article 2 of this Law. 2. The state annuity of the Signatory shall not be awarded, and where awarded, shall not be paid if: 1) the Signatory is not a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania; 2) the Signatory has the insured income; 3) a judgement of conviction for committing a premeditated crime has become effective with respect to the Signatory (until the expiry of the conviction); 4) the Signatory does not forgo the state pension he/she receives, with the exception of the state social insurance pension. 3. The recipient of the state annuity of the Signatory must inform the institution which pays the annuity to him/her about the occurrence of the circumstances referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article within 10 days from the occurrence thereof. If the recipient fails to inform about the said circumstances in time and this results in the overpayment of the annuity, the sum of the overpaid annuity shall be recovered from the recipient of the annuity in accordance with the procedure laid down by law.

Article 8. Time limits for awarding and payment of the state annuity of the Signatory 1. It shall be possible to apply for awarding of the state annuity of the Signatory at any time after the acquisition of the right to receive such annuity. 2. When applying for awarding of the state annuity of the Signatory, it shall be necessary to present all the documents specified in the Regulations on Awarding and Payment of the Annuity of the Signatory. 3. The state annuity of the Signatory shall be awarded from the day of the acquisition of the right to receive this annuity, however, for the past period the annuity shall be paid for not

3 4 more than 12 months, counting from the day on which the Ministry of Social Security and Labour or an institution authorized by it received all the necessary documents.

Article 9. The state annuity of the Signatory’s surviving spouse and orphans 1. The right to receive the state annuity of the Signatory’s surviving spouse and orphans shall be granted to the spouse of the deceased Signatory (or the Signatory who has been in the prescribed manner recognized to be an absentee or dead), his/her children and adopted children under or over 18 years of age if they had become disabled (referred to as “invalids” before 1 July 2005) before attaining 18 years of age and if they have been incapable or partially capable for work (referred to as “invalids” before 1 July 2005) ever since attaining 18 years of age, also the pupils of general education curricula or formal vocational training programmes and students of full-time study programmes of educational institutions registered in accordance with the established procedure (except pupils of general education curricula who have the right to receive the state annuity of the Signatory’s orphans until 31 August of the year in which they finish studying under these programmes), until they finish studying or complete studies under these programmes, but not longer than until they attain 24 years of age. 2. The widows and orphans of the deputies of the Supreme Council (Reconstituent Seimas) of the Republic of Lithuania, referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 6 of this Law, shall be entitled to the state annuity of the Signatory’s surviving spouse and orphans under the abovementioned conditions. 3. The amount of the state annuity of the Signatory’s surviving spouse and orphans shall be 25 percent of the amount of the state annuity of the Signatory for each person indicated in paragraph 1 of this Article. 4. The state annuity of the Signatory’s surviving spouse and orphans shall not be awarded, and where awarded, shall not be paid if: 1) the spouse, child, adopted child of the deceased Signatory is not a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania; 2) the spouse, child, adopted child of the deceased Signatory has the insured income; 3) a judgement of conviction for committing a premeditated crime has become effective with respect to the spouse, child, adopted child of the deceased Signatory (until the expiry of the conviction); 4) the spouse of the deceased Signatory does not forgo the state pension he/she receives, with the exception of the state social insurance pension. 5. A recipient of the state annuity of the Signatory’s surviving spouse and orphans must inform the institution which pays the annuity to him/her about the occurrence of the

4 5 circumstances referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article within 10 days from the occurrence thereof. If the recipient fails to inform about the said circumstances in time and this results in the overpayment of the annuity, the sum of the overpaid annuity shall be recovered from the recipient of the annuity in accordance with the procedure laid down by law.

Article 10. The procedure for awarding and paying the state annuity of the Signatory, the state annuity of the Signatory's surviving spouse and orphans 1. The state annuity of the Signatory, the state annuity of the Signatory's surviving spouse and orphans shall be awarded by the Government. 2. The state annuity of the Signatory, the state annuity of the Signatory's surviving spouse and orphans shall be paid by the Office of the Seimas. 3. When paying the state annuities of the Signatory, the state annuities of the Signatory's surviving spouse and orphans the Office of the Seimas shall act in compliance with this Law and other laws as well as the Regulations on Awarding and Payment of the Annuity of the Signatory, approved by the Government. 4. When the recipient of the state annuity of the Signatory dies, the annuity shall be paid to the persons who buried him/her for that month in which the recipient of the state annuity of the Signatory died, provided that the said annuity had not been already paid. 5. The state annuities of the Signatory, the state annuities of the Signatory's surviving spouse and orphans shall be paid from the state budget.

Article 11. Payment of the state annuity of the Signatory, the state annuity of the Signatory's surviving spouse and orphans, when the recipient of the annuity moves abroad for permanent residence A recipient of the state annuity of the Signatory, the state annuity of the Signatory's surviving spouse and orphans, if he/she has moved abroad for permanent residence, shall be paid the annuity in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Regulations on Awarding and Payment of the Annuity of the Signatory.

Article 12. Deductions from the state annuity of the Signatory and the state annuity of the Signatory's surviving spouse and orphans Deductions from the state annuity of the Signatory, the state annuity of the Signatory's surviving spouse and orphans pursuant to executive documents may be made only in accordance with the procedure laid down by law.

5 6 Article 13. Honouring the memory of the Signatory 1. When the Signatory dies, his/her memory shall be perpetuated in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Government. 2. At the request of the Signatory's spouse, parents (adoptive parents), children (adopted children) the signatories shall be buried with the state funds in accordance with the funeral ceremony approved by the Government. At the request of the Signatory’s spouse, parents (adoptive parents), children (adopted children) the funeral shall be organized by a commission set up by the Board of the Seimas. 3. The Signatory’s gravesite and headstone shall be arranged using the symbols of the Signatory’s headstone approved by the Government.

Article 14. Proposals to the Government To propose to the Government: 1) to approve by 1 December 2003 the Regulations on Awarding and Payment of the State Annuity of the Signatory as well as other legal acts necessary to implement this Law; 2) to approve by 1 December 2003 the models of the certificate of the Signatory and the badge of the Signatory, the symbols of the headstone of the Signatory and the funeral ceremony.

Article 15. Final provisions 1. This Law, with the exception of Article 14, shall enter into force on 1 January 2004. 2. The state annuities of the Signatory and the state annuities of the Signatory's surviving spouse and orphans, established by this Law, shall be awarded and paid as of 1 January 2004.

I promulgate this Law enacted by the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.

PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC

6 7 Annex to Law No. IX-1789 of the Republic of Lithuania of 16 October 2003

THE SIGNATORIES OF THE LITHUANIAN ACT OF INDEPENDENCE AND THE DEPUTIES OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL (RECONSTITUENT SEIMAS) OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA WHO CARRIED OUT AN IMPORTANT STATE TASK IN MOSCOW ON 11–14 OF MARCH 1990, THE PERSONS WHO SIGNED ON 16 FEBRUARY 1949 THE DECLARATION BY THE COUNCIL OF THE MOVEMENT OF THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM OF LITHUANIA

I. The Signatories of the Lithuanian Act of Independence

1. Aleksandras Algirdas ABIŠALA 2. Povilas AKSOMAITIS 3. Nijolė AMBRAZAITYTĖ 4. Aleksandras AMBRAZEVIČIUS 5. Laima Liucija ANDRIKIENĖ 6. Vytenis Povilas ANDRIUKAITIS 7. Irena ANDRUKAITIENĖ 8. Kazimieras ANTANAVIČIUS 9. Leonas APŠEGA 10. Mykolas ARLAUSKAS 11. 12. Zbignevas BALCEVIČIUS 13. Vilius BALDIŠIS 14. 15. 16. Egidijus BIČKAUSKAS 17. Algirdas Mykolas BRAZAUSKAS 18. Audrius BUTKEVIČIUS 19.Virgilijus Juozas ČEPAITIS 20. Medardas ČOBOTAS 21. Arūnas DEGUTIS 22. Juozas DRINGELIS 23. 24. 25. 7 8 26. 27. Miglutė GERDAITYTĖ 28. Petras GINIOTAS 29. Kęstutis GLAVECKAS 30. Eimantas GRAKAUSKAS 31. Kęstutis GRINIUS 32. Romas GUDAITIS 33. Romualda HOFERTIENĖ 34. Gintautas Vincas IEŠMANTAS 35. Stanislovas Gediminas ILGŪNAS 36. Albinas JANUŠKA 37. Egidijus JARAŠIŪNAS 38. Vladimiras JARMOLENKO 39. Vidmantė JASUKAITYTĖ 40. Zenonas JUKNEVIČIUS 41. 42. Česlovas JURŠĖNAS 43. Virgilijus KAČINSKAS 44. Antanas KAROBLIS 45. Juozas KARVELIS 46. Valdemaras KATKUS 47. 48. Vytautas KOLESNIKOVAS 49. 50. Česlovas KUDABA 51. Algirdas KUMŽA 52. Bronislovas Juozas KUZMICKAS 53. 54. Kęstutis LAPINSKAS 55. Mečys LAURINKUS 56. Arvydas Kostas LEŠČINSKAS 57. Jonas LIAUČIUS 58. 59. Jonas MAČYS 60. Stasys MALKEVIČIUS

8 9 61. Leonas MILČIUS 62. Jokūbas MINKEVIČIUS 63. Albertas MIŠKINIS 64. Donatas MORKŪNAS 65. 66. Birutė NEDZINSKIENĖ 67. Algimantas NORVILAS 68. Česlavas OKINČICAS 69. 70. Nijolė OŽELYTĖ-VAITIEKŪNIENĖ 71. 72. Vytautas PALIŪNAS 73. Jonas PANGONIS 74. Algirdas PATACKAS 75. 76. Saulius PEČELIŪNAS 77. Eugenijus PETROVAS 78. Virginijus PIKTURNA 79. Vytautas Petras PLEČKAITIS 80. Petras POŠKUS 81. 82. 83. Kazimira Danutė PRUNSKIENĖ 84. Vytautas PUPLAUSKAS 85. Antanas RAČAS 86. Gintaras RAMONAS 87. Liudvikas Narcizas RASIMAVIČIUS 88. Rasa RASTAUSKIENĖ (dabar – JUKNEVIČIENĖ) 89. Liudvikas Saulius RAZMA 90. Algirdas RAŽAUSKAS 91. Kęstutis RIMKUS 92. 93. Romualdas RUDZYS 94. Benediktas Vilmantas RUPEIKA 95.

9 10 96. Kazys SAJA 97. 98. 99. Algimantas SĖJŪNAS 100. Liudvikas SIMUTIS 101. Česlovas Vytautas STANKEVIČIUS 102. Rimvydas Raimondas SURVILA 103. Valerijonas ŠADREIKA 104. Saulius ŠALTENIS 105. Lionginas ŠEPETYS 106. Gediminas ŠERKŠNYS 107. Albertas ŠIMĖNAS 108. Jonas ŠIMĖNAS 109. 110. Aurimas TAURANTAS 111. 112. Pranciškus TUPIKAS 113. Algimantas Vincas ULBA 114. 115. 116. Zigmas VAIŠVILA 117. Petras VAITIEKŪNAS 118. 119. Birutė VALIONYTĖ 120. 121. 122. 123. Alfonsas ŽALYS 124. Vidmantas ŽIEMELIS

II. The deputies of the Supreme Council (Reconstituent Seimas) of the Republic of Lithuania who carried out an important state task in Moscow on 11-14 March 1990

1. Stasys KAŠAUSKAS 2. Nikolaj MEDVEDEV

10 11 3. Mindaugas STAKVILEVIČIUS

III. The persons who signed on 16 February 1949 the Declaration of the Council of the Movement of the Struggle for Freedom of Lithuania

1. Jonas ŽEMAITIS-VYTAUTAS 2. Adolfas RAMANAUSKAS-VANAGAS 3. Juozas ŠIBAILA-MERAINIS 4. Leonas GRIGONIS-UŽPALIS 5. Aleksandras GRYBINAS-FAUSTAS 6. Vytautas GUŽAS-KARDAS 7. Bronius LIESYS-NAKTIS 8. Petras BARTKUS-ŽADGAILA

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