REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA

LAW

ON THE POPULATION REGISTER

Article 1. Objectives of the Law

This Law shall regulate: the establishment of a Population

liquidation of the Register, the background information presented

for registration and the procedures for their utilization, and

the rights and liabilities of persons who provide and use the

information.

Article 2. Population Register of the Republic of

Lithuania

The Population Register shall consist of the individual

records of all Lithuanian citizens, and of foreign nationals and

stateless persons permanently residing in the Republic of

Lithuania. These records shall be kept in the data bank in

accordance with a uniform system of indices.

The purpose of the Population Register is to collect and

compile information concerning the distribution and composition

of the population, the scope and direction of migration, labor

resources, their utilization, and other social information, as

well as to constantly update, process, and provide this to the

institutions of State authority and government of the Republic of

Lithuania, and to other legal and natural persons in the manner

prescribed by law.

The Population Register of the Republic of Lithuania shall

be comprised of the central population register and local

population registers. The latter shall be subdivisions of the

central population register. The Population Register shall

provide the opportunity to obtain information concerning the

population according to every numerical equivalent of personal

data and combinations thereof.

Article 3. The Founding and Supervision of the Population

The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall be the

founder of the Population Register. The regulations of the

Population Register shall be approved by the Government of the

Republic of Lithuania in pursuance of this Law.

The Population Register shall be supervised by the

Department of Statistics under the Government of the Republic of

Lithuania. The Department shall methodize the regulation of the

territorial divisions, as well as the collection of data for the

Article 4. Data Compiled in the Population Register

Each resident (person) must register the following data in

the register:

1. Personal Identification Number:

1) identification number;

2) name;

3) surname;

4) personal identification number of his or her father;

5) personal identification number of his or her mother;

6) personal identification number of his or her spouse;

7) personal identification number(s) of his or her

child (children);

8) family size;

place of Residence:

1) former place(s) of residence;

2) current place of residence;

3) city, city district office, street, house number,

flat number;

4) district;

5) rural district;

6) village;

7) date of arrival;

8) date of departure;

9) place of departure;

3. Citizenship, Native Language, Passport, Military Service:

1) citizenship;

2) date of granting (or loss) of citizenship;

3) native language;

4) passport series and number;

5) place of issue;

6) date of issue;

7) conscript;

4. Demographic Data:

1) sex;

2) place of birth;

3) date of birth;

4) marital status;

5) date of death;

6) cause of death;

5. Occupation:

1) employment (trade);

2) profession or post;

3) date of employment;

4) date of discharge from work (registration at labour

exchange);

6. Education:

1) educational institution;

2) date of entry;

3) date of graduation;

7. Training, Profession:

1) training;

2) profession;

8. Information Concerning Pension:

1) type of pension;

2) date of assignment (or loss) of pension.

Information which is not specified in part 1 of this article

shall not be recorded in the Register.

The data bank of the Population Register may be used without

charge by other state data banks concerning: education, health,

employment, social security, passports, municipal economy, and

taxes.

Article 5. Data Required in the Population Register

Individual data shall be recorded in the Population Register

only on the basis of the documents presented.

Data for the Population Register shall be presented by:

1) passport agencies of the Ministry of Internal Affairs -

if the data concerns personal identity, citizenship, passport, or

place of residence;

2) the Ministry of National Defence - if the data concerns

military conscription;

3) civil registration agencies - if the data concerns

birth, death, marriage, or divorce;

4) employers, state data banks, and other institutions

supervising the registration of the population - if the data

concerns employment, education, or profession;

5) institutions of secondary, professional and higher

education - if the data concerns education, training, or the

acquired profession;

6) social welfare institutions, social security

institutions, and other institutions responsible for the

granting of pensions - if the data concerns pensions.

Emigration and immigration agencies shall furnish all the

data concerning emigrants and immigrants.

The data specified above shall be furnished in accordance

with the regulations of the Population Register. Officials who

present erroneous data, who do not present the required data on

time, or who fail to present the required data at all, shall be

held responsible in accordance with the procedure established by

the laws of the Republic of Lithuania.

Article 6. Personal Identification Number

The personal identification number shall be an individual

sequence of decimal numbers assigned to a person by the agency of

Population Registration. The personal identification number shall

be used for personal identification, and for establishing

interrelations between separate data banks.

The structure of the personal identification number shall be

as follows:

the first number shall represent the person's sex and

century of birth,

the second and the third numbers shall represent the last

two numbers of the year of birth,

the fourth and the fifth numbers shall represent the month

of birth,

the sixth and the seventh numbers shall represent the day of

birth,

the eighth, the ninth, and the tenth numbers shall

represent the sequence of registration of persons born on the

same day,

the eleventh number shall represent the control number of

the ten preceding numbers.

The personal identification number shall be recorded in the

passport, birth certificate, state social security certificate,

driver's licence, and other personal documents.

Article 7. Utilization of the Data Recorded in the

Population Register

A council shall be formed to manage issues concerning the

preparation of data to be recorded in the Population Register,

its utilization, and its protection. The formation of the

council, as well as its regulations, shall be approved by the

Government of the Republic of Lithuania.

The utilization of data recorded in the Population Register

shall be as follows:

1) data presented in summary reports may be used by all

legal and natural persons of the Republic of Lithuania;

2) data collected in the lists of voters, preschool and

school children, military conscripts or alternative service

conscripts, specialists, and unemployed persons may be used by

State government institutions and local government institutions

(if the data concerns residents of their respective territories);

3) upon purposive requisition, lists shall be presented in

accordance with the type of activities of the agencies in

question, and shall only be provided upon written decision of an

appropriate body of power;

4) each resident of the Republic of Lithuania shall have the

right to utilize personal data which concerns him or her.

Article 8. The Powers of the Supervisors of the

Population Register

If erroneous data was recorded in the Population Register,

the Department of Statistics must correct the entry on the basis

of the applicant's documents.

The Department of Statistics shall be prohibited from

correcting entries (data) in the presented documents, and from

requiring the bearer to do the same.

Employees of the Population Register agency must sign a

pledge promising not to violate the requirements under this Law.

Employees of the Population Register agency who violate the

requirements shall be held responsible under the laws of the

Republic of Lithuania.

Article 9. The Rights of Residents of the Republic of

Lithuania in the Utilization of Population

Residents of the Republic of Lithuania shall have the right

to obtain a certificate containing their personal data. The

certificate shall be legally valid.

Upon presention of identification documents, citizens of the

Republic of Lithuania, as well as foreign nationals and

stateless persons who are permanently residing in the Republic of

Lithuania, shall have the right to check their personal data in

the Population Register, and, upon finding errors, to request

their correction.

Disputes concerning the canceling or altering of the data of

the Population Register shall be resolved in court.

Article 10. Publication of Data in the Population

Population data recorded in the Register may be published

only in summary reports.

Article 11. Financing of the Population Register

Resources from the State budget of Lithuania shall be used

for the founding and supervision of the Register. The Department

of Statistics, which is responsible for the supervision of the

Population Register, may accumulate resources by providing data

for a set cost in the manner established by this Law.

Article 12. Liquidation of the Register

The Population Register shall be liquidated in accordance

with the resolution of the Supreme Council of the Republic of

Lithuania.

Bronislovas Kuzmickas

Vice President

Supreme Council

Republic of Lithuania

Vilnius

January 23, 1992

No. I-2237