“The Seimas may consider anew and adopt a law referred back by the President of the Republic. The law reconsidered by the Seimas shall be deemed adopted if the amendments and supplements submitted by the President of the Republic are adopted, or if more than 1/2 of all the Members of the Seimas vote for the law, or, in cases where such a law is a constitutional law—if not less than 3/5 of all the Members of the Seimas vote in favour thereof. The President of the Republic must sign such laws within three days and promulgate them immediately.”
The Seimas may reconsider and adopt a law returned by the President. The law is deemed adopted if the Seimas accepts the President's amendments and supplements, or if more than 1/2 of all Members vote for it, or at least 3/5 of all Members in the case of a constitutional law. The President must sign such a law within three days and promulgate it immediately.
When the President returns a law, the Seimas can either accept his amendments or pass the law as it was, provided more than half of all Members vote for it. The President then cannot return the law again and must sign it within three days.
Memorise the majorities needed to override a return by the President: more than 1/2 of all Members for an ordinary law and at least 3/5 of all Members for a constitutional law, plus the 3-day deadline for the President to sign.
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