A criminal prosecution shall be barred and may no longer be brought unless it is instituted:
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 46
Limitations on Bringing Prosecutions · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
within thirty years of the commission of a Class 1 through Class 5 serious offence;
within twenty years of the commission of a Class 6 and 7 serious offence;
within fifteen years of the commission of a Class 8 and 9 serious offence;
within ten years of the commission of a Class 1 petty offence;
within five years of the commission of a Class 2 petty offence; or
within three years of the commission of a Class 3 petty offence.
The limitation period shall begin to run from the day on which the offender first exercised his criminal activity and where the criminal activity occurred over a period of time, the limitation shall begin to run on the last day that this activity was committed.
Any act of prosecution accepted by a Court terminates the period of limitation.