The period of limitation shall be suspended so long as criminal prosecution cannot commence and continue under the law.
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 47
Suspension of Limitation on Bringing Prosecutions · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Where the preferring of charges is required for criminal prosecution, lack of such complaint shall not suspend the period of limitation.