Criminal prosecution shall not be conducted when from the moment the offence was committed until the moment that the person is held defendant:
a) forty years have lapsed in the case of crimes which punishment is foreseen to be life imprisonment;
b) twenty years have lapsed for crimes foreseen to be punished by not less than ten years of imprisonment or another more severe punishment;
c) ten years have lapsed for crimes, foreseen to be punished by five to ten years of imprisonment;
รง) five years have lapsed for crimes, foreseen to be punished by up to five years of imprisonment or fine;
d) three years have lapsed for misdemeanours foreseen to be punished by up to two years of imprisonment;
dh) two years have lapsed for misdemeanours foreseen to be punished by fine.
Statute of limitations shall not apply to criminal offences of Chapter II, Section I, articles 76-79/c".
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