Republic of Bulgaria - SG No. 83/2016) ———————————————————————————————— grave crime under Chapter Two, Sections I, II, IV, and V; Chapter Three, Sections ², ²² and ²²²; and Chapter Eleven, Section ²²² of the Special Part of the Criminal Code, committed in the period from 9 September 1944 to 10 November 1989 by members of managing bodies of the Bulgarian Communist Party, as well as by third persons assigned to managerial positions or with party-related functions. ——————————————————————————————��— Article 80 (1) Criminal prosecution shall be excluded by prescription where it has not been instigated in the course of: 1. (amended, SG No. 31/1990, SG No. 153/1998) twenty years in respect of acts punishable by life imprisonment without a chance of commuting or life imprisonment, and 35 years in respect of a murder of two or more persons; 2. fifteen years with respect to acts punishable by imprisonment for more than ten years; 3. ten years with respect to acts punishable by imprisonment for more than three years; 4. (amended, SG No. 62/1997) five years in respect of acts punishable by imprisonment for more than three years, and 5. (amended, SG No. 26/2010) three years in respect of all remaining cases. (2) The prescription terms under the preceding paragraph for crimes committed by underage persons shall be determined after taking into consideration the substitution of punishments pursuant to Article 63. (3) Prescription of prosecution shall commence as from the completion of the crime, in the case of attempt and preparation - as from the day of completion of the last action, and for continuous crimes as well as for crimes in progress - as from the moment of their termination. Article 81 (1) Prescription shall be interrupted where the beginning or continuation of the criminal prosecution depends upon the solution of some preliminary issues with judicial act that has entered into force. (2) Prescription shall be interrupted by every act of the respective bodies undertaken for the purposes of prosecution, and only in respect of the person against whom the prosecution is directed. After completion of the act, whereby prescription was interrupted, a new prescription term shall commence. (3) Notwithstanding the termination or interruption of prescription, penal proceedings shall be excluded provided a term has expired which exceeds by one half the term provided under the preceding Article. Article 82 (1) The punishment imposed shall not be served where the following terms have elapsed: 1. (amended, SG No. 153/1998) twenty years, if the punishment was life imprisonment without a chance of commuting or life imprisonment; 2. fifteen years, if the punishment was imprisonment for more than ten years;