imprisonment of more than five years may be pronounced,
4) five years from the commission of the crime, for which according to the law,
imprisonment of more than three years may be pronounced,
5) three years from the commission of the crime, for which according to the law,
imprisonment of more than one year may be pronounced and
6) two years from the commission of the crime, for which according to the law,
imprisonment of one year or a fine may be pronounced.
(2) If several sentences are prescribed for a crime, the time barring is determined according
to the most severe prescribed sentence.
Course and cessation of the time barring of the criminal prosecution
Article 108
(1) The time barring of the criminal prosecution starts on the day of commission of the
crime or occurrence of the consequence. If the act is committed against a child, the time
barring of the criminal prosecution starts on the day of its age of maturity.
(2) The time-barring term does not run at the time when, according to the law, the
prosecution may not commence or continue.
(3) The time-barring shall be interrupted by each process action undertaken in order to
prosecute the offender due to the committed crime.
(4) The time barring shall also be interrupted when the offender, at the time while the time
barring is still going on, commits an equally grave or graver crime.
(5) For each interruption, the time-barring term commences to run again from the
beginning.
(6) The time barring of the criminal prosecution comes into effect in any case when twice the
time requested according to a law for time barring of criminal prosecution elapses.
Time barring of the enforcement of a sentence
Article 109
Unless otherwise determined by this Code, the pronounced sentence may not be enforced
when the following has elapsed:
1) 30 years from a life imprisonment;
2) 20 years from imprisonment of more than ten years;
3) ten years from imprisonment of more than five years;
4) five years from imprisonment of more than three years;
5) three years from imprisonment of more than one year and
6) two years from imprisonment of up to one year, or to a fine.
52/217