Act C of 2012 on the Criminal Code (as in force on 1 April 2022) This document has been produced for informational purposes only. (3) The limitation period shall not include any period during which criminal proceedings could not have been commenced or continued due to immunity arising from public office, because the immunity based on an Act was not lifted by the entity authorised to decide on the matter. This provision shall not apply to criminal offences punishable on the basis of a private motion, where a private prosecuting party represents prosecution. (4) The limitation period shall not include the probationary period if release on probation is ordered, and the period of reparation work. Active repentance Section 29 (1) A person shall not be liable to punishment if he confessed to the commission of a misdemeanour, or a felony punishable by not more than three years of imprisonment, against life, physical integrity and health, human freedom, human dignity and certain fundamental rights, property or intellectual property, or of a traffic-related misdemeanour or felony punishable by not more than three years of imprisonment before being indicted, and made reparation for the harm caused by the criminal offence in a manner and to the extent accepted by the aggrieved party in the course of a mediation procedure, or prior to a mediation procedure but as approved by the agreement concluded during the mediation procedure. This provision shall also apply if the criminal offence committed against life, physical integrity and health, human freedom, human dignity and certain fundamental rights, property or intellectual property, or the traffic-related criminal offence, is the dominant criminal offence of those constituting concurrence. (2) The punishment may be reduced without limitation if, for criminal offences specified in paragraph (1), the perpetrator confessed to the commission of a felony punishable by not more than five years of imprisonment before being indicted, and made reparation for the harm caused by the criminal offence in a manner and to the extent accepted by the aggrieved party in the course of a mediation procedure, or prior to a mediation procedure but as approved by the agreement concluded during the mediation procedure. This provision shall also apply if the criminal offence committed against life, physical integrity and health, human freedom, human dignity and certain fundamental rights, property or intellectual property, or the trafficrelated criminal offence, is the dominant criminal offence of those constituting concurrence. (3) Paragraphs (1) to (2) shall not apply if a) the perpetrator is a multiple or special recidivist, b) the perpetrator committed the criminal offence in a criminal organisation, c) the criminal offence caused death, d) the perpetrator committed the intentional criminal offence during the probationary period of a suspended imprisonment or after being sentenced to imprisonment to be served for committing an intentional criminal offence, but before enforcement of the sentence was completed, or during the period of release on probation or conditional suspension by the prosecutor, or e) the perpetrator earlier participated in a mediation procedure due to committing an intentional criminal offence and, for this reason, paragraph (1) or (2) was applied to him, provided that less than two years passed between the date of the decision that may not be challenged further and the commission of the subsequent intentional criminal offence. 7 Contact: eu-forditas@im.gov.hu