Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 687
687. (1) Sentences awarding punishment shall not be barred
by prescription notwithstanding the lapse of any time.
(2) The period of prescription in respect of all criminal
offences shall be suspended from the moment a charge and, or bi ll
of indictment is served on the person charged or accused until such
time as a final and definitive judgment is delivered in the
proceedings which commenced as a result of such charge or bill of
indictment.
Prescription
barring criminal
actions.
Amended by:
XI.1900.92;
VIII.1909.62;
XXI.1971.36;
XLIX.1981.4.
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