Criminal Code (Cap. 9)
Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 689
689. For the purposes of prescription, regard shall be had to the
punishment to which the offence is ordinarily liable, independe ntly
of any excuse or other particular circumstance by reason of whi ch
the offence is, according to law, liable to a lesser punishment ; nor
shall any regard be had to any increase of punishment by reason of
any previous conviction.
Reckoning of
time according
to calendar.
Amended by:
XI.1900.92.
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