Article 46

A criminal prosecution shall be barred and may no longer be brought unless it is instituted:

within thirty years of the commission of a Class 1 through Class 5 serious offence;

within twenty years of the commission of a Class 6 and 7 serious offence;

within fifteen years of the commission of a Class 8 and 9 serious offence;

within ten years of the commission of a Class 1 petty offence;

within five years of the commission of a Class 2 petty offence; or

within three years of the commission of a Class 3 petty offence.

The limitation period shall begin to run from the day on which the offender first exercised his criminal activity and where the criminal activity occurred over a period of time, the limitation shall begin to run on the last day that this activity was committed.

Any act of prosecution accepted by a Court terminates the period of limitation.