* Statute of limitation for penal liability examination:

The statute of limitation for penal liability examination is the time limit prescribed by the Penal Code upon the expiry of which the offender shall not be examined for penal liability.

The statute of limitation for penal liability examination is stipulated as follows:

+ Five years for less serious crimes;

+ Ten years for serious crimes;

+ Fifteen years for very serious crimes;

+ Twenty years for particularly serious crimes.

The statute of limitation shall begin from the date a crime is committed. If within the time limit prescribed in following limitation, the offender commits a new crime for which the Penal Code stipulates a maximum penalty of over one year, the time already past must not be counted and the statute of limitation for the previous crime shall be re-calculated from the date the new crime is committed.

If within the above-said time limit, the offender deliberately flees and is being hunted for by warrant, the time of fleeing away must not be counted and the statute of limitation shall be re-calculated from such time the person gives him/herself up or is arrested.

* Crime classification:

- Less serious crimes are crimes which cause no great harm to society and the maximum penalty bracket for such crimes is three years of imprisonment;

- Serious crimes are crimes which cause great harm to society and the maximum penalty bracket for such crimes is seven years of imprisonment;

- Very serious crimes are crimes which cause very great harm to society and the maximum penalty bracket for such crimes is fifteen years of imprisonment;

- Particularly serious crimes are crimes which cause exceptionally great harms to society and the maximum penalty bracket for such crimes shall be over fifteen years of imprisonment, life imprisonment or capital punishment.

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