Chapter 1 General Provisions

Article 11. Time Limitation on Criminal Proceedings

(a) Any person charged with absence without leave during war or any other offense punishable by death can be prosecuted at any time without limitation.

(b) Except for the matters mentioned in Article 13(a), no other crimes may be tried if ten years have passed from the date the crime was committed.

(c) If a crime, resulting in serious consequences, committed during time of war is not prosecuted within ten years after commission of the crime, the offender can be prosecuted if charges are served upon the accused within three years of the end of the war.