General Part

Section 4.

Exemption from criminal liability and punishment.

Chapter 11.

Exemption from criminal liability

Article 75. Exemption from criminal liability as a result of expiry of the statute of limitation.

6. The expiry of the prescription period is not applicable to persons who committed crimes against peace and human security envisaged in Articles 384, 386-391, 393-397 of this Code. Prescription periods are not applied to the persons who committed crimes envisaged in the RA international agreements, provided the agreement prohibits the application of the prescription period .

GENERAL PART

Section One : GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 4. CRIMINAL PROSECUTION AND ITS TYPES

Article 35. Circumstances Excluding Criminal Prosecution

1. 6) the prescription has expired;

Article 83. Releasing from Criminal Liability as a Result of Expiry of the Statute of Limitations

1. A person shall be released from criminal liability, if the following terms have elapsed since the day following the day of committing the criminal offence:

1) 5 years, in case of a minor criminal offence;
2) 10 years, in case of medium gravity criminal offence;
3) 15 years, in case of a grave criminal offence;
4) 20 years, in case of particularly grave criminal offence.

2. The statute of limitations shall be calculated from the day following the completion of criminal offence till the delivery of a decision to involve the person as an accused.

3. In case of continuous crime, the statute of limitations shall be calculated from the day following the termination of act, and in the case of continuing crime- from the day following the last act.

4. In case of inchoate crime, the statute of limitations shall be calculated from the termination of act considered to be preparation of crime or attempted crime.

5. A person who has committed criminal offence in complicity shall be released from criminal liability, if the terms established in Part 1 of this Article have expired on the day following the completion of the criminal offence by the performer.

6. The running of statute of the limitations shall be interrupted, if before the expiry of the mentioned terms the person commits a new criminal offence. In that case, the calculation of the statute of limitations for each crime shall start from the moment when the new criminal offence is completed.

7. The running of statute of limitations shall be suspended, if the person evades investigation. In this case the running of statute of limitations resumes from the moment the person is arrested or surrenders by acknowledging guilt. Moreover, the person cannot be subjected to criminal liability, if 15 years have passed since the day of committing a minor or medium gravity criminal offence, and 25 years have passed since the day of committing a grave or a particularly grave criminal offence, and the running of the statute of limitations was not interrupted by a new crime.

8. No statute of limitations shall apply in connection with criminal offences, for which also life imprisonment is established in this Code as a punishment.

9. No statute of limitations shall apply to persons committing criminal offences prescribed under Articles 133-154, Article 308, point 1 of part 2 of Article 441, or Article 450 of this Code, notwithstanding the venue of commission of criminal offence.

10. No statute of limitation shall be applied also towards persons who have committed crimes provided for by international treaties of the Republic of Armenia, provided these treaties prohibit application of statute of limitations.

11. Calculation of the statute of limitations with respect to persons who have committed criminal offences stipulated by Articles 189; 198-202; 241 and 242 of this Code shall start from the moment when the victim of crime attains the age of 18.

Article 106. Releasing from Liability due to Expiry of the Statute of Limitation

1. When releasing a person having committed a criminal offence before attaining the age of 18 from criminal liability due to expiration of the statute of limitations, the statute of limitations provided for in Article 83 of this Code shall be respectively reduced by half.

2. When releasing a person having committed a criminal offence from the age of 18 and before attaining the age of 21, from criminal liability due to expiration of the statute of limitations, the statute of limitations provided for in Article 83 of this Code shall be respectively reduced by one-third.