Article 124
Unless otherwise provided for by this Code, prosecution may not take place after expiration of:
1) twenty-five years from the commission of a criminal offence punishable under law by a long-term prison sentence;
2) twenty years from the commission of a criminal offence punishable under law by a prison sentence for a term exceeding fifteen years;
3) fifteen years from the commission of a criminal offence punishable under law by a prison sentence for a term exceeding ten years;
4) ten years from the commission of a criminal offence punishable under law by a prison sentence for a term exceeding five years;
5) five years from the commission of a criminal offence punishable under law by a prison sentence for a term exceeding three years;
6) three years from the commission of a criminal offence punishable under law by a prison sentence for a term exceeding one year;
7) two years from the commission of a criminal offence punishable under law by a prison sentence for a term not exceeding one year or a fine.
(2) Where several penalties are laid down for a criminal offence, the statute of limitations shall be determined in accordance with the most severe of the penalties provided.