1. A criminal action in crimes prejudicial to the external or internal security of the State shall not lapse by the passage of time. 2. A penalty imposed for crimes prejudicial to the external or internal security of the State shall not lapse except by full execution, a general amnesty, or a special pardon. 3. Custodial penalties imposed for crimes prejudicial to the external or internal security of the State shall not be subject to early release as provided for in the applicable law governing penal or institutions or in any other legislation. 4. Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding Clause, the court may, upon the request of the Attorney General, order the suspension of execution of the custodial penalty imposed for a crime prejudicial to the external or internal security of the State, where serious grounds exist to warrant confidence in the rehabilitation of the convicted person, provided that one or more of the measures stipulated in Article (235) of this Law are imposed. The duration of the measure shall not exceed the duration of the penalty imposed or the remaining portion thereof. The court may order the revocation of the suspension order and the return of the convicted person to the penal institution to serve the remaining term, upon the request of the Attorney General, if the convicted person violates any of the conditions imposed by the court or commits a new intentional crime during the period in which the measure is in force.
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