1. The criminal action shall be terminated upon the death of the Accused, when a final judgment or conclusive criminal order is rendered thereon, due to conciliation or waiver of the same by the party legally entitled to makes such waiver, due to pardon, or as a result of repeal of the law under which the criminal act is punishable. 2. With the exception of criminal offenses of Qisas [retaliation in kind], Diyya [the financial compensation payable to the victim or heirs of a victim in the cases of murder, bodily harm or property damage], and felonies punishable by the death penalty or life imprisonment, the criminal action shall be time barred upon the lapse of [20] twenty years in respect of the cases of other felonies, and upon the lapse of [5] five years in the cases of misdemeanors and one year in the cases of infractions, from the occurrence day of the crime. 3. The running limitation period of criminal actions shall not be suspended for any reason whatsoever.
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