1. Except for the criminal offenses of Qisas, Diyya and felonies on which a final judgment of the death penalty or a life sentence, the court-ordered sentence imposed on other criminal offenses shall lapse after the passage of thirty [30] calendar years. 2. The court-ordered sentence imposed on a misdemeanor proceeding shall lapse after the passage of seven [7] years, while the court-ordered sentence imposed on a infraction proceeding shall lapse after the passage of two [2] years. The limitation period shall commence as of the date on which the judgment of conviction becomes final, unless the sentence is ordered in absentia by the Criminal Court on a misdemeanor proceeding, as, in the latter case, the limitation period shall commence as of the date of the judgment.
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