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Code of Criminal Procedure
CCRP 571 — Crimes for which there is no time limitation
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TITLE XVII
TIME LIMITATIONS
CHAPTER 1. LIMITATIONS UPON INSTITUTION
OF PROSECUTION
Art. 571. Crimes for which there is no time limitation
There is no time limitation upon the institution of prosecution for any crime for which the punishment may be death or life imprisonment or for the crime of forcible rape (R.S. 14:42.1).
Amended by Acts 1984, No. 926, §1; Acts 2001, No. 207, §1.
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