CROATIA CRIMINAL CODE

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER TWO (ii) – APPLICABILITY OF THE CRIMINAL LEGISLATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Article 18

(1) Due to the statute of limitations, the criminal legislation of the Republic of Croatia may not be applied after the period determined by this Code has elapsed from the time the offense has been committed, the punishment pronounced or other criminal sanction ordered.

(2) The non-applicability of the criminal legislation of the Republic of Croatia does not refer to the criminal offenses of genocide, as referred to in Article 156, a war of aggression, as referred to in Article 157, crime against humanity referred to in the Article 157a, war crimes, as referred to in Articles 158, 159 and 160 of this Code, or other criminal offenses which, pursuant to international law, are not subject to the statute of limitations.

CROATIA CRIMINAL CODE

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER TWO (ii) – APPLICABILITY OF THE CRIMINAL LEGISLATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Article 24

No statutory limitation shall apply to the execution of punishment pronounced to a perpetrator of the criminal offence of genocide as specified in article 156, of a war of aggression as specified in article 157, of crime against humanity as specified in the Article 157a, of command responsibility as specified in the Article 167a, of war crimes as specified in Articles 158, 159 and 160 of this Code, or of other criminal offences which, pursuant to international law, are not subject to the statute of limitations.

The statutes of limitation shall not apply to execution of the punishment of life imprisonment and of punishments pronounced for the criminal offenses specified in Article 18, paragraph 2 of this Code.