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Article 253

第二百五十三条

The statute of limitations runs from the time that the criminal act ceased.

時効は、犯罪行為が終つた時から進行する。

Regarding cases of complicity, the statute of limitations, with respect to all accomplices, runs from the time when the final act ceased.

共犯の場合には、最終の行為が終つた時から、すべての共犯に対して時効の期間を起算する。

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