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Autonomy of criminal statute of limitations from penalty institution for application of more favorable law

Case Number ICCJ_86886
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Jurisdiction Romania (RO)
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The High Court of Cassation and Justice admitted the referral filed by the Bucharest Court of Appeal and established that criminal liability statute of limitations is an autonomous legal institution distinct from the penalty institution. The dispute concerned the interpretation of the principle of applying the more favorable criminal law, specifically whether changes to the statute of limitations could be applied retroactively to cases pending at the time the new law was in force. Relying on Article 5 of the Penal Code, the court ruled that the statute of limitations operates independently of the penalty, a decision that became mandatory upon its publication in the Official Gazette in accordance with Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

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art.5 din Codul penal, art.477 alin.3 din Codul de procedură penală; Autonomy of criminal statute of limitations from penalty institution for application of more favorable law: The dispute concerned the interpretation of the principle of applying the more favorable criminal law, specifically whether changes to the statute of limitations could be applied retroactively to cases pending at the time the new law was in force. Relying on Article 5 of the Penal Code, the court ruled that the statute of limitations operates independently of the penalty, a decision that became mandatory upon its publication in the Official Gazette in accordance with Article 477(3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Keywords

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statute of limitations criminal penalty retroactivity of a law Roman law interpretation of the law primacy of statute law

Cited Legislation

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art.5 din Codul penal
Cited as the substantive legal basis for determining the autonomy of the statute of limitations relative to the penalty in the final order.
art.477 alin.3 din Codul de procedură penală
Cited to establish the mandatory effect of the decision from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
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ICCJ_86836
Autonomy of statute of limitations from penalty for applying the more favorable criminal law
ICCJ_230290
Statute of limitations calculation upon criminal case reopening and applicability of the more favorable law doctrine
ICCJ_180969
Statute of limitations for criminal organization offenses: calculation based on the offense's own maximum penalty rather than the most serious underlying crime.
Decizia nr. 148/A/2023
Retroactive application of post-conviction constitutional decisions on statute of limitations via extraordinary appeal
Încheierea nr. 537/2023
Competence to adjudicate a cassation appeal based on criminal liability statute of limitations: exclusive jurisdiction of the rendering court

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art.5 din Codul penal

Cited as the substantive legal basis for determining the autonomy of the statute of limitations relative to the penalty in the final order.

art.477 alin.3 din Codul de procedură penală

Cited to establish the mandatory effect of the decision from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

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R O M Â N I A

ÎNALTA CURTE DE CASAŢIE ŞI JUSTIŢIE

Completul pentru dezlegarea unor chestiuni de drept în materie penală

Minuta deciziei nr.2 Dosar nr. 2/1/2014/HP/P

ÎN NUMELE LEGII

D E C I D E:

Admite sesizarea formulată de către Curtea de Apel Bucureşti - Secţia I Penală în dosarul nr.530/303/2013 prin care se solicită pronunţarea unei hotărâri prealabile pentru dezlegarea de principiu a problemei de drept vizând aplicarea legii penale mai favorabile în cazul prescripţiei răspunderii penale, respectiv, dacă prescripţia răspunderii penale reprezintă o instituţie autonomă faţă de instituţia pedepsei.

În aplicarea art.5 din Codul penal, stabileşte că prescripţia răspunderii penale reprezintă o instituţie autonomă faţă de instituţia pedepsei.

Obligatorie de la data publicării în Monitorul Oficial al României, Partea I, potrivit art.477 alin.3 din Codul de procedură penală.

Pronunţată, în şedinţă publică, astăzi 14 aprilie 2014.