12.7. Prescription of penal proceedings begins to run, for an offence contemplated by section 12.3, on the date of examination of the information disclosed to the Minister or investigator and, for an offence contemplated by section 12.4, on the date of examination of the application for the selection certificate, the certificate of acceptance, the undertaking or the certificate of statutory situation.
Prescription of proceedings under section 12.4.2 or 12.4.3 begins to run on the date the Minister becomes aware of the offence.
However, no proceedings may be instituted if more than five years have elapsed from the date of the commission of the offence.
1991, c. 3, s. 5; 1992, c. 5, s. 9; 1998, c. 15, s. 13; 2004, c. 18, s. 14.