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C-25.1 - Code of Penal Procedure

Section 15
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15. Prescription is interrupted by the service of a statement of offence on the defendant.
Upon the application of a prosecutor who establishes that he has attempted unsuccessfully to serve a statement of offence on the defendant, the judge shall declare prescription to be interrupted from the date of the application; he shall attest the date of interruption on the statement of offence.
1987, c. 96, a. 15.
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