In cases of criminal offences punishable by a maximum sanction of at least four years of imprisonment, the limitation period should be at least five years from the time when the criminal offence was committed.
I gcás cionta coiriúla is inphionóis le smachtbhanna uasta ceithre bliana príosúnachta ar a laghad, ba cheart gurbh ionann an tréimhse teorann agus cúig bliana ar a laghad ón uair a rinneadh an cion coiriúil.