Romania: Does a statute of limitations exist that would prevent authorities from jailing an individual who had been sentenced in the mid-1990s to 2½ years imprisonment for having caused a traffic accident which disabled someone, if the perpetrator leaves the country for two years
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 8 November 2002 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | ROM40250.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Romania: Does a statute of limitations exist that would prevent authorities from jailing an individual who had been sentenced in the mid-1990s to 2½ years imprisonment for having caused a traffic accident which disabled someone, if the perpetrator leaves the country for two years, 8 November 2002, ROM40250.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3f7d4e0ce.html [accessed 17 May 2023] |
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Martindale-Hubbell Lawyers.com provides the following legal definition of the term statute of limitations:
1 a : a statute establishing a period of time from the accrual of a cause of action (as upon the occurrence or discovery of an injury) within which a right of action must be exercised
b : a criminal statute establishing the period of time within which an offense can be punished after its commission
2 : a period of time established by a statute of limitations for commencing an action or prosecution (n.d.).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Reference
Martindale-Hubbell Lawyers.com. n.d. "Statute of Limitations."
