Study of time lapse in Iranian criminal law with emphasis on the time laps of prosecution

Punishments basically are overthrown by implementation¡ apart from the implementation there are other factors that overthrow punishment and generally General Litigation. Legislator in the penal code in 1392 enumerates the reasons of aborting punishment¡ time lapse is one of these reasons that is¡ the time has passed after that complaint¡ prosecution¡ sentencing or punishment is impossible. In fact¡ time lapse is cause for termination of the trial and sentences that was designed and issued long time ago and legislators have tried to forget them. One types of time lapse is time lapse pursue that is¡ the elapsed time that the defendant hasn''t been prosecuted and after the expiration of this time chasing him is canceled. It is notable that legislator has accepted time lapse for suspended¡ except outlined legal suspended¡ and several other crimes. This paper attempts in the light of judicial decisions and criminal law in Iran particularly the Penal Code in 1392 answer to questions like these: why outlined legal suspended are not lapse? Is the day of day of crime considered as a part of time lapse or not?