Study of the Evolutions of Lapse of Time in the Iran Criminal Law

One of the most vital issues that must be considered for applying the regulations of lapse of time, is the beginning of this time through the crimes. Lapse of time beginning is the date determined by law, and lapse of time calculation for crime and penalties will begin from that date. The diversity of the crimes leads us put more attention for determining of this date. However, it is possible that lapse of time be interrupted due to any investigation measures, so the previous passed time may not be calculated during the new course. It is obviously on the contrary to lapse of time suspension through which the passed time before suspension may be calculated through the restart. Recognizing lapse of time interrupting measures, their impacts, and suspending measures in regard with the evolutions of criminal law have been studied in this article. Research method is descriptive-analytical that gained by referring to legal-jurisprudential sources at libraries including books, dissertations and numerous articles. We have addressed this question whether the evolutions of lapse of time regulations could have resolved the increase of criminal cases at courts.