Art. 689 — CRIMINAL CODE

For the purposes of prescription, regard shall be had to the

punishment to which the offence is ordinarily liable, independently

of any excuse or other particular circumstance by reason of which

the offence is, according to law, liable to a lesser punishment; nor

shall any regard be had to any increase of punishment by reason of

any previous conviction.

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