Public prosecution for the enforcement of the penalty is extinguished by the death of the accused, prescription, amnesty, repeal of the criminal law and res judicata.
However, if prosecution leading to conviction has revealed the falsity of the judgment or ruling that declared the public prosecution extinguished, the public prosecution may be resumed; the statute of limitations must then be considered as suspended from the day on which the judgment or ruling had become final until the day on which the person guilty of forgery or use of forgeries was convicted.
It may also be extinguished by a settlement where the law expressly provides for this or by the execution of a penal composition; the same applies in the event of the withdrawal of a complaint, where this is a necessary condition for prosecution.