The limitation period for public prosecution is interrupted by:
1° Any act, emanating from the public prosecutor or the civil party, tending to initiate the public prosecution, provided for in articles 80,82,87,88,388,531 and 532 of this code and to the article 65 of the law of 29 July 1881 on the freedom of the press ;
2° Any investigative act emanating from the public prosecutor’s office, any report drawn up by a judicial police officer or an authorised agent exercising judicial police powers effectively aimed at finding and prosecuting the perpetrators of an offence;
3° Any investigative act provided for in articles 79 to 230 of this Code, carried out by an examining magistrate, an investigating chamber or magistrates and judicial police officers delegated by them, effectively aimed at the investigation and prosecution of the perpetrators of an offence ;
4° Any judgment or ruling, even if not final, if it is not null and void.
Any act, judgment or ruling mentioned in 1° to 4° shall cause a limitation period to run for a period equal to the initial period.
This article applies to related offences and to perpetrators or accomplices not covered by one of these same acts, judgments or rulings.
The limitation period for rape, sexual assault or sexual molestation committed against a minor is interrupted by one of the acts or decisions mentioned in 1° to 4° occurring in proceedings in which the same person is accused of one of these same offences committed against another minor.