(1) An offence which may only be prosecuted upon request shall not be prosecuted if the person entitled to file the request fails to do so before the expiry of a three-month period. If the end of the period falls on a Sunday, a general holiday or a Saturday, then the period shall end with the expiry of the next working day.

(2) The period shall commence upon the expiry of the day on which the entitled person acquired knowledge of the offence and the identity of the offender. If the prosecution of the offence is also dependent on a decision as to the nullity or dissolution of a marriage, the period shall not begin before the expiry of the day on which the entitled person acquires knowledge that the decision is final. For a request by the statutory representative or the person responsible for the care of the person, their own knowledge is dispositive.

(3) If more than one person is entitled to file a request or more than one person participated in the offence the period shall run separately for and against each person.

(4) If as a result of the death of the victim the right to file a request has passed to relatives the period shall end no sooner than three months and no later than six months after the death of the victim.

(5) The course of the period shall be stayed if an application has been received by a settlement board to conduct a reconciliation attempt pursuant to section 380 of the Code of Criminal Procedure until the certificate pursuant to section 380(1) 3rd sentence of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been issued.