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Except
as otherwise expressly provided by law, no person shall be prosecuted,
tried, or punished for any offense, not capital, unless the indictment
is found or the information is instituted within five years next after
such offense shall have been committed.
(June
25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 828; Sept.
1, 1954, ch. 1214, § 12(a), formerly § 10(a), 68 Stat. 1145;
renumbered Pub. L. 87-299, § 1, Sept. 26, 1961, 75 Stat. 648.)
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