Criminal Compensation Act Article 39
This English translation was last updated on 2011-07-06, but the Chinese text was amended on 2023-12-15. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
(Retrospective application and statutes of limitations of retrial petitions)For those claimants who may file a petition of retrial under Article 21 of revised provisions of this Act that came into effect on June 14th, 2007, the petition shall be filed within two years after the revised provisions of this Act came into effect on June 14th, 2007.Within five years before the revised provisions of the Act came into effect on September 1, 2011, for the cases in which the claim was dismissed under Subparagraph 3, Article 2 of the provisions of this Act revised before June 13, 2011, the victim may file a petition of retrial within two years after September 1, 2011 to the agency rendering the original decision on the ground that the applicable law for the original final judgment is in contradiction with the Constitution.