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Time limit for the investigation
Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.
What it means
The statutory period for the judicial investigation, with reasoned extensions where permitted. The opening date and timing of each investigative order matter; expiry does not automatically require acquittal.
Legal reference
Spanish Criminal Procedure Act · art. 324
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