Section 48 — Criminal Code: Limitation

No proceedings for an offence of treason as defined by paragraph 46(2)(a) shall be commenced more than three years after the time when the offence is alleged to have been committed. No proceedings shall be commenced under section 47 in respect of an overt act of treason expressed or declared by open and considered speech unless an information setting out the overt act and the words by which it was expressed or declared is laid under oath before a justice within six days after the time when the words are alleged to have been spoken; and a warrant for the arrest of the accused is issued within ten days after the time when the information is laid.