Article 220 — Suspension of Period of Limitation.

(1) Limitation shall be temporarily suspended as long as there subsists a bar in law or in fact. It shall also be suspended where a charge has been instituted and the case is undergoing a judicial proceeding, or where the decision in the criminal case against the defendant cannot be given until other proceedings have been completed. Upon removal of the bar the period of limitation shall revive and continue its course. (2) In all cases where the law requires the lodging of a complaint for the institution of a prosecution the absence of this formality shall not prevent the limitation period from running. Similarly, any act of the criminal voluntarily done to hinder the institution or continuation of the prosecution shall not prevent the limitation period from running.