2. If the statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years, it will not be investigated after five years. You belong to this situation.
3. If the case has been put on file for investigation or the judicial organ should put it on file but not put it on file, it is not limited by the time limit for prosecution.
4. If the new illegal act does not exceed the limitation of prosecution, the limitation of prosecution shall be recalculated.
Legal basis:
Article 87 of the Criminal Law states that if a crime exceeds the following time limit, it will not be prosecuted:
(1) If the maximum legal penalty is less than five years' imprisonment, five years later;
(2) Ten years later if the maximum legal penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than ten years;
(3) Ten years later if the maximum legal penalty is ten years' imprisonment;
(3) The statutory maximum penalty is fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 1 years but not more than 15 years;
(4) if the maximum legal punishment is life imprisonment or death penalty, it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 2 years. If prosecution is deemed necessary after 2 years, it shall be submitted to the Supreme People's Procuratorate for approval.
article 88 of the criminal law: a case put on file for investigation by a people's procuratorate, a public security organ or a state security organ, or after being accepted by a people's court, a person who has evaded investigation or trial is not limited by the time limit for prosecution.
if the victim files a complaint within the time limit for prosecution, the people's court, the people's procuratorate and the public security organ should file a case but not file it, and it is not limited by the time limit for prosecution.