The decree on pardon may commute any sentence to a lesser sentence in the legal scale of penalties. Unless expressly exempted by the decree of pardon, the commutation of a life sentence automatically entails a five-year ban on appearing in certain places and takes effect on the date of the decree of pardon. The joint liability may be revoked by way of a pardon. Section 3: Statute of limitations Article 133: The statute of limitations for sentences is: 1° twenty years for criminal sentences; 2° five years for correctional sentences 3° two years for petty offences sentences. This period starts from the day: 1° the conviction becomes final; 2° of the completion of the formalities provided for by procedural laws in case of conviction in absentia. It is calculated in accordance with the provisions of the last paragraph of article 71. The above provisions are applicable to additional penalties that are not automatically executed right from the day the conviction is final. They are also applicable to temporary security measures which are not automatically executed right from the day the conviction is final l. However, in this case, the limitation period is twenty years. Section 4: Death of the convicted person Article 134: The death of the convicted person does not prevent the execution of the pronounced pecuniary sentences and the ordered confiscations from being pursued on his property. The death of the convicted person does not prevent the execution of the pronounced pecuniary sentences and the ordered confiscations from being carried out on his property.