A. Every criminal proceeding except an offense for which banishment is a possible punishment shall be commenced within three years of the date of commission and diligent discovery of the offense, or prosecution for that offense shall be forever barred. Every criminal offense for which banishment is a possible punishment shall be commenced within seven years of the date of commission and diligent discovery of the offense, or prosecution for that offense shall be forever barred.

B. If an offense is committed by actions occurring on two or more separate days, the offense will be deemed to have been committed on the day the final act causing the offense to be complete occurred.

C. The date of “diligent discovery” is the date at which, in the exercise of reasonable diligence, some person other than the defendant and his or her conspirator know or should have known that an offense had been committed.

D. Time spent outside the jurisdiction of the Nation for the purpose of avoiding prosecution shall not be counted toward the limitation period to begin prosecution.