Part 4 Aiders and Abettors
Article 17 Abettors in indictable and summary offences
(1) Any person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission of any arrestable offence or misdemeanour, whether the misdemeanour is one at common law or by virtue of any Act, may be indicted, tried and punished as a principal offender.
(2) Every person who at different times handles stolen property may be charged in the same indictment and may be tried together, notwithstanding that the principal offender is not included in the same indictment or is not in custody or amenable to justice.
Aiders and Abettors
Article 18 Abettors in Admiralty offences
Where any person, within the jurisdiction which before 30th November, 1966 would have been the jurisdiction of England, aids, abets, counsels, or procures the commission of any arrestable offence cognisable in the courts of Barbados, whether the same is an offence at common law or by virtue of any Act and whether such offence was committed within that jurisdiction or elsewhere, or was begun within that jurisdiction and completed elsewhere, or was begun elsewhere and completed within that jurisdiction, the venue in the margin of an indictment for any such offence shall be the same if the offence had been committed in Barbados and the offence shall be averred to have been committed on the high seas.
Schedule
Description of Offences
34. Aiding and abetting, or counselling or procuring the commission of,
or being an accessory before or after the fact to, or attempting or conspiring to
commit, any of the offences listed in any of the paragraphs preceding this
paragraph.
3. In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(c) For the purpose of facilitating the commission of such a crime, aids, abets or otherwise assists in its commission or its attempted commission, including providing the means for its commission;