GENERAL PART
CHAPTER III
CRIMINAL LIABILITY
Attempt
Section 10
(1) Any person who carries out an act with intent to commit a premeditated crime, without finishing it, shall be punishable for attempt.
(2) The sentence applicable to a completed criminal act shall also apply to attempt.
(3) The penalty may be reduced without limitation or dismissed altogether if the attempt has been carried out on an unsuitable subject, with an unsuitable instrument or by way of unsuitable means.
(4) Any person:
a) who voluntarily withdraws from the completion of the criminal act, or
b) who attempts to prevent the crime on his own volition, shall not be prosecuted for attempt.
(5) If in the case provided for in Subsection (4) the attempt in itself constitutes another crime, the perpetrator shall be liable for prosecution for that crime.
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:
(f) Attempts to commit such a crime by taking action that commences its execution by means of a substantial step, but the crime does not occur because of circumstances independent of the person's intentions. However, a person who abandons the effort to commit the crime or otherwise prevents the completion of the crime shall not be liable for punishment under this Statute for the attempt to commit that crime if that person completely and voluntarily gave up the criminal purpose.