Part III
Attempt and Criminal Joint Acts
Chapter I
Attempt
Definition of attempt
19. Attempt is the commission of an act which apparently indicates the intention to commit an offence, where the offence has not been consummated, due to a cause beyond the offender's will .
Penalty for attempt
20.(1) Whoever attempts to commit an offence shall be punished with imprisonment, for a term, which may not exceed one-half of the maximum term prescribed for that offence, and where attempt constitutes an independent offence, the offender shall be punished with the penalty prescribed therefor.
(2) Where the penalty of any one offence is death or amputation, punishment for attempt thereof shall be imprisonment, for a term, not exceeding seven years.
Part III
Attempt and Criminal Joint Acts
Chapter II
Criminal Joint Acts
Abetment
25.(2) (a) in case of the non-commission of the offence, or the attempt thereof, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years;
(b) in case of the commission of the offence, or the attempt thereof, with imprisonment, for a term, not exceeding ten years, or with fine, or with both, and where the penalty prescribed for the offence is whipping, he shall be punished with whipping not exceeding half the penalty.
3. De conformidad con el presente Estatuto, será penalmente responsable y podrá ser penado por la comisión de un crimen de la competencia de la Corte quien:
(f) Intente cometer ese crimen mediante actos que supongan un paso importante para su ejecución, aunque el crimen no se consume debido a circunstancias ajenas a su voluntad. Sin embargo, quien desista de la comisión del crimen o impida de otra forma que se consume no podrá ser penado de conformidad con el presente Estatuto por la tentativa si renunciare íntegra y voluntariamente al propósito delictivo.