'Attempt' in document 'Georgia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

SECTION TWO. CRIME

CHAPTER VI. INCOMPLETE CRIME

Article 19. Attempted Crime
1. Attempted crime shall be a deliberate action that was designed to perpetrate a crime but the crime was not completed.
2. Criminal liability for attempted crime shall be determined under the relevant article of this Code which provides for liability for completed crimes, by giving reference to this article.

GENERAL PART

SECTION TWO. CRIMES

CHAPTER VII. PERPETRATION AND COMPLICITY

Article 25. Liability of Perpetrator and Accomplice

7. If the perpetrator has not completed the crime, the accomplice shall be subject to criminal liability for the preparation of or complicity in the attempted crime. Criminal liability for the preparation of the crime shall be imposed upon the one who failed, due to circumstances beyond control, to persuade other person into wrongdoing.

GENERAL PART

SECTION THREE. PUNISHMENT

CHAPTER XI. SENTENCING

Article 56. Awarding Sentence for Incomplete Crime
1. When awarding a sentence for incomplete crime, consideration shall be given to the circumstances due to which the crime was not perpetrated to the end.
2. The term or extent of the sentence for staging the crime shall in no way exceed a half of the maximum term or extent of the most severe sentence prescribed for completed crimes under the relevant article or part of the article of the Special Part of this Code.
3. The term or extent of the sentence for the attempted crime shall in no way exceed three fourth of the maximum term or extent of the most severe sentence prescribed for completed crimes under the relevant article or part of the article of the Special Part of this Code.
4. Life imprisonment shall in now way be awarded for the staging of crime or attempted crime.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 25
Individual criminal responsibility
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.