'Voluntary withdrawal' 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 21. Voluntary Refusal to Complete Crime
1. No criminal liability shall be imposed on the person who voluntarily and for good refuses to complete crime.
2. The person who voluntarily refuses to complete crime shall be subject to criminal liability only in case the actual action carried out by such person is another crime.
3. Criminal liability shall be withdrawn from the organizer, instigator and accomplice in case they dissuaded the perpetrator, timely informed a governmental body or otherwise obstructed the perpetrator or other accomplice, thus not giving the possibility to complete the crime. The accomplice shall be released from criminal liability if he/she did not carry through the action promised to the perpetrator or other accomplice or had retrieved the toll or instrument transferred for the perpetration of crime be fore the crime is committed.
4. If the organizer, instigator and psychic accomplice failed to, with their efforts, avoid the perpetration of the crime by the perpetrator, the measures taken by them may be viewed as extenuating circumstance by the court when awarding a sentence.
5. The person who did all to realize the relevant consequence of the Corpus Delicti, but thereafter, in the course of events, voluntarily made active efforts and forestalled this consequence shall be released from liability

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.