'Aiding' in document 'Afghanistan - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

First Book
General Provisions

Section Two
CRIMES

Chapter two
Elements of Crimes

Part One
Material element

First - Act, Cause and Effect

Article 28 :

(2) A person whose criminal act partakes in resulting the effect with a previous cause or (ono) concurrent with the act 'or after it shall 'be considered responsible, even if the person should not be cognizant of the effectivenes of his criminal act in resulting the effect.

First Book
General Provisions

Section Two
CRIMES

CHAPTER THREE
Association in Crime

Part One
Principal offender and Accomplice

Article 38 :

A person is regarded the principal offender in the following instances :

1. When he alone or with the association of someone else commits a crime ;
2. When he intervens in the commission of a criminal act in such a way as to intontionally commit one of the acts comprising the crime.

First Book
General Provisions

Section Two
CRIMES

CHAPTER THREE
Association in Crime

Part One
Principal offender and Accomplice

Article 39

A person is regarded an accomplice in the following instances :

1. When he instigates a person to commit one of the acts comprising the crime and the crime takes place as a result of this instigation.
2. When he enters in to an agreement with another person to commit a crime and the crime takes place as a result of this agreement.
3. When he knowingly assists tho principal offender in any way with respect to equipment, faciltties or supplementary works for committing the crime and the crime takes place as a result of this assistance.

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:
(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