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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CRIMINAL CODE

PART I - General Provisions

TITLE II - Interpretation and General Explanations

The Standard Tests and the Keywords

11.- (3) If an event is caused by the acts of several persons acting either jointly or independently, each of those persons who has intentionally or negligently contributed to cause the event shall, subject to subsection (4), and to the provisions of Title IV with respect to abetment, be deemed to have caused the event, but any matter of exemption, justification, extenuation or aggravation which exists in the case of any one of those persons shall have effect in his case whether it exists or not in the case of any of the other persons.

CRIMINAL CODE

PART I - General Provisions

TITLE IV – Abetment and Conspiracy

20.-(1) Every person who-

(a) directly or indirectly instigates, commands, counsels, procures, solicits or in any manner purposely aids, facilitates, encourages or promotes the commission of any crime, whether by his act, presence or otherwise; or

(b) does any act for the purpose of aiding, facilitating, encouraging or promoting the commission of a crime by any other person, whether known or unknown, certain or uncertain, shall be guilty of abetting that crime and of abetting the other person in respect of that crime.

CRIMINAL CODE

PART I - General Provisions

TITLE IV – Abetment and Conspiracy

20.- (2) Every person who abets a crime shall, if the crime be actually committed in pursuance or during the continuance of the abetment, be deemed guilty of that crime.

(3) Every person who abets a crime shall, if the crime be not actually committed, be punishable as follows, that is to say-

(a) If the commission of the crime be prevented by reason only of accident, or of circumstances or events independent of the will of the abettor, the abettor shall, where the crime abetted was murder, be liable to imprisonment for life, or shall where the crime abetted was any crime other than murder, be punishable in the same manner as if the crime had been actually committed in pursuance of the abetment.

(b) In any other case the abettor shall, if the crime which he abetted was a felony, be deemed guilty of a felony, or shall, if such a crime was a misdemeanour, be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour.

(4) Every person who abets a crime shall be punishable on indictment or summary conviction, according as he would be punishable for committing that crime.

CRIMINAL CODE

PART I - General Provisions

TITLE XV - Perjury and Obstruction of Public Justice

1. Perjury and Other Crimes Relating to Evidence and to Judicial Proceedings

250. Every person who commits perjury or abets perjury, with intent to cause the conviction of any person for a crime punishable with death, shall be liable to imprisonment for life.

251. Every person who commits perjury or abets perjury, with intent to cause the conviction of any person for any crime not capital, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years or for any greater term to which such person would, on conviction of that crime, be liable.

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