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CRIMINAL CODE
PART I - General Provisions
TITLE III - Attempts to Commit Crimes
19 Every person who prepares or supplies, or has in his possession, custody or control, or in the possession, custody or control of any other person on his behalf, any instruments, materials or means, with a purpose that such instruments, materials or means may be used by him or by any other person in committing any crime by which life is likely to be endangered, or any forgery, or any crime relating to coin, or any felony punishable with imprisonment for ten years or upwards, shall be liable to punishment in like manner as if he had attempted to commit that crime, and any such instruments, materials or means shall be forfeited and applied as the law directs.
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.