Book ONE
General Provisions on Crimes and Punishments

Part One
Crimes

Chapter Two
Crimes

Section THREE
Attempting a Crime

Article (18):
Attempting a crime is starting to carry out an act with the intent of perpetrating a crime; for reasons that do not have anything to do with the desire of the perpetrator the conduct of the perpetrator was halted as such, or the consequences thereof were foiled, even if the realization of the crime intended by the perpetrator were impossible to achieve due to the deficiency in the method used to carry out the crime, or to the failure of the targeted object of the crime to appear, or to the absence of the victim of the crime.

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.