'Inducing' in document 'Spain - Criminal Code (ENG)'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK I
General provisions on felonies and misdemeanours, the persons responsible, the penalties, security measures and other consequences of criminal offences

TITLE II
On persons criminally responsible for felonies and misdemeanours

Article 28

Principals are those who perpetrate the act themselves, alone, jointly, or by means of another used to aid and abet. The following shall also be deemed principals :

a) Whoever directly induces another or others to commit a crime ;
b) Whoever co-operates in the commission thereof by an act without which a crime could not have been committed.

Article 29

Accessories are those who, not being included in the preceding Article, co-operate in carrying out the offence with prior or simultaneous acts.

BOOK I
General provisions on felonies and misdemeanours, the persons responsible, the penalties, security measures and other consequences of criminal offences

TITLE III
On penalties

CHAPTER II
On application of penalties

SUBCHAPTER 1. GENERAL RULES ON APPLICATION OF PENALTIES

Article 62

Principals of an attempted crime shall have a punishment imposed that is lower by one or two degrees to that set by Law for the consummated crime, to the extent deemed appropriate, in view of the danger inherent to the attempt and to the degree of execution achieved.

Article 63

Accessories of a consummated or attempted crime shall be sentenced to a lower degree of punishment to that set by Law for the principals of the same offence.

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:
(b) Orders, solicits or induces the commission of such a crime which in fact occurs or is attempted