Part III
Attempt and Criminal Joint Acts

Chapter II
Criminal Joint Acts

Abetment
25.(1) Abetment is the inducement of one person by another to commit an offence, or the ordering of any mature person under his control to commit it.

(2) Subject to observing the limit of the penalty prescribed for the offence, whoever abets the commission of an offence shall be punished in accordance with the following :

(a) in case of the non-commission of the offence, or the attempt thereof, with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years;
(b) in case of the commission of the offence, or the attempt thereof, with imprisonment, for a term, not exceeding ten years, or with fine, or with both, and where the penalty prescribed for the offence is whipping, he shall be punished with whipping not exceeding half the penalty.

(3) Whoever abets the commission of an offence and is present at the time of the commission thereof, shall be deemed to have committed that offence .

(4) Whoever abets a by person to commit a certain act shall be responsible for any other act which constitutes an offence, committed by the abetted person if that other act is a probable consequence of the abetment .

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