Part III
Attempt and Criminal Joint Acts

Chapter I
Attempt

Definition of attempt
19. Attempt is the commission of an act which apparently indicates the intention to commit an offence, where the offence has not been consummated, due to a cause beyond the offender's will .


Penalty for attempt
20.(1) Whoever attempts to commit an offence shall be punished with imprisonment, for a term, which may not exceed one-half of the maximum term prescribed for that offence, and where attempt constitutes an independent offence, the offender shall be punished with the penalty prescribed therefor.

(2) Where the penalty of any one offence is death or amputation, punishment for attempt thereof shall be imprisonment, for a term, not exceeding seven years.

Part III
Attempt and Criminal Joint Acts

Chapter II
Criminal Joint Acts

Abetment
25.(2) (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.

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.