Cape Verde Legislative Decree 4/2003 of 18 November 2003 - PENAL CODE
VOLUME I - GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE II - PUNISHABLE DEEDS
CHAPTER II - CHARACTERISTICS OF A PUNISHABLE DEED
Article 24
(Cessation and active repentance)
1. Any perpetrator who of his own will ceases to pursue the carrying out of an offence or prevents its completion, or, having completed it, prevents the result that the law seeks to avoid from effectively coming about, shall be exempt from penalty.
2.The same regime set forth in the preceding paragraph shall apply if the completion of the offence or effective coming about of its result is thwarted by some circumstance independent of the perpetrator's conduct, if he makes a genuine effort to prevent the completion of such offence or the effective coming about of its result.
3. In the case of co-participation, anyone who of his own will prevents the completion of an offence or the effective coming about of its result, or who makes a genuine effort to prevent the completion of such offence or the effective coming about of its result shall likewise be exempt from penalty even if other co-participants have continued to pursue the carrying out of the offence or have completed it.
4. The provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall likewise be applicable to preparatory acts if they are punishable pursuant to the first half of paragraph 1 of Article 20.
Individual criminal responsibility
Voluntary withdrawal
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