Malawi

Penal Code

PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER V
PARTIES TO OFFENCES

22. Offences committed by joint offenders in prosecution of common purpose

When two or more persons form a common intention to prosecute an unlawful purpose in conjunction with one another, and in the prosecution of such purpose an offence is committed of such a nature that its commission was a probable consequence of the prosecution of such purpose, each of them is deemed to have committed the offence.

Keywords

Individual criminal responsibility
Common purpose
Conspiracy
Contribution
Joint commission



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