France

Code Penal

BOOK I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

TITLE II
OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 121-4

The perpetrator of an offence is the person who :

1° commits the criminally prohibited act ;
2° attempts to commit a felony or, in the cases provided for by Statute, a misdemeanour.

ARTICLE 121-5

An attempt is committed where, being demonstrated by a beginning of execution, it was suspended or failed to achieve the desired effect solely through circumstances independent of the perpetrator's will.

Keywords

Individual criminal responsibility
Attempt



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