GENERAL PART
CHAPTER TWO
THE OFFENCE
SECOND TITLE
ATTEMPT
Section 22
Definition
A person attempts to commit an offence if he takes steps which will immediately lead to the completion of the offence as envisaged by him.
Section 23
Liability for attempt
(1) Any attempt to commit a felony entails criminal liability; this applies to attempted misdemeanours only if expressly so provided by law.
(2) An attempt may be punished more leniently than the completed offence (section 49(1)).
(3) If the offender due to gross ignorance fails to realise that the attempt could under no circumstances have led to the completion of the offence due to the nature of its object or the means by which it was to be committed, the court may order a discharge, or mitigate the sentence as it sees fit (section 49(2)).
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