BOOK 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
PART II
RULES AS TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
TITLE IV
ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT CRIMES
43. (1) A person who attempts to commit a crime by any means shall not be acquitted on the grounds that, by reason of the imperfection or other condition of the means, or by reason of the circumstances under which they are used, or by reason of any circumstances affecting the person against whom, or the thing in respect of which the crime is intended to be committed, or by reason of the absence of such person or thing, the crime could not be committed according to his intent.
(2) Whoever attempts to commit a crime shall, if the attempt is frustrated by reason only of accident or of circumstances or events independent of his will, be deemed guilty of an attempt in the first degree, and shall, except as in this Code otherwise expressly provided, be punishable in the same manner as if the crime had been completed.
(3) Whoever is guilty of an attempt other than an attempt in the first degree shall, except as in this Code otherwise expressly provided, be liable to any kind of punishment to which he would have been liable if the crime had been completed ; but the Court shall mitigate the punishment according to the circumstances of the case.
(4) Where any act amounts to a complete crime, as defined by any provision of this Code, and is also an attempt to commit some other crime, a person who is guilty of it shall be liable to be convicted and punished either under such provision or under this section.
(5) Any provision of this Code with respect to intent, exemption, justification, or extenuation, or any other matter in the case of any act, shall apply with the necessary modifications, to the case of an attempt to do that act.
(6) The question whether an act done or omitted with intent to commit a crime is or is not only preparation for the commission of that crime, and too remote to constitute an attempt to commit, is a question of law.
44. Whoever prepares or supplies, or has in his possession custody, or control, or in the possession, custody, or control of any other person on his behalf, any instruments, materials, or means, with a purpose that such instruments, materials, or means, may be used by him or by any other person, in committing any forgery, or any crime relating to coin, shall be liable to punishment in like manner as if he had attempted to commit that crime ; and any such instruments, materials, or means shall be forfeited and applied as the Court directs.
Individual criminal responsibility
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