Saint Lucia

Criminal Code

CHAPTER ONE
General Provisions

PART IV
PARTICIPATION AND INCHOATE OFFENCES

Participation

Punishment where crime aided and abetted is not committed
65. An accomplice who aids and abets a crime where the crime is not actually committed, due to accident, or circumstances or events independent of his or her will shall —
(a) if the crime he or she aided and abetted was murder, be liable to imprisonment for life; or
(b) if the crime he or she aided and abetted was a crime other than murder, be punishable in the same manner as if the crime had been actually committed in pursuance of the abetment.


Punishment where different crime is committed
66. Where an accomplice —
(a) aids and abets a particular crime; or
(b) aids and abets a crime against or in respect of a particular person or thing; and
the person aided and abetted actually commits a different crime or commits the crime against or in respect of a different person or thing in a manner different from that which was aided and abetted by him or her, the accomplice shall —
(i) if it appears that the crime actually committed was not a probable consequence of the endeavours to commit or was not substantially the same as the crime which he or she intended to aid and abet, be punishable for the crime which he or she intended to aid and abet in the manner provided in this Part for a crime which is not actually committed; or
(ii) in any other case, he or she shall be deemed to have aided and abetted the crime which was actually committed, and shall be liable to be punished in accordance with the provisions of this Part.

Keywords

National penalties - national proceedings



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