Punishment of attempts to commit indictable offences
536 Punishment of attempts to commit indictable offences
A person who attempts to commit an indictable offence punishable by mandatory life imprisonment is liable, if no other punishment is provided, to life imprisonment.
A person who attempts to commit an indictable offence punishable by life imprisonment but not mandatory life imprisonment is liable, if no other punishment is provided, to 14 years imprisonment.
A person who attempts to commit any other indictable offence is liable, if no other punishment is provided, to a punishment equal to one-half of the greatest punishment to which an offender convicted of the offence is liable.
In this section—mandatory life imprisonment means a penalty of life imprisonment that can not be mitigated or varied under this Code or any other law. sch 1 pt 7 ch 55 s 536 amd 1922 13 Geo 5 No. 2 s 3(xvi); 1988 No. 88 s 5 sch 2
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