Attempt to commit indictable offence
552 Attempt to commit indictable offence
Any person who attempts to commit an indictable offence (the principal offence) is guilty of a crime.
A person guilty of a crime under subsection (1) is liable —
if the principal offence is punishable on indictment with imprisonment for life — to imprisonment for 14 years;
in any other case — to half of the penalty with which the principal offence is punishable on indictment.
Summary conviction penalty: for an offence where the principal offence may be dealt with summarily, the lesser of —
the penalty with which the principal offence is punishable on summary conviction; or
the penalty that is half of the penalty with which the principal offence is punishable on indictment.
The summary conviction penalty in subsection (2) does not apply to an offence to which section 426 applies.
[Section 552 inserted: No. 4 of 2004 s. 39; amended: No. 70 of 2004 s. 34(2) and (3).]
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