Conspiracy to commit indictable offence
558 Conspiracy to commit indictable offence
Any person who conspires with another person —
to commit an indictable offence (the principal offence); or
to do any act or make any omission in any part of the world which, if done or made in Western Australia, would be an indictable offence (the principal offence) and which is an offence under the laws in force in the place where it is proposed to be done or made,
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 penalty with which the principal offence is punishable on summary conviction.
Without limiting subsection (1), the application of subsection (1) extends to a conspiracy under which an offence is to be committed, or an act or omission done or made, by a person other than the persons conspiring with each other.
[Section 558 inserted: No. 4 of 2004 s. 42; amended: No. 70 of 2004 s. 34(6) and (7).]
[559. Deleted: No. 4 of 2004 s. 43.]
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