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CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 536
Punishment of attempts to commit indictable offences
536 Punishment of attempts to commit indictable offences
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
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