Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 41

41. (1) Whosoever with intent to commit a crime shall have manifested such intent by overt acts which are followed by a commencement of the e xecution of the crime, shall, save as otherwise expressly provided , be liable on conviction - (a) if the crime was not completed in consequence of some accidental cause independent of the will of the offender, to the punishment established for the completed crime with a decrease of one or two degrees; (b) if the crime was not compl eted in consequence of the voluntary determination of the offender not to complete the crime, to the punishment established for the acts committed, if such acts constitute a crime according to law. Attempted contravention. (2) An attempt to commit a contravention is not liable to punishment, except in the cases expressly provided for by law. TITLE IV OF ACCOMPLICES Complicity in crime. Amended by: VIII.1909.4.