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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Art and part and attempt


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Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, Cross Heading: Art and part and attempt is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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Art and part and attemptS
293 Statutory offences: art and part and aiding and abetting.S
(1)A person may be convicted of, and punished for, a contravention of any enactment, notwithstanding that he was guilty of such contravention as art and part only.
(2)Without prejudice to subsection (1) above or to any express provision in any enactment having the like effect to this subsection, any person who aids, abets, counsels, procures or incites any other person to commit an offence against the provisions of any enactment shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction, unless the enactment otherwise requires, to the same punishment as might be imposed on conviction of the first-mentioned offence.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
294 Attempt at crime.S
(1)Attempt to commit any indictable crime is itself an indictable crime.
(2)Attempt to commit any offence punishable on complaint shall itself be an offence punishable on complaint.
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