Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995

Art and part and attempt

293Statutory offences: art and part and aiding and abetting

(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.

294Attempt at crime

(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.