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 Whoever commits an act aiming for an outcome which the law prescribes to be an offence but which can never be achieved for a certainty because of the means used in the commission or of the object at which the commission is targeted, shall be deemed to attempt to commit the offence but shall be punished with not more than one half of the punishment designated by the law for such offence.

If the act as said in paragraph 1 is committed out of a blind belief, the court may abstain from imposing the punishment.

Whoever has attempted to commit an offence shall not be punished for such attempt if he held himself back from carrying it through or reformed his mind and effected remedies to prevent it from achieving the outcome. However, if the act committed falls within a legal provision which prescribes it to be an offence, he shall be punished for such offence.

In the event that any offence occurs through an action of two or more persons, those who join each other in committing such offence