342Attempts

342 Attempts

[Section 342 Substituted by No. 30 of 1973, s. 23 ]

(1)  Upon an indictment for a crime, the accused person may be convicted of attempting to commit that crime or any other crime of which, subject to subsection (2) of section 332 , he could be convicted on that indictment.

(2)  Where a person is charged in an indictment with an attempt to commit a crime and the evidence establishes that he committed the full crime he may be convicted of that full crime.

(3)  Where a person has been convicted of an attempt to commit a crime he is not liable to be tried for the crime of which he was so convicted of having attempted to commit.