280Attempts to procure commission of criminal offences

280 Attempts to procure commission of criminal offences (1) Any person who attempts to procure another to do any act, make any omission or cause any event, whether in the Territory or Criminal Code Act 1983 271 elsewhere, of such a nature that, if the act were done or the omission were made or the event were caused, an offence would thereby be committed under the laws of the Territory or the laws in force in the place where the act, omission or event is proposed to be done, made or caused whether by himself or by that other person, is guilty of an offence of the same kind and is liable to the same punishment as if he had himself attempted to do the same act, make the same omission or cause the same event in the (2) If the act, omission or event is proposed to be done, made or caused at a place not in the Territory, the punishment cannot exceed that which he would have incurred under the laws in force where the act, omission or event was proposed to be done, made or caused if he had himself attempted to do the proposed act, make the proposed omission or cause the proposed event. (3) A prosecution with respect to a matter referred to in subsection (2) cannot be instituted except at the request of the government of the state having jurisdiction in the place where the act, omission or event was proposed to be done, made or caused.