Section 24. Abandonment

(1) A person shall not be punished for an attempt if he voluntarily abandons the further execution of his criminal scheme or prevents its completion. If, quite apart from anything done by the abandoning party, the crime is not completed, no punishment shall be imposed on him if he voluntarily and earnestly endeavored to prevent its completion.
(2) Where several persons participate in an offense, no punishment for an attempt shall be imposed on whomsoever voluntarily prevents its completion. Nor will punishment be imposed on any person who, through his voluntary and earnest endeavors, attempts to prevent the commission of the offense, if it was not completed for other reasons, or if it was completed quite independently of his antecedent conduct.


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