MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1981 - SECT 33
MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT 1981 - SECT 33
33 . Attempts, conspiracies, incitements and accessories after the fact
(1) A person who
attempts to commit an offence under this Act (the principal offence ) commits
—
(a) if
the principal offence is a crime, the crime; or
(b) if
the principal offence is a simple offence, the simple offence,
and is liable on
conviction to the same penalty to which a person who commits the principal
offence is liable.
(2) A person who
conspires with another to commit an offence under this Act (the principal
offence ) commits —
(a) if
the principal offence is a crime under section 6(1) that does not involve
methylamphetamine, the crime, but is liable on conviction to the penalty
referred to in section 34(1)(b); or
(b) if
the principal offence is a crime under section 7(1), the crime, but is liable
on conviction to the penalty referred to in section 34(1)(ba); or
(c) if
the principal offence is a simple offence or a crime other than a crime
referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), the simple offence or the crime, as the
case requires, and is liable on conviction to the same penalty to which a
person who commits the principal offence is liable.
(3) A person who
incites another person to commit, or becomes an accessory after the fact to,
an offence under this Act (the principal offence ) commits —
(a) if
the principal offence is a crime, the crime; or
(b) if
the principal offence is a simple offence, the simple offence,
but is liable on
conviction —
(c) to a
fine not exceeding half of the fine to which a person who commits the
principal offence is liable; and
(d) to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding —
(i)
14 years, in a case where the person who commits the
principal offence is liable to imprisonment for life; and
(ii)
half of the term to which a person who commits the
principal offence is liable, in any other case.
[Section 33 amended: No. 4 of 2004 s. 58; No. 62
of 2004 s. 8; No. 3 of 2017 s. 6.]