THE PALESTINE 980 GAZETTE 28th September, 1936 A person is deemed to aid i f he is present at the place where an offence is committed for the purpose of overawing opposition or of strengthening the resolution of the actual perpetrator or of ensuring the carrying out of an intended offence; (d) every person who, wdiether or not he is present at the time the offence is committed, counsels or procures any other person to commit the offence. (2) I n the case stated i n sub-section (1) (d) the person may be charged either w i t h committing the offence or w i t h counselling or procuring its commission. (3) A conviction for counselling or procuring the commission of an offence entails the same consequences i n a l l respects as a conviction for committing the offence. (4) A n y person who procures another to do or omit to do any act of such a nature that, if he had himself done the act or made the omission, the act or omission would have constituted an offence on his part, is guilty of an offence of the same k i n d , and is liable to the same punishment, as if he had himself done the act or made the omission; and he may be charged w i t h himself doing the act or making the omission. Offences committed i n prosecution of common purpose. 24. W h e n two or more persons form a common intention to prosecute an unlawful purpose i n conjunction w i t h one another, and i n the prosecution of such purpose any offence or offences is or are committed of such a nature that the commission is a probable consequence of the prosecution of such purpose, each of such persons being present at the commission of any of such offences is deemed to have committed the offence or offences committed. Mode of execu- 25.—(1) W h e n a person counsels another to commit an offence, ^ offence is actually committed after such counsel by the person to whom it is given, it is immaterial whether the offence actually committed is the same as that counselled or a different one, or whether the offence is committed i n the way counselled or i n a different way, provided i n either case that the facts constituting the offence actually committed are a probable consequence of carrying out the counsel. tion immaterial. (2) I n either case the person who gave the counsel is deemed to have counselled the other person to commit the offence actually committed by h i m : Provided that if any person who has procured or counselled i n any way another person to commit an offence and before the commission thereof has countermanded the commission, he shall not be deemed to have committed the offence if it is subsequently committed. Accessories after fact. 26.—(1) E v e r y person other than the father, mother, son, daughter, or husband, or wife of the offender who, knowing an offence to have been committed by another person, receives or assists such other person i n order to enable h i m to escape punishment is said to become an accessory after the fact to the offence: Provided that a wife shall not become an accessory after the fact by receiving or assisting i n her husband's presence and by his authority another person who is guilty of an offence i n the commission of which her husband has taken part i n order to enable that other person to escape punishment.