28th September, 1936 THE PALESTINE GAZETTE (2) E v e r y person who is guilty of the offence prescribed i n sub-section (1) hereof shall be liable on conviction — (a) if the offence committed by the person received or assisted renders the perpetrator thereof liable on conviction to death or imprisonment exceeding three years, then to imprisonment not exceeding three years; (b) i f the offence renders the perpetrator thereof liable on conviction to imprisonment for three years or less, then to a term of imprisonment not exceeding half of the period of imprisonment to which the perpetrator is liable for the offence . 27. E v e r y person who by this Code is deemed to be an accessory after the fact may be brought to trial and convicted of an offence under this Code whether the actual perpetrator of the offence i n w h i c h he is an accessory has or has not been previously convicted of the offence, or whether it is or is not possible to institute proceedings against h i m and enforce any punishment that he may be ordered to undergo for the offence; and any such person may be tried either alone or together w i t h the actual perpetrator of the offence or with any other accessories thereto. CHAPTER Accessory after the fact may be tried whether principal has been convicted or not. VI. ATTEMPTS, INCITEMENTS, CONSPIRACY. 28. F o r the purpose of this chapter "offence" shall not include a contravention. Definition, 29. A n y person who attempts to commit an offence shall be liable unless some other punishment is provided i n this Code :— Attempts, (a) to imprisonment for life if the offence attempted would render the perpetrator thereof liable on conviction to death; (b) to imprisonment for a period not exceeding fourteen years if the offence attempted is manslaughter; ( c ) to imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years if the offence attempted is any other offence which would render the perpetrator liable to imprisonment for l i f e ; (d) i n every other case, to a punishment not exceeding half of the greatest punishment to which the perpetrator of the offence is liable on conviction. 30. —(1) A person is deemed to attempt to commit an offence when he begins to put his intention to commit the offence into execution by means adapted to its fulfilment, and manifests his intention by some overt act, but does not fulfil his intention to such an extent as to commit the offence. (2) It is immaterial, except so far as regards punishment, whether the offender does all that is necessary on his part for completing the commission of the offence, or whether the complete fulfilment of his intention is prevented by circumstances independent of his w i l l , or whether he desists of his own motion from further prosecution of his intention. (3) It is immaterial that by reason of circumstances not k n o w n to the offender it is impossible i n fact to commit the offence. Attempt defined,