interest, the condition for regarding many acts as a single prohibited act, is the specific identity of the
injured.
Chapter II
Forms of Commission of an Offence
Article 13 § 1. Whoever with the intent to commit a prohibited act, directly attempts its
commission through his conduct which, subsequently however does not take place, shall be held liable
for an attempt.
§ 2. An attempt also occurs when the perpetrator is not himself aware of the fact that committing
it is impossible because of the lack of a suitable object on which to perpetrate the prohibited act or
because of the use of means not suitable for perpetrating this prohibited act.
Article 14 § 1. The court shall impose a penalty for an attempt within the limits of the penalty
provided for the given offence.
§ 2. In the case specified in Article 13 § 2 the court may apply extraordinary mitigation of
punishment or even renounce its imposition.
Article 15 § 1. Whoever has voluntarily abandoned the prohibited act or prevented the
consequence shall not be subject to penalty for the attempt.
§ 2. The court may apply an extraordinary mitigation of punishment to a perpetrator who has
voluntarily attempted to prevent the consequence which constituted a feature of the prohibited act.
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