2. A minor criminal offense shall mean an offense punishable by imprisonment for a term up
to two years or a more lenient penalty.
3. A medium grave offense shall mean an offense punishable by imprisonment for a term up
to five years.
4. A grave criminal offense shall mean an offense punishable by imprisonment for a term up
to ten years.
5. A special grave offense shall mean an offense punishable by more than ten years of
imprisonment or a life sentence.
Article 13. Consummated and unconsummated criminal offenses
1. A consummated criminal offense shall mean an offense which comprises all elements of a
criminal offense as prescribed by the relevant article of the Special Part of this Code.
2. An unconsummated criminal offense shall mean the preparation for crime and criminal
attempt.
Article 14. Preparation for crime
1. The preparation for crime shall mean the looking out or adapting means and tools, or
looking for accomplices to, or conspiring for, an offense, removing of obstacles to an offense,
or otherwise intended conditioning of an offense.
2. Preparation to commit a minor criminal offense does not give rise to criminal liability.
Article 15. Criminal attempt
1. A criminal attempt shall mean a directly intended act (action or omission) made by a person
and aimed directly at the commission of a criminal offense prescribed by the relevant article
of the Special Part of this Code, where this criminal offense has not been consummated for
reasons beyond that person's control.
2. A criminal attempt shall be consummated where a person has completed all such actions as
he/she deemed necessary for the consummation of an offense, however, the offense was not
completed for the reasons beyond that person's control.
3. A criminal attempt shall be unconsummated where a person has not completed all such
actions as he/she deemed necessary for the consummation of an offense for the reasons
beyond that person's control.
Article 16. Criminal liability for an unconsummated criminal offense
The criminal liability for the preparation for crime and a criminal attempt shall rise under
Article 14 or 15 and that article of the Special Part of this Code which prescribes liability for
the consummated crime.
Article 17. Voluntary renunciation in an unconsummated criminal offense
1. The voluntary renunciation shall mean the final discontinuation of the preparation for crime
or a criminal attempt by a person of his/her own will, where that person have realized that the
criminal offense may be consummated.