Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts Section 552 is
repealed and the following section is inserted instead —
“
552. Attempts to commit indictable
offences
(1) Any person who
attempts to commit an indictable offence (the
"principal offence") is guilty of —
(a) a
crime if the principal offence is a crime; or
(b) a
misdemeanour if the principal offence is a misdemeanour.
(2) A person guilty of
a crime or misdemeanour under subsection (1) is liable —
(a) if
the principal offence is punishable on indictment with imprisonment for
life — to imprisonment for 14 years;
(b) in
any other case — to half of the penalty with which the
principal offence is punishable on indictment.
Summary conviction penalty: for an offence where
the principal offence may be dealt with summarily, the lesser of —
(a) the
penalty with which the principal offence is punishable on summary conviction;
or
(b) the
penalty that is half of the penalty with which the principal offence is
punishable on indictment.
(3) The summary
conviction penalty in subsection (2) does not apply to an offence to
which section 426 applies.
”.