Section 44 Intentionally encouraging or assisting an offenceC1I1
(1)
A person commits an offence if—
(a)
he does an act capable of encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence; and
(b)
he intends to encourage or assist its commission.
(2)
But he is not to be taken to have intended to encourage or assist the commission of an offence merely because such encouragement or assistance was a foreseeable consequence of his act.
Annotations
Modifications
- C1
Pt. 2 restricted by 2007 c. 19, s. 18(1A) (as inserted (1.10.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 62, 94(1) (with Sch. 13 para. 5); S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(a))
Commencement
- I1
S. 44 in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(a)
Notes on Part 2
Modifications
- C2
Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) by 2003 c. 42, Sch. 4 para. 6(3) (as inserted (26.4.2013) by Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013 (c. 7), ss. 3(5), 15(1))