Section 31. Abandonment of the attempt to enlist participation in crime

(1) No one shall be punished under § 30 if he voluntarily:
1. abandons the attempt to incite another to commit a felony and who averts the possibly existing risk that the other person will commit the crime,
2. after having declared his willingness to commit a felony, gives up the idea or,
3. after having agreed with others or having accepted the offer of another to commit a felony, prevents it.
(2) If, quite apart from anything done by the abandoning party, the crime is not committed, or if it was committed independently of his antecedent conduct, no punishment shall be imposed on him if he voluntarily and earnestly endeavored to prevent it.


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