Liabilities - Parties to Offences

Question 1

Outline the ingredients of section 66(2) as the relate to criminal responsibility of parties to an offence.

Answer 1

• This section relates to when to or more people form a common intention to commit an offence.
• This section makes each participant criminally liable for any offence committed by any participant, where the offence was a probable consequence of the agreed plan.

Question 2

Define the four elements contained in section 66(1) that make a person party to an offence.

Answer 2

• Actually commits the offence or
• Does or omit an act to aid any person to commit the offence or
• Abets any person in the commission of the offence or
• Incites, counsels or procures a person to commit the offence