Enactment No. 3 Of 1996 SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1996
PART VI - ABETMENT AND ATTEMPT
Section 47. Attempt.
(1) Any person who attempts-
(a)to commit an offence punishable under this Enactment or under any other written law relating to Islamic Law; or
(b)to cause such an offence to be committed,
and in such attempt does any act towards the commission of such offence, shall, where no express provision is made by this Enactment or by such other written law, as the case may be, for the punishment of such attempt, be punished with such punishment as is provided for the offence.
(2) Any term of imprisonment imposed as a punishment for an attempt to commit an offence or to cause an offence to be committed shall not exceed one half of the maximum term provided for the offence.