Cap. 9 Art. 45Real circumstances when communicable.

Where two or more persons take part in the commission of a crime, any act committed by any of such persons, whether he be a principal or an accomplice, which may aggravate the crime, shall only be imputable -

(a) to the person who commits the act;

(b) to the person with whose previous knowledge the act is committed; and

(c) to the person who, being aware of the act at the moment of its commission, and having the power to prevent it, does not do so.