Section 97 - Punishment for criminal conspiracy.

(I) Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable with death or with imprisonment shall, where no express provision is made in this Penal Code for the punishment of such a conspiracy, be punished in the same manner as if he had abetted that offence.

(2) Whoever is a party to a criminal conspiracy other than a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence punishable as aforesaid shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or with fine or with both.