An attempt means an effort or endeavour to commit a crime, which has been prevented or has not produced the effect intended due to reasons beyond the perpetrator's will. Committing an act which is deemed, by itself, as a constituent part of the material element of the crime, or which entails immediately and directly such element, shall be considered an attempt. But neither mere intention of committing a crime nor the preparatory acts thereto shall be considered as an attempt, unless the law stipulates otherwise.
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