(1) Subject to any special provision of law, a co-offender and an accessory shall be punishable in like manner as a sole or principal offender.
(2) Circumstances resulting in the irresponsibility of any person, or in his exemption from punishment or reduction or increase of his punishment, shall, where personal, affect only the person concerned.
(3) Circumstances other than personal shall affect any co-offender or accessory who could have foreseen them.
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