Book ONE
General Provisions on Crimes and Punishments
Part One
Crimes
Chapter Five
Reasons for Rejecting the Characteristic of a Crime
Section Two
The Responsibility of Juveniles and those in such Condition
Mental Defects
Article (33):
A person shall not be legally accountable for committing a crime if, at the time of the occurrence of the crime, the latter was unable to perceive the nature and consequence thereof, because of:
1. Permanent or temporary insanity or mental disability.
2. Forcefully, or unknowingly or compelled by necessity to be under the influence of an intoxicating substance or drug. However, if such was by the perpetrator's own choice and full knowledge, the sentence to be meted out to the latter shall be made as if the crime was committed without being intoxicated or drugged.
1. In addition to other grounds for excluding criminal responsibility provided for in this Statute, a person shall not be criminally responsible if, at the time of that person's conduct:
(b) The person is in a state of intoxication that destroys that person's capacity to appreciate the unlawfulness or nature of his or her conduct, or capacity to control his or her conduct to conform to the requirements of law, unless the person has become voluntarily intoxicated under such circumstances that the person knew, or disregarded the risk, that, as a result of the intoxication, he or she was likely to engage in conduct constituting a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court;