Intoxication - national proceedings

Moldova, Republic of

Moldova - Criminal Code 2002 (2009) EN

GENERAL PART

Chapter II
CRIME

Article 24. Responsibility for a Crime Committed in a State of Intoxication

A person who commits a crime in a state of intoxication with alcohol or other substances shall not be exempted from criminal liability. The causes of intoxication, its degree and influence on the commission of the crime shall be taken into consideration when determining the punishment.

Rome Statute

Article 31 Grounds for excluding criminal responsibility

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;