'Intent - national proceedings' in document 'Kazakhstan - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Section II. A Crime

Article 20. A Crime Committed Deliberately

1. A crime which was committed with direct or indirect intent shall be considered a deliberate crime.

2. A crime shall be recognised as an act committed with direct criminal intent, if a person was aware of public danger of his acts (omission of acts), foresaw a possibility or inevitability of publicly dangerous consequences, and disregarded their emergence.

3. A crime shall be recognised as an act committed with indirect intent, if a person was aware of the public danger of his acts (omission of acts), foresaw a possibility of the emergence of publicly dangerous consequences, did not desire but consciously admitted the possible emergence of such circumstances, or had an indifferent attitude towards them.