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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER III
CRIME AND MISDEMEANOUR

Article 19. Person’s Liability for a Criminal Act Committed under the Influence of Alcohol, Narcotic, Psychotropic or Other Psychoactive Substances

1. A person who has committed a criminal act under the influence of alcohol, narcotic, psychotropic or other psychoactive substances shall not be released from criminal liability.

2. A person who committed a misdemeanour, a negligent or minor or less serious premeditated crime as a result of intoxication against his will and hence lacked a capacity sufficient to fully appreciate the dangerous nature of the criminal act or to control his behaviour at the time of his conduct shall be released from criminal liability.

3. A person who has committed a serious or a grave crime under the conditions indicated in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be held liable under a criminal law, however the penalty imposed upon him may be commuted under Article 59 of this Code.