First Book
General Provisions
Section Two
CRIMES
Chapter two
Elements of Crimes
Part Two
Moral (contemplative) Element Criminal Intention and Mistake
First — Criminal Intention
Article 34 :
(1) Criminal intention refers to impelling the will of the doer to commit an act which produced the orim, such that it should result in the effect of the intended crime or the effect of an other crime.
(2) Intention is sometimes simple and sometimes it is coupled with prior insistence.
(3) Prior insistence refers to taking a firm decision before performing the crime in mind, provided that it is riot the result of sudden rage and sensual excitement.
(4) Insistence is considered a prior matter, regardless of whether the intention of the doer is directed to a specific person or an unspecified person, be it dependent on any condition or related to some other matter or not.
Mental element
Intent - national proceedings
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