Enactment No. 3 Of 1996
SYARIAH CRIMINAL OFFENCES (STATE OF PENANG) ENACTMENT 1996

PART VII - GENERAL EXCEPTIONS



Section 52. Act of person of unsound mind.

(1) Nothing is an offence which is done by a person who at the time of doing it, by reason of unsoundness of mind, is incapable of knowing the nature of the act or that what he is doing is wrong and contrary to law.

(2) For the purpose of this section, if a person was in a state of intoxication at the time of the act or omission complained of and-
he shall be deemed to be a person of unsound mind.

(3) In the section “intoxication” shall be deemed to include a state produced by drugs.




Copyright © PNMB-LawNet. All rights reserved.