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A court may apply compulsory medical measures to a person, who committed a socially dangerous
act and was recognized as insane.
Article 19. Liability for Crime Committed while Intoxicated
A person, who committed a crime being under intoxication by alcohol, narcotic, or psychotropic or
other substances affecting human intellect and will, shall not be discharged from criminal liability.
Such a condition may not be taken as a ground for recognizing the person as insane.
CHAPTER 5. GUILT
Article 20. Types of Guilt
A person, who intentionally or unintentionally committed a socially dangerous act envisaged by
this Code, may be recognized guilty.
Article 21. Intentional Crime
A crime, completion of which is determined by an Article of this Code as a moment of execution of
a socially dangerous act, shall be recognized intentional, if a person, who committed it, was aware
of its dangerous nature and desired its commission.
A crime, completion of which is determined by an Article of this Code as a moment of emergence
of socially dangerous consequences, may be committed with a direct or indirect intent.
A crime shall be recognized as committed with a direct intent, if a person who committed it, was
aware of its socially dangerous consequences and desired their emergence.
A crime shall be recognized as committed with an indirect intent, if a person who committed it, was
aware of its dangerous nature and of its socially dangerous consequences and intentionally allowed
their emergence.
Article 22. Reckless Crime
A socially dangerous act committed by presumption or carelessness shall be recognized as a
reckless crime.
A crime shall be recognized as committed by presumption, if a person who committed it, foresaw a
possibility of emergence of socially dangerous and legally punishable consequences of his
behavior, and, consciously ignoring proper precaution, groundlessly presumed that such
consequences would not emerge.
A crime shall be recognized as committed by carelessness, if a person who committed it, did not
foresee a possibility of emergence of socially dangerous and legally punishable consequences of his
behavior, though he should have to and could have foreseen them.
Article 23. Compound Guilt