his acts or control his actions shall be determined based on the time immediately
preceding such state.
(4) A perpetrator who under the circumstances referred to in para. 3 hereof
committed a criminal offence in the state of significantly reduced mental capacity may
not receive a lighter punishment.
Wrongful Intent
Article 15
A criminal offence shall be considered to have been committed with wrongful
intent when the perpetrator was aware of his act and desired its commission or when the
perpetrator was aware that he could commit an act and decided to commit it.
Negligence
Article 16
A criminal offence shall be considered to have been committed by negligence
when the perpetrator was aware that his action may result in an offence but carelessly
assumed that it would not occur or that he could prevent it if it occurred, or when he was
not aware that with his act he may commit an offence although given the circumstances
under which the offence was committed and his personal capacity he should have been
aware or could have been aware of this possibility.
Liability for Severe Consequence
Article 17
When a criminal offence resulted in a severe consequence for which law provides
for a more severe punishment, the perpetrator may receive such more severe
punishment where with respect to that consequence he acted with negligence, but also if
he acted with wrongful intent provided that the act committed does not contain elements
of another criminal offence.
Error of Fact
Article 18
(1) An act committed under an irreparable error of fact shall not constitute a
criminal offence.
(2) An irreparable error of fact exists where a perpetrator was not obliged to
avoid and could not have avoided the error with respect to a factual circumstance