Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13)

Valid from 13/12/2010

PART 1 S SENTENCING

Other sentencing measures S

26 Voluntary intoxication by alcohol: effect in sentencing S

(1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to an offender who was, at the time of the offence, under the influence of alcohol as a result of having voluntarily consumed alcohol.

(2) A court, in sentencing the offender in respect of the offence, must not take that fact into account by way of mitigation.