New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 428D

428D Intoxication in relation to other offences

In determining whether a person had the mens rea for an offence other than an offence of specific intent, evidence that a person was intoxicated at the time of the relevant conduct--

(a) if the intoxication was self-induced--cannot be taken into account, or

(b) if the intoxication was not self-induced--may be taken into account.