{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1967/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1967/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1967/80",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice Act 1967",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1967",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Proof of criminal intent.",
  "text": "A court or jury, in determining whether a person has committed an offence,—\n(a) shall not be bound in law to infer that he intended or foresaw a result of his actions by reason only of its being a natural and probable consequence of those actions; but\n(b) shall decide whether he did intend or foresee that result by reference to all the evidence, drawing such inferences from the evidence as appear proper in the circumstances.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/80/section/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:55.633811+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}