# Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, Section 26: Voluntary intoxication by alcohol: effect in sentencing


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2010/13/section/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-licensing-scotland-act-2010/section-26
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