In Singapore and Malaysia, the intoxication provisions set out in sections 85 and 86 of the Singaporean and Malaysian Penal Codes are often described as “General Exceptions”.
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This article by A.P. Simester, Professor, Faculty at Law at the National University of Singapore, argues that such provisions are not to create a legal defense, rather it allows persons who do not ordinarily satisfy the mens rea requirement of a crime to be convicted when their lack of mens rea is connected with intoxication.
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