Article 21

When the severe disturbance of conscience referred to in Article l9 was self-induced by the actor, his responsibility will depend on the criminal intent, recklessness or negligence present at the time when the severe disturbance of conscience was induced.

The sentence can be increased up to one-third of the corresponding penal scale if the disturbance of conscience was self-induced by the person to facilitate the commission of the act or to devise an excuse.



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