(1)A person is said to do an act intentionally where that person does an act deliberately.
Section history
Section 26C — “Intentionally”
Consolidated view is experimental and may be broken for certain provisions.
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(2)A person is said to cause an effect intentionally where that person does anything that causes an effect —
(a)with the purpose of causing that effect; or
(b)knowing that that effect would be virtually certain (barring an unforeseen intervention) to result.
(3)To avoid doubt, a person does not intend or foresee a result of his acts by reason only of it being a natural and probable consequence of those acts.
(4)To avoid doubt, nothing in this section prevents a court from relying on a person’s foresight that a certain effect was a probable consequence of his act as a basis to draw an inference that the person caused that effect intentionally.
Explanation.—Intention is distinct from motive or desire and a person may do an act or cause an effect intentionally even if doing so was not his motive or he had no desire to do so.
Explanation.—Intention is distinct from motive or desire, and a person may do an act or cause an effect intentionally even if doing so was not his motive or he had no desire to do so.