'Mistake of law - national proceedings' in document 'Sweden - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART TWO
ON CRIMES

Chapter 24 On General Grounds for Exemption from Criminal Responsibility

Section 9

An act committed by a person labouring under a misapprehension concerning its permissibility shall not result in his being liable to punishment if the mistake arose by reason of an error in the proclamation of the criminal provision or if, for other reasons, it was manifestly excusable. (Law 1994:458)