'Mistake of law - national proceedings' in document 'Montenegro - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

TITLE TWO
CRIMINAL OFFENCE

1. General provisions on criminal Offences

Error of law

Article 19
(1) An act committed under an irreparable error of law shall not constitute a criminal offence.

An irreparable error of law exists where a perpetrator was not obliged to know and could not have known that the act he committed was prohibited.