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

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 5—GENERAL EXEMPTIONS

Section 29—Ignorance or Mistake of Fact or of Law.

(2) A person shall not, except as in this Code otherwise expressly provided, be exempt from liability to punishment for any act on the ground of ignorance that the act is prohibited by law.