'Mistake of fact - national proceedings' in document 'Bahamas - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

TITLE vi
CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND GENERAL EXEMPTIONS

96. Ignorance or mistake of fact or of law.

(1) A person shall not be punished for any act which, by reason of ignorance or mistake of fact in good faith, he believes to be lawful.