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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

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.

BOOK I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

TITLE vi
CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY AND GENERAL EXEMPTIONS

96. 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 such act is prohibited by law.