'Mistake of fact - national proceedings' in document 'Saint Lucia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER ONE
General Provisions

PART II
JUSTIFICATIONS AND EXCUSES

Ignorance or Mistake of Fact or Law

Ignorance or mistake of fact
24. A person is not to be punished for any act which, by reason of ignorance or mistake of fact in good faith, he or she believes to be lawful.