Poland

The Penal Code

GENERAL PART

Chapter III.
Exclusion of penal liability

Article 28. § 1. Whoever commits an act while being in error as to a circumstance constituting a
feature of an prohibited act, shall not intentionally commit an offence.

§ 2. Whoever commits an offence in the justified but mistaken conviction that a circumstance has occurred, which constitutes a feature of a prohibited act carrying a less severe penalty, shall be subject to criminal liability under the provision regarding the circumstance warranting this lesser liability.

Keywords

Mistake of fact - national proceedings



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