Mistake of fact - national proceedings

Bahamas

Bahamas - Penal Code 1924 (2010)

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.

Rome Statute

Article 32 Mistake of fact or mistake of law

1. A mistake of fact shall be a ground for excluding criminal responsibility only if it negates the mental element required by the crime.