Mistake of fact - national proceedings

Saint Lucia

Criminal Code

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.

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.