Mistake of fact - national proceedings

Sudan

The Criminal Act 1991

Part II
Criminal Responsibility

Misconception of facts
18. No act is deemed an offence where the doer believes in good faith, by reason of mistake of facts, that he is permitted to do the said act.

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.