Mistake of fact - national proceedings

Japan

Japan - Penal Code 1907 (2020) EN/Japanese

PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Chapter VII Actions not Constituting Crimes and Reduction or Remission of Punishment

(Intent)
Article 38
(2) When a person who commits a crime was not aware of the fact that the crime constituted a greater crime, the person is not be punished for the greater crime.

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.