FIRST VOLUME
General Provisions
FIRST CHAPTER
Basic Principles, Definitions and Field Of Application
FIRST SECTION
Basic Principles and Definitions
Binding nature of the Law
ARTICLE 4- (1) Ignorance of the criminal laws may not be an excuse.
(2) However, a person who commits an offence through an inevitable mistake due to his ignorance of the law may not be kept criminally responsible from such offence.
FIRST VOLUME
General Provisions
SECOND CHAPTER
Essence of Criminal Responsibility
SECOND SECTION
Excusatory and Mitigating Causes
Mistake
ARTICLE 30-(1) A person executing an act without knowing factual means of offense defined in the law is not considered to have acted intentionally. The state of negligent responsibility is reserved due to such mistake.
(2) A person who is mistaken about the factual qualifications of an offense which require heavier or less punishment may take advantage of this mistake.
(3) A person who inevitably makes mistake about existence of conditions eliminating or diminishing criminal responsibility may take advantage of this mistake.
2. A mistake of law as to whether a particular type of conduct is a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court shall not be a ground for excluding criminal responsibility. A mistake of law may, however, be a ground for excluding criminal responsibility if it negates the mental element required by such a crime, or as provided for in article 33.