Mistake of fact - national proceedings

Grenada

Grenada - Criminal Code 1987 (2007) EN

BOOK I
General Provisions

PART II
Rules as to Criminal Responsibility

TITLE II
General Explanations

15. Provisions relating to consent

(e) a consent shall be of no effect if it is given by reason of a mistake of fact;

BOOK I
General Provisions

PART II
Rules as to Criminal Responsibility

TITLE II
General Explanations

15. Provisions relating to consent

(f) a consent shall be deemed to have been obtained by means of deceit or of duress, or of the undue exercise of authority, or to have been given by reason of a mistake of fact, if it would have been refused but for such deceit, duress, exercise of authority or mistake, as the case may be; and

BOOK I
General Provisions

PART II
Rules as to Criminal Responsibility

TITLE VI
General Exemptions

52. 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 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.