CROATIA CRIMINAL CODE
GENERAL PART
CHAPTER FOUR (iv) CULPABILITY
Article 46
(1) The perpetrator who, for justified reasons, does not know and could not have known that the offense is prohibited shall not be culpable.
(2) If the mistake is avoidable, the punishment may be mitigated.
(3) A mistake shall be deemed avoidable if anyone, and thus also the perpetrator, could have easily
grasped the unlawfulness of the conduct, or if the perpetrator was supposed to know the relevant regulation because of his profession, occupation or service.
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.