Mistake of fact - national proceedings

Ghana

Ghana - Criminal Code 1960 EN

PART I—GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 5—GENERAL EXEMPTIONS

Section 29—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 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.