Mistake of fact - national proceedings

Lesotho

Lesotho - Penal Code Act 2010 EN

PART II - GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Mistake
13. A person who does or omits to do an act under an honestly held, but mistaken belief in the existence of a state of affairs, is not criminally responsible for the act or omission to any greater extent than if the real state of affairs had been as he or she believed them to be.

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.