GENERAL PART
TITLE TWO
CRIMINAL OFFENCE
1. General provisions on criminal Offences
Error of law
Article 19
(1) An act committed under an irreparable error of law shall not constitute a criminal offence.
An irreparable error of law exists where a perpetrator was not obliged to know and could not have known that the act he committed was prohibited.
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.