Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CRIMINAL CODE 2001 NO 64 (REPEALED) - SECT 21

    (1)     A person can be criminally responsible for an offence even if, at the time of the conduct constituting the offence, the person is mistaken about, or ignorant of, the existence or content of a law that directly or indirectly creates the offence or affects its scope or operation.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply, and the person is not criminally responsible for the offence in those circumstances, if—

        (a)     a law expressly or impliedly provides that the person is not criminally responsible; or

        (b)     the ignorance or mistake negates a fault element applying to a physical element of the offence.

    (3)     In this section:

"law "means an Act or subordinate law.