Except where knowledge of the law is specifically required in the definition of an offence, ignorance of the law is not a defense.
Penal Code
2015 English source edition · Current applicability not established.
English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation.
Article 24
Ignorance of the Law · Preserved transcription; page attribution imported from the source collection. Verify against the original.
Notwithstanding sub-Article (1), no person shall be found guilty where he engages in conduct by reason of a lack of knowledge of or mistake as to the law that reasonably results from:
the non-publication of a rule of law; or
the advice of a competent official or administrative authority.
The person who committed the breach of the law shall remain civilly liable for the injury caused.