For example: - a person is not guilty if they grew cannabis plants thinking they were tomato plants (mistake of fact); - however, a person is guilty if they grew cannabis thinking that growing them for medicinal purposes was lawful (mistake of law).
8 November 2006
NatRadio: Ignorance of Law
Below are links to my discussion with Kathryn Ryan on NineToNoon about ignorance of the law and mistakes:
> NineToNoon: Law [archived stream]
> NineToNoon: Law [mp3 podcast]
And here's the favourite example I had in my notes but didn't get a chance to slip in:
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