{
 "citation": "14:17",
 "heading": "Mistake of law",
 "doc_id": "78334",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=78334",
 "classification": "",
 "enacted_year": "",
 "last_amended_year": "",
 "penalties": [],
 "referenced_statutes": [],
 "text": "RS 14:17\n\n\u00a717. Mistake of law\n\nIgnorance of the provision of this Code or of any criminal statute is not a defense to any criminal prosecution. However, mistake of law which results in the lack of an intention that consequences which are criminal shall follow, is a defense to a criminal prosecution under the following circumstances:\n\n(1) Where the offender reasonably relied on the act of the legislature in repealing an existing criminal provision, or in otherwise purporting to make the offender's conduct lawful; or\n\n(2) Where the offender reasonably relied on a final judgment of a competent court of last resort that a provision making the conduct in question criminal was unconstitutional."
}