MODEL PENAL CODE ANNOTATED
 

MODEL PENAL CODE

 
 Section 2.02. General Requirements of Culpability.

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 (9) Culpability as to Illegality of Conduct.  Neither knowledge nor recklessness or negligence as to whether conduct constitutes an offense or as to the existence, meaning or application of the law determining the elements of an offense is an element of such offense, unless the definition of the offense or the Code so provides.

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