44 Cap.3.01 Criminal Code Laws of Saint Lucia Revision Date: 31 Dec. 2005 10. CONSENT BY MISTAKE OF FACT Consent is of no effect if it is given by reason of a mistake of fact. 11. CONSENT BY EXERCISE OF UNDUE AUTHORITY Consent is void if it is obtained by the undue exercise of any official, parental, or other authority; and if such authority is exercised otherwise than in good faith for the purposes for which it is allowed by law. 12. CONSENT BY PERSON IN AUTHORITY NOT GIVEN IN GOOD FAITH Consent given on behalf of a person by his or her parent, guardian, or any other person authorised by law to give or refuse consent on the person’s behalf, is void if it is given otherwise than in good faith for the benefit of the person on whose behalf it is given. 13. EXERCISE OF AUTHORITY For the purposes of provisions of this Part relating to consent, exercise of authority is not limited to exercise of authority by way of command, but includes influence or advice purporting to be used or given by virtue of an authority. 14. EXPLANATION OF AUTHORITY Consent is deemed to have been obtained by means of deceit, duress, or undue exercise of authority, or to have been given by reason of a mistake of fact, if it would have been refused but for such deceit, duress, exercise of authority, or mistake of fact, as the case may be. 15. INVALID CONSENT NOT PREJUDICIAL A person shall not be prejudiced by the invalidity of any consent if he or she did not know, and could not have known by the exercise of reasonable diligence of such invalidity.