46 Cap.3.01 Criminal Code Laws of Saint Lucia Revision Date: 31 Dec. 2005 22. USE OF FORCE, WHERE PERSON UNABLE TO CONSENT Where a person is intoxicated or insensible, or is from any cause unable to give or withhold his or her consent, any force used in good faith and without negligence for purposes of medical or surgical treatment, or otherwise for his or her benefit is justifiable, unless the person authorised by him or her or by law to give or refuse such consent on his or her behalf objects to the use of such force. 23. REVOCATION ANNULS CONSENT .(1) A person may revoke any consent which he or she has given for the use of force against him or her, and the use of force cannot be justified after the revocation of consent. (2) Despite subsection (1) the consent given by a husband or wife at marriage for purposes of the marriage cannot be revoked until the parties are divorced or separated by a judgment or decree of a competent Court. Ignorance or Mistake of Fact or Law 24. IGNORANCE OR MISTAKE OF FACT A person is not to be punished for any act which, by reason of ignorance or mistake of fact in good faith, he or she believes to be lawful. 25. IGNORANCE OF LAW NO EXCUSE Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Code, a person shall not be exempt from liability to punishment for any act on the ground of ignorance that such act is prohibited by law. Age of Criminal Responsibility 26. AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY (1) A person under 12 years of age is not criminally responsible for any act which he or she does which is contrary to law.