794.021 Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense.

794.021 Ignorance or belief as to victim’s age no defense.

When, in this chapter, the criminality of conduct depends upon the victim’s being below a certain specified age, ignorance of the age is no defense. Neither shall misrepresentation of age by such person nor a bona fide belief that such person is over the specified age be a defense.

History. s. 2, ch. 74-121.