Section 56 - Mistake as to person giving provocation

Where a sufficient provocation is given to the accused person by one person, and the accused person kills another person under the belief, on reasonable grounds, that the provocation was given by that other person, the provocation is admissible for reducing the criminal offence to manslaughter in the same manner as if it had been given by the person killed; but, it is not a provocation to kill a different person.