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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 54 of Law of Evidence

English translation

The civil judge shall not be bound by the criminal judgment except as to the facts adjudicated by that judgment and whose adjudication was necessary. Nevertheless, he shall not be bound by a judgment of acquittal unless it is based on negating the attribution of the act to the accused. Part Five Admission and Examination of Litigants Chapter One Admission
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لا يرتبط القاضي المدني بالحكم الجنائي الا في الوقائع التي فصل فيها هذا الحكم وكان فصله فيها ضروريا ومع ذلك فانه لا يرتبط بالحكم الصادر بالبراءة الا إذا قام على نفي نسبة الواقعة الى المتهم.

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