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State of Kuwait · Statutory text

Article 20 of Law on the General Department of Investigations

English translation

A representative of the public prosecution may not sit in the same circuit with a judge to whom he is related by blood or marriage up to the fourth degree. Nor may there be a relationship by blood or marriage up to the fourth degree between the representative of the public prosecution and any litigant or his defence counsel.
Arabic original
لا يجوز أن يجلس ممثل للإدعاء العام بينه صلة قرابة أو مصاهرة حتى الدرجة الرابعة مع قاضي في دائرة واحدة. كما لا يجوز أن يكون بين ممثل الإدعاء العام وأحد الخصوم أو المدافع عنه صلــة قرابة أو مصاهرة حتى الدراجة الرابعة.

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