Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1090

State of Kuwait · Criminal Procedure · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

Procedures for taking samples or substances from the body of the accused being searched. The absence in the Criminal Procedure Law of a provision specifying them. The purport thereof. - A deficiency or error in the manner of obtaining the sample or substance does not entail a particular meaning. The determining consideration. It is the court’s confidence in the integrity of the evidence derived therefrom.
Arabic original
إجراءات أخذ عينات أو مواد من جسم المتهم الذي يجري تفتيشه. خلو نصوص قانون الإجراءات الجزائية من نص يحددها. مؤدى ذلك. - النقص أو الخطأ في طريقه الحصول على العينة أو المادة لا يترتب عليه معنى معين. مرد ذلك. هو اطمئنان المحكمة إلى سلامة الدليل المستمد منها.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٨٣/١٩٩٩ جزائي جلسة ٢٤/١/٢٠٠٠ القسم الرابع المجلد السابع ص٦٤)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 352. PDF pages: 345.

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