Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1734

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

English translation of the principle

The first-instance judgment’s use of the term confiscation as a supplementary penalty without specification. Its import. Confiscation of everything seized, including the items it mentioned in its text contrary to reality. The indication - 476 - Criminal Procedures and Trials in the appellate judgment’s text that they were not seized, without amending the operative part of the judgment because that was impracticable. Its import. Retaining the accessory penalty of confiscation of the seized items used in the offence. Example.
Arabic original
إطلاق الحكم الابتدائي لفظ المصادرة كعقوبة تكميلية بغير تخصيص. مفاده. مصادرة كل ما ضبط ومن بينه الأشياء التي أشار إليها في مدوناته بالمخالفة للواقع. إشارة - ٤٧٦ - إجراءات ومحاكمات جزائية الحكم الاستئنافي في مدوناته إلى عدم ضبطها دون تعديل منطوق الحكم لتعذر ذلك. مفاده. الإبقاء على عقوبة المصادرة التبعية لما تم ضبطه من أشياء استعملت في الجريمة مثال.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٢٩٥/١٩٩٥ جزائي جلسة ٢٤/٦/١٩٩٦ القسم الثالث المجلد الرابع ص٤٥٨)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 476. PDF pages: 469–470.

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