Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 223
State of Kuwait · Criminal Procedure · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office
English translation of the principle
The territorial jurisdiction of a judicial police officer. Its scope. His acting outside this scope. Its effect. - Regulation of the territorial jurisdiction of coast guard officers. Minister of Interior Decision 980 of 1995, amended by Decision 879 of 1996. - The competence of the Coast Guard Department. Limited to actual smuggling occurring through the coasts. - A ruling invalidating arrest and search procedures carried out by a Coast Guard Department officer because they occurred outside his territorial jurisdiction. Correct.
Arabic original
اختصاص مأمور الضبط المكاني. نطاقه. خروجه عن هذا النطاق. أثره. - تنظيم الاختصاص المكاني لرجال خفر السواحل. قرار وزير الداخلية ٩٨٠ لسنة ١٩٩٥ المعدل بالقرار ٨٧٩ لسنة ١٩٩٦. - اختصاص إدارة خفر السواحل. قاصر على التهريب الفعلي الذي يقع عن طريق السواحل. - القضاء ببطلان إجراءات القبض والتفتيش الواقع من ضابط إدارة خفر السواحل لحصوله خارج اختصاصه المكاني. صحيح.Original Arabic judgment citations
(الطعن ٢٧/١٩٩٨ جزائي جلسة ٢/١١/١٩٩٨ القسم الرابع – المجلد الثامن ص ١١٣)
Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Criminal Procedure — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 167. PDF pages: 160.
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