Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 33

The Kuwaiti judiciary’s jurisdiction to try every person of Kuwaiti nationality who commits an act outside Kuwait punishable under the provisions of the Kuwaiti Penal Code and the law in force in the place where the act was committed. The condition for this is that he returns to the State of Kuwait without having been acquitted by the foreign courts. The basis for this: Article 12 of the Penal Code. - The judgment’s statement that the appellant is of Kuwaiti nationality, committed a punishable act outside the country and was not tried for it. Sufficient to answer the plea of lack of jurisdiction to hear the action. An example.