Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 358

Search of a person, his dwelling, or his correspondence. Permissible for the investigator, or upon his order to a judicial police officer, to seize objects used in the crime, resulting from it, or connected with it. - Search of a person and search of a dwelling. How they are conducted. - Examination of objects to ascertain their nature and whether they were used in the crime, resulted from it, or were connected with it. Permissible for the person conducting the search. - Examination of written postal or telegraphic messages or perusal of their contents. Impermissible for anyone other than the investigator. He may seek the assistance of policemen, the investigation clerk, or a translator to sort or translate them in his presence or under his supervision. The reason for this. - The computers, compact discs, and floppy disks seized in the appellants' possession containing general topics and speeches available on the international information network and containing no written postal or telegraphic messages. The challenged judgment's conclusion that the procedures for seizing those devices and examining the files they contain were valid. The objection thereto in this respect. Incorrect. Fifth: Search of computers: